Son
Son is a mapped river in the YearMaps hydrographic index. Bansagar Dam stands on this watercourse and is written up below. River courses organise settlement, agriculture and frontier-making more durably than any political boundary, and this reach is indexed against the dams, lakes and cities within its catchment.
- Feature Class
- River
- Dams Recorded
- 1
- Coordinates
- 24.48°, 83.06°
About Son
Sone River, also spelt Son River, is a perennial river located in central India. It originates near Amarkantak Hill in Pendra (Gaurela-Pendra-Marwahi district), Chhattisgarh and finally merges with the Ganges river near Maner in Patna, Bihar. The Sone River is the second-largest southern tributary of the Ganges after the Yamuna River. India's oldest river bridge Koilwar Bridge over the Sone River connects Arrah with Patna. Sone river is famous for its sand across country. Multiple dams and hydro-electric projects run on its course towards the Ganges.The river is also mentioned in Valmiki Ramayans's Balkand where Ram. Laxman along with Vishvamitra is crossing the river to further go north towards Ganga.
Encyclopedic summary adapted from Wikipedia: Sone River (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Son in Depth
Course
Sone River is called 'सोन / सोने' in Hindi, but called 'शोण' in Sanskrit, a rare instance of an Indian river having masculine name. Damodara and Brahmaputra also have masculine name. This river is mentioned as SoNai in Sangam Tamil literature Kuṟuntokai as early as 2nd century CE. The Sone originates near Pendra in Chhattisgarh, just east of the headwater of the Narmada River, and flows north-northwest through Shahdol district in Madhya Pradesh state before turning sharply eastward where it encounters the southwest-northeast-Kaimur Range. The Sone parallels the Kaimur hills, flowing east-northeast through Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand and Bihar states to join the Ganges just west of Patna.
Sections adapted from Wikipedia: Sone River (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Son: Key Facts
| Length | 780 km |
|---|---|
| Drainage basin | 71,900 km² |
| Mouth | Ganges |
| Drainage system | Ganges Basin |
| Tributaries | Kanhar River, North Koel River, Rihand River, Gopad River |
Facts from Wikidata Q1418174 (CC0).
Bansagar Dam
Bansagar Dam
Masonry / Earth-fill dam · Madhya Pradesh, India
Bansagar Dam is a masonry / earth-fill dam on the Son in Madhya Pradesh, India, standing 67 m (220 ft) high and completed in 2006. It carries an installed hydroelectric capacity of 425 MW. The structure impounds Bansagar Reservoir, about 388 km² on the map.
Bansagar or Ban Sagar Dam is a multipurpose river Valley Project on Sone River situated in the Ganges Basin in Madhya Pradesh, India with both irrigation and 435 MW of hydroelectric power generation.
The Bansagar Dam across the Sone River was constructed near the Deolond village in the Shahdol district. It is surrounded by Maihar, Katni, and Rewa districts. The project was called "Bansagar" after Bana Bhatt, the renowned Sanskrit scholar of the 7th century, who is believed to have hailed from this region in India. Bansagar Dam is located at Latitude 24-11-30 N and Longitude 81-17-15 E.
The project was initially called the "Dimba Project" in 1956 by the Central Water Commission, New Delhi to be constructed on the Sone River at the confluence of the Sone and Banas Rivers near Shikarganj town 30 km down river from the present site. Later it was shifted to the present site at Deolond. There was an agreement in 1973 between the State Governments of Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar for the construction of the dam, in which the states shared the expenditure in the ratio of 2:1:1. The 4 million-acre-feet of water is also shared by the states in the same ratio.
Adapted from Wikipedia: Bansagar Dam (CC BY-SA 4.0).
- Dam type
- Masonry / Earth-fill
- Structural height
- 67 m (220 ft)
- Installed capacity
- 425 MW
- Impounded river
- Son
- Reservoir
- Bansagar Reservoir
- Location
- Madhya Pradesh, India
- Year completed
- 2006
- Height rank
- #64 of 115 indexed
- Output rank
- #64 of 102 indexed
- Coordinates
- 24.1953°, 81.2847°
Notable: Joint inter-state project of MP, UP, and Bihar named after ancient Sanskrit scholar Bana Bhatta.
Among the 115 dams indexed in YearMaps, Bansagar Dam ranks #64 by structural height, behind Jinping-I Dam (305 m). By installed generating capacity it ranks #64, behind Three Gorges Dam (22,500 MW).
Impounded reservoir: Lake Habbaniyah (388 km², impounded 1983).
Nearest cities: Allahabad (151 km), Mirzapur (167 km), Jabalpur (177 km).
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Son: Quick Answers
- Where is Son?
- Son is located in India, at 24.4802° N, 83.0603° E.
- Are there dams on the Son?
- Yes. YearMaps records one dam on the Son: Bansagar Dam.
- How tall is Bansagar Dam?
- Bansagar Dam is 67 metres (220 ft) high and was completed in 2006.