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TheTansa River is a small river nearMumbai, India and is one ofMumbai's water sources viaTansa Lake. It is embanked by a dam built in 1892, which was then one of the largest masonry dams in the world. The embankment is nearly 2 miles long, 118 ft (36 m) high, and 30 metres thick at the base.[1] The dam has 1.31 cubic kilometres capacity of water retention. The dam has about 38 spillway gates.
One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Tansa".Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 26 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 400.| International | |
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