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Morel Dam

Earthen dam · RA11MH0054

Morel Dam is an earthen dam on the Morel in Sawai Madhopur district, Rajasthan, completed in 1952; the National Register of Specified Dams 2025 records it as 22.5 m high above lowest foundation level, a crest length of 5,364 m, with a gross storage capacity of 76.66 million cubic metres (register identifier RA11MH0054).

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Morel Dam is at 26.4464° N, 76.3319° E, per the register's coordinates.
Morel Dam is at 26.4464° N, 76.3319° E, per the register’s coordinates. Boundary: DataMeet community maps (divisions dataset, 2011 Census), CC BY 4.0.

Location

Measurements

  • Height above lowest foundation level · 22.5 m

  • Crest length · 5364 m

  • Gross storage capacity · 76.66 MCM

  • Live storage capacity · 70.69 MCM

  • Spillway capacity · 1958 m³/s

Source for the figures above

  • National Register of Specified Dams 2025cwc.gov.in

    "Specified Dam" means a dam constructed before or after the commencement of this Act, which is, — (i) above fifteen metres in height, measured from the lowest portion of the general foundation area to the top of dam

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Also on Dams of Sawai Madhopur District

Morel Dam is no. 5 of 6 on this list.