The Kamleshwar Dam, officially known as the "Hiran-I Dam", is a rock-fill

embankment dam An embankment dam is a large artificial dam. It is typically created by the placement and compaction of a complex semi-plastic mound of various compositions of soil or rock. It has a semi-pervious waterproof natural covering for its surface and ...

on the

Hiran River Hiran River is a river in Gujarat in western India, whose source is near the Sasa hills in Gir forest. Its drainage basin has a maximum length of . The total catchment area of the basin is . Its major tributaries are the Saraswati River and Ambak ...

Visavadar Visavadar is a town and a municipality in Junagadh district in the Indian state of Gujarat. Geography Visavadar is located at . It has an average elevation of 91 metres (298 feet). Demographics India census, Visavadar had a populatio ...

Gujarat Gujarat (, ) is a state along the western coast of India. Its coastline of about is the longest in the country, most of which lies on the Kathiawar peninsula. Gujarat is the fifth-largest Indian state by area, covering some ; and the ninth ...

State,

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

. Measuring , the dam is located within the

Gir Forest National Park Gir National Park and Wildlife Sanctuary, also known as Sasan Gir, is a forest, national park, and wildlife sanctuary near Talala Gir in Gujarat, India. It is located north-east of Somnath, south-east of Junagadh and south-west of Amreli ...

and was completed in 1959 for irrigation purposes. The reservoir created by the dam is known for its populations of birds and

mugger crocodile The mugger crocodile (''Crocodylus palustris'') is a medium-sized broad- snouted crocodile, also known as mugger and marsh crocodile. It is native to freshwater habitats from southern Iran to the Indian subcontinent, where it inhabits marshes, ...

References

{{reflist Dams in Gujarat Rock-filled dams Tourist attractions in Junagadh district 1959 establishments in Bombay State Dams completed in 1959

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Gir National Park