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[[File:Hemavati river at Banakal.jpg|right|300px|thumb| River Hemavati at the southern side of [[Banakal]]]]<br />
[[File:Hemavati dam gorur.jpg|300px|thumb|Hemavati dam in Gorur]]<br />
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The '''Hemavati''' is a river in southern India's [[Karnataka]]<ref>{{GEOnet2|32FA8822F54E3774E0440003BA962ED3|HemÄvati River (Approved)}}, [[National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency|United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency]]</ref> and an important [[tributary]] of the [[Kaveri]].<br />
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==Origin and course==<br />
The source of the Hemavati River lies in the [[Western Ghats]] (Javali village) at an elevation of about {{convert|1,230|m|ft}}.<ref>{{cite web<br />
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}}</ref> Located in [[Mudigere]] taluk of [[Chikmagalur District]] in the state of [[Karnataka]], it flows through [[Hassan District]] where it is joined by its chief tributary the [[Yagachi River]] and then into [[Mandya district]] before joining the Kaveri near [[Krishnarajasagara]]. It is approximately 245&nbsp;km long and has a drainage area of about 5,410&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>.<ref>{{cite web<br />
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==Hemavati Dam and Reservoir==<br />
[[Gorur dam]] across the Hemavati was completed in 1979 above Gorur in Hassan district and downstream from the Yagachi confluence. The dam is a [[masonry dam]] with a central spillway through six radial gates. It is 44.5 meters in height and 4692 meters long with an area of 9162 hectares. The reservoir has a live storage capacity of 35.7 [[Tmcft|TMC]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://waterresources.kar.nic.in/salient_features_hemavathy.htm|title=Hemavathy Reservoir Project}}</ref><br />
The dam provides irrigation and drinking water not only for major portion of Hassan and Mandya districts, but also to far away regions of [[Tumkur]] district, that fall under [[Krishna River]] basin.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/karnataka/2020/dec/02/bsy-fulfils-bypoll-promise-hemavathiwater-reaches-madaluru-tank-in-sira-2230706.html|access-date=2 December 2020|title= Tributary of Cauvery reaches Krishna Basin}}</ref><br />
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The [[Shettihalli Rosary Church]], which was submerged during the construction of the dam, can be seen only when the water level is low during the summer months. The church was constructed in the [[Gothic Architecture|Gothic]] architectural style by French [[Missionary|missionaries]] in the 1860s. The church was abandoned in 1960 when the government decided to build the dam. When the water level is low [[coracle]]s are used to go inside the church.<ref name=Deccan>{{cite news|title=Rising out of the waters|url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/435803/rising-waters.html|access-date=16 January 2015|issue=Bangalore|publisher=Deccan Herald|date=13 October 2014}}</ref><ref name=NG>{{cite journal|last1=Singh|first1=Gurdyal|title=Rosary Church at Shettihalli (emerges and submerges)|journal=National Geographic Traveller|date=2013|url=http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/travel/traveler-magazine/photo-contest/2013/entries/205028/view/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130506030613/http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/travel/traveler-magazine/photo-contest/2013/entries/205028/view|url-status=dead|archive-date=6 May 2013|access-date=16 January 2015}}</ref><br />
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==Footnotes==<br />
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==External links==<br />
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* [http://nwda.gov.in/index3.asp?sublink2id=20&langid=1 National Water Development Agency - Netravati - Hemavati Link]<br />
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