| Gobind Sagar Lake | |
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  Gobind Sagar Lake  Gobind Sagar Lake | |
| Location | Una District and Bilaspur District, Himachal Pradesh |
| Coordinates | 31°25′N 76°30′E / 31.417°N 76.500°E |
| Type | Reservoir |
| Primary inflows | 4.4- 8.0 million cusecs |
| Primary outflows | 4.9- 7.0 million cusecs |
| Basin countries | India |
| Max. depth | 163.07 m (535.0 ft) |
| Water volume | 7,501,775 acre⋅ft (9.25 km3)[1] |
| Settlements | Una And Bilaspur |
| References | FAO |
Gobind Sagar Lake is a reservoir situated in Una and Bilaspur districts of Himachal Pradesh, India.[2] It is formed by the Bhakra Dam.
The reservoir is on the river Sutlej and is named in honour of Guru Gobind Singh, the tenth Sikh guru. One of the world's highest gravity dams, the Bhakra dam rises nearly 225.5 m above its lowest foundations. Under the supervision of the American dam-builder, Harvey Slocum,[3] work began in 1955 and was completed in 1962. To maintain the water level, the flow of the river Beas was channelized to Gobind Sagar by the Beas-Sutlej link which was accomplished in 1976.[4]
- ^ "Top 5 Largest Reservoir in India".
- ^ "himachaltourism.gov.in". Archived from the original on 24 March 2010. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
- ^ India After Gandhi. Ramachandra Guha (2008). India After Gandhi, page 215. Pan Macmillan Ltd., London.
- ^ "Lakes in himachal, maharana pratap sagar, gobind sagar, khajjiar, manimahesh, prashar, chandra tal, suraj tal, dashir, nako, rewalsar, lama dal lake".