Unchalli Falls

Unchalli Falls / ಉಂಚಳ್ಳಿ ಜಲಪಾತ
Unchalli Falls
Location	Siddapur, Karnataka, India
Coordinates	14°24′34″N 74°44′51″E / 14.40944°N 74.74750°E / 14.40944; 74.74750
Total height	116 metres (381 ft)
Watercourse	Aghanashini

Unchalli Falls Kannada: ಉಂಚಳ್ಳಿ ಜಲಪಾತ, also known as Lushington Falls, is a waterfall created by a 116 metres (381 ft) drop in the Aghanashini river. The fall is located near Siddapur in Uttara Kannada District of Karnataka, India. The falls are named for J. D. Lushington, a District Collector for the British Government, who discovered the falls in 1845.^[1]

Heggarne, a hamlet in Uttara Kannada district, is 35 km from Siddapur. The falls are reached by a 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) trek from Heggarne through thick forest. Here the river makes a cavalcade of water falls and eventually leaps into a steep valley to form a spectacular, picturesque waterfall. The falls are sometimes called Keppa Joga because of the deafening sound they make.

Uttara Kannada

Taluks	Ankola Bhatkal Haliyal Honnavar Joida Karwar Kumta Mundgod Siddapura Sirsi Yellapura

Tourist places	Gokarna Yana Banavasi Idagunji Murudeshwar Dandeli Netrani Island Sonda Jog Falls Magod Falls Sathodi Falls Unchalli Falls

See also	Project Seabird Supa Dam Kali River Sharavathi River Western Ghats Konkani people Nawayathi

The Lushington the falls are named after is Thomas Davies Lushington, the brother of Edmund Law Lushington who married Cecilia Tennyson.

References

↑ India, Geological Society of (1963). Memoir. ISBN 978-81-85867-45-8.

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Unchalli Falls

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