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Malampuzha Dam is the largest reservoir in Kerala, located near Palakkad in south India with the scenic hills of the Western Ghats in the background. It is a combination of a masonry dam with a length of 1,849 metres and an earthen dam with a length of 220 metres.〔 〕 The dam is 355 feet high and crosses the Malampuzha River, a tributary of Bharathappuzha, Kerala's second longest river. There is a network of two canal systems that serve the dam's reservoir of 42,090 hectares.〔 〕 The dam project was begun in 1949 and completed in 1955. The total catchments area is 145 square kilometres, while the reservoir has a capacity of 8000 square meters of water. The canal systems serve to irrigate farm land while the reservoir provides drinking water to Palakkad and surrounding villages.〔 Location: 10 km from Palakkad town, North Kerala. Attractions: Dam, amusement park, boating facilities, rock garden and ropeway. Around the reservoir of the dam are gardens and amusement parks. Boating facilities are available on the lake. Getting there: Nearest railway station: Palakkad Junction - 7 km 〔 〕 Nearest airport: Coimbatore, 55 km from Malampuzha Dam 〔 〕 ==Picture gallery== File:Malampuzha Dam 5.jpg|Malampuzha Dam Reservoir File:Malampuzha Dam Reservoir 1.jpg|Road over the dam File:Malampuzha Dam Reservoir 2.jpg|View from the dam File:Malampuzha Dam Reservoir 3.jpg|Reservoir File:Malampuzha Dam 6.jpg|View of dam from outside File:Malampuzha Park.jpg|Park near dam File:Malampuzha Dam Gardens.jpg|Malampuzha Garden File:Malampuzha dam.jpg|Malampuzha Dam File:Malampuzha Dam@Night.jpg|Dam at Night File:Malampuzha dam reservoir.jpg|Malampuzha River File:Malapuzha Ropeway.jpg|Malampuzha Ropeway File:Malampuzha Dam Wind turbine.jpg|Wind Turbine File:Malampuzha Dam Garden.jpg|Malampuzha Garden File:Malampuzha Sunset view.jpg|Malampuzha Dam in Sunset File:Malampuzha Gardenwork.jpg|Malampuzha Garden under construction File:Malampuzha River.jpg|Malampuzha River File:Malampuzha Garden2.jpg|Malampuzha Garden File:Malampuzha Dam Board.jpg|Malampuzha River sign board File:Malampuzha Garden 3.jpg|Garden File:Malampuzha Garden4.jpg|Garden File:Malampuzha Dam@Night.jpg|Colour Dam File:Malampuzha Garden at Night.jpg|Night View File:Malampuzha Aquarium.jpg|Aquarium File:Malampuzha Aquarium2.jpg|Aquarium File:Malampuzha Dam1.jpg|Malampuzha Dam File:Malampuzha Dam.jpg|Malampuzha Dam File:Malampuzha Dam3.jpg|Entrance File:Malampuzha Garden.jpg|Garden File:Malampuzha Garden2.jpg|Garden File:Yakshi scuplture.jpg|Yakshi sculpture File:Malampuzha Gardens 01.jpg|Garden File:Malampuzha.jpg|Garden File:Malampuzha dam.JPG|Dam 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Malampuzha Dam」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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