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| name = Kamleshwar Dam
| name_official = Hiran-I Dam
| image = Reservoir of the Kamleshwar Dam.jpg
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| location_map = India Gujarat#India#Asia
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| coordinates = {{coord|21|11|54|N|70|39|44|E|type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
| country = [[India]]
| location = [[Visavadar]]
| status = O
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| opening = 1959
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The '''Kamleshwar Dam''', officially known as the "Hiran-I Dam", is a rock-fill [[embankment dam]] on the [[Hiran River]] in [[Visavadar]], [[Gujarat]] State, [[India]]. Measuring {{convert|764|ha|m2|abbr=on}},<ref name="Mitra2005">{{cite book |last1=Mitra |first1=S. |title=Gir Forest and the saga of the Asiatic lion |chapter=10: Crocodiles and Other Reptiles |pages=148–152 |year=2005 |publisher=Indus |location=New Delhi |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=J0rME6RjC1sC&pg=PA148&dq=&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false |isbn=978-8173871832}}</ref> the dam is located within the [[Gir Forest National Park]] and was completed in 1959 for irrigation purposes.<ref>{{cite web|title=India: National Register of Large Dams 2009 |url=http://www.cwc.nic.in/main/downloads/National%20Register%20of%20Large%20Dams%202009.pdf |publisher=Central Water Commission |accessdate=10 July 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721165130/http://www.cwc.nic.in/main/downloads/National%20Register%20of%20Large%20Dams%202009.pdf |archivedate=21 July 2011 }}</ref> The reservoir created by the dam is known for its populations of birds and [[mugger crocodile]]s.<ref name="Mitra2005" /><ref>{{cite web|title=Kamleshwar Dam|url=http://www.girdestination.com/product_disp.php?sid=63|publisher=Gir Destination|accessdate=27 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120424225928/http://www.girdestination.com/product_disp.php?sid=63|archive-date=24 April 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Dams in Gujarat]]
[[Category:Rock-filled dams]]
[[Category:Tourist attractions in Junagadh district]]
[[Category:1959 establishments in Bombay State]]
[[Category:Dams completed in 1959]]

==External links==
*[https://reserveit.net/tour/wildlife/gir-national-park Gir National Park]

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->Sansit9122 at 16:33, 25 July 2021