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The Dassam Falls (also known as Dassam Ghagh) is a waterfall located near Taimara village in the Bundu subdivision of Ranchi district in the Indian state of Jharkhand.[1] The Falls are 144 feet in height, formed by the waterflow of the Kanchi River.[2]

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Etymology

Dassam is a changed form of word Da:song which means in mundari language the act of pouring water. Da: means water and song means pouring or measuring. The water fall resembles like somebody is pouring water so the name was Da:song earlier but afterwards the name was changed to Dassam.

Geography

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Khukhragarh
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Sikidiri
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Pithuriya
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Narkopi
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Subarnarekha
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Dassam Falls
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Jonha Falls
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Tundul
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Tati
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Ratu
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Muri
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Khelari
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Kanke
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Churi
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Bishrampur
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Bargarwa
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Arsande
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Ara
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Bundu
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Hatia
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Tamar
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Silli
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Mesra
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Itki
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Dakra
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Location

Dassam Falls is located at 23.143358°N 85.466441°E / 23.143358; 85.466441.

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The falls

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Dasam Falls

The Dassam Falls is a natural cascade across the Kanchi River, a tributary of the Subarnarekha River. The water falls from a height of 44 metres (144 ft).[3] The sound of water echoes all around the place.[4] Dassam Falls at one of the edges of the Ranchi plateau is one of the many scarp falls in the region.[5]

The Dassam Falls is an example of a nick point caused by rejuvenation. Knick point, also called a nick point or simply nick, represents breaks in slopes in the longitudinal profile of a river caused by rejuvenation. The break in channel gradient allows water to fall vertically giving rise to a waterfall.[6]

The water of the Dassam Falls is very clean and clear. It is natural for a tourist to be enticed to enter the water for a bath or swim but tourists are warned not to do so because of the current that is generated. There have been many cases of drowning in Dassam Falls.[7] Nine people died of drowning between 2001 and 2006. [8]

Transport

The Dassam Falls is 40 kilometres (25 mi) from Ranchi on NH 33 (now NH-18) or Ranchi-Jamshedpur highway.

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