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{{Infobox dam
| name =Kakki
| image = Kakki005.jpg
| image_caption = Kakki dam
| name_official =
| dam_crosses =Kakki tributary
| res_name =Kakki
| location =Pathanamthitta
| operator =K.S.E.B.
| dam_length ={{convert|336|m|abbr=on}}
| dam_height ={{convert|116|m|abbr=on}}
| dam_width_base =
| construction_began =
| opening =1966
| cost =
| res_capacity_total =0.46
| res_catchment =
| res_surface =
| res_elevation ={{convert|981|m|abbr=on}}
| plant_turbines =
| plant_capacity =
| plant_annual_gen =
| location_map = India#India Kerala#India Tamil Nadu
| coordinates = {{coord|9.3253|77.1420|region:IN-KL_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
| extra =
| website =
}}

'''Kakki Reservoir''' is a [[reservoir]], located in [[Pathanamthitta district]] of [[Kerala]], [[India]].<ref>{{cite web
| publisher=Government of Kerala
| title=Places of Interest
| url=http://www.pta.kerala.gov.in/places.htm
| access-date=2009-08-23
| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080916194407/http://pta.kerala.gov.in/places.htm
| archive-date=16 September 2008
| url-status=dead
}}</ref> The lake, which was created when [[Kakki Dam]] ({{coord|9.3253|77.1420|region:IN-KL_type:landmark|display=inline}}) and [[Anathode dam]] ({{coord|9.3413|77.1503|region:IN-KL_type:landmark|display=inline}}) were built, is on one of the tributaries of [[Pamba River|Pamba]], the Kakki tributary. The dams were built in 1966 as part of the Sabarigiri Hydroelectric project. Full reservoir level (FRL) is 981.45 meters above sea level according to the operators of the "twin" reservoirs, the Kerala State Electricity Board.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.hindu.com/2007/10/28/stories/2007102852830300.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071029234709/http://www.hindu.com/2007/10/28/stories/2007102852830300.htm | url-status=dead | archive-date=2007-10-29 | location=Chennai, India | work=[[The Hindu]] | title=Anathode reservoir shutters opened | date=2007-10-28}}</ref> The reservoir, which is also a tourist spot, is nestled in the Ranni reserve forest, very close to the [[Western Ghats]].<ref>
{{cite web
|publisher = Government of Kerala
|title = District handbook
|url = http://www.kerala.gov.in/district_handbook/Pathanam.pdf
|access-date = 2009-08-23
|url-status = dead
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080916040609/http://www.kerala.gov.in/district_handbook/Pathanam.pdf
|archive-date = 2008-09-16
}}</ref>
==Features==
*Water Spread Area : 17.6 Sq. Km.
*Catchment Area :225.51 Sq. Km.
*Average Rainfall: 4572 mm
*Full Reservoir Level (FRL):3220 Ft (Above MSL)
*Minimum Drawdown level (MDDL):3135 Ft (Above MSL)
*Effective Storage at FRL:447.76 MCM
*Energy Equivalent at FRL :722.2 MU
*Average head at power house :2499 ft <ref>{{Cite web|title=Kerala State Electricity Board Limited - Pamba Basin HydroProjects|url=https://www.kseb.in/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=70&Itemid=717&lang=en|access-date=2021-07-22|website=www.kseb.in}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[List of dams and reservoirs in Kerala]]

== References ==
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{{Tourism in Kerala}}

[[Category:Reservoirs in Kerala]]
[[Category:1966 establishments in Kerala]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Pathanamthitta district]]

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