Kabini Dam

Location

Kabini Dam was built in 1974 for an irrigation project and a huge reservoir was built.The Kabini dam is 2,284 feet long and 58 Mts high. Mastigudi lake is named after the village it submerged and it became the nucleus of the reserve. The kabini is a tributary of the cauvery which runs through nagarahole and finally drains into the reservior.