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{{Short description|Waterfalls in Ranchi, Jharkhand}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
{{Infobox waterfall
| name = Dassam Falls
| photo = Dassam falls.jpg
| photo_caption = Dassam Falls
| location = [[Ranchi district]], [[Jharkhand]], [[India]]
| coords = {{coord|23.143358|N|85.466441|E |source:yahoomaps_region:IN |display=inline,title}}
| elevation = {{convert|336|m}}
| type =
| height = {{convert|44|m}}
| height_longest =
| average_width = d
| number_drops = 2
| average_flow =
| watercourse = Kanchi River
}}
The '''Dassam Falls''' (also known as '''Dassam Ghagh''') is a [[waterfall]] located near Taimara village in [[Bundu, India|Bundu]] police station of [[Ranchi district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Jharkhand]].<ref>{{cite web |url = http://ranchi.nic.in/waterfalls.htm |title = Dassam Falls |publisher = Ranchi district administration |access-date = 2010-04-24 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100124204713/http://ranchi.nic.in/waterfalls.htm |archive-date = 2010-01-24 |url-status = dead }}</ref>

==Etymology==
Dassam is a changed form of word Da:song which means in [[mundari language]] the act of pouring water. Da: means water and song means pouring or measuring. The water fall resembles like somebody is pouring water so the name was Da:song earlier but afterwards the name was changed to Dassam.

==Geography==
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===Location===
Dassam Falls is located at {{coord|23.143358|N|85.466441|E |source:yahoomaps_region:IN |display=inline}}.

<small>Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the district. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.</small>

==The falls==
[[File:Dasam fall.jpg|thumb|Dasam Falls]]
The Dassam Falls is a natural cascade across the Kanchi River, a tributary of the [[Subarnarekha River]]. The water falls from a height of {{convert|44|m}}.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.mustseeindia.com/Ranchi-Dassam-Falls/attraction/13654 |title = Dassam Falls |publisher = must see India |access-date = 2010-04-24 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150624112826/http://www.mustseeindia.com/Ranchi-Dassam-Falls/attraction/13654 |archive-date = 24 June 2015 |url-status = dead }}</ref> The sound of water echoes all around the place.<ref name=maps>{{cite web|url=http://www.mapsofindia.com/jharkhand/tourism/dassam-falls.html |title=Dassam Falls |publisher=mapsofindia |access-date=2010-04-24 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110622052512/http://www.mapsofindia.com/jharkhand/tourism/dassam-falls.html |archive-date=2011-06-22 }}</ref> Dassam Falls at one of the edges of the [[Chota Nagpur Plateau#Ranchi plateau|Ranchi plateau]] is one of the many [[Fault scarp|scarp]] falls in the region.<ref>{{cite book|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=T1Y_Ytx9wp4C&q=hundru+falls&pg=PA161 | title = Physical Geography: Hydrosphere By K. Bharatdwaj | isbn = 9788183561679 |access-date = 2010-04-20 | last1 = Bharatdwaj | first1 = K. | year = 2006 }}</ref>

The Dassam Falls is an example of a nick point caused by rejuvenation. [[Knickpoint|Knick point]], also called a nick point or simply nick, represents breaks in slopes in the longitudinal profile of a river caused by rejuvenation. The break in channel gradient allows water to fall vertically giving rise to a waterfall.<ref>{{cite book|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=Iz_m9dlXEUYC&q=Odda+Falls&pg=PA110 | title = Encyclopedia of nature of geography | work= p. 110 |last= A.Z.Bukhari | year = 2005 | isbn = 9788126124435 | access-date = 2010-07-11}}</ref>

The water of the Dassam Falls is very clean and clear. It is natural for a tourist to be enticed to enter the water for a bath or swim but tourists are warned not to do so because of the current that is generated. There have been many cases of drowning in Dassam Falls.<ref>{{cite news|url = http://www.telegraphindia.com/1100321/jsp/jharkhand/story_12242535.jsp | title = Four drown at Dassam |publisher = The Telegraph, 21 March 2010 |access-date = 2010-04-24 |location=Calcutta, India |date=2010-03-21}}</ref> Nine people died of drowning between 2001 and 2006.
<ref>{{cite news|url = http://www.telegraphindia.com/1061230/asp/jamshedpur/story_7201108.asp | title = Danger warning at tourist hotspots - Death at Dasham Falls spurs statement |publisher = The Telegraph, 30 December 2006 |access-date = 2010-04-29 |location=Calcutta, India |date=2006-12-30}}</ref>

==Transport==
The Dassam Falls is {{convert|40|km}} from [[Ranchi]] on [[National Highway 33 (India)|NH 33]] or Ranchi-Jamshedpur highway.

==External links==
*{{Wikivoyage-inline|Ranchi}}
*[http://travelnewsindia.com/jharkhand-tourism-major-attraction/ Jharkhand Tourism Attractions]

==See also==
*[[List of waterfalls in India]]
*[[List of waterfalls in India by height]]

==References==
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{{commons category|Dassam Falls}}

{{Hydrography of Jharkhand}}
{{South Chotanagpur Division topics}}

[[Category:Waterfalls of Jharkhand]]
[[Category:Ranchi district]]

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Dassam Falls - Revision history

Kamal Guha at 09:02, 24 June 2023