Jog Falls

                                    The magnificent Jog Falls ( ಜೋಗ ಜಲಪಾತ) is a major Tooorist attraction and is unquestionably the grandest beautiful natural beauty in Shimoga. Jog Falls is formed by the River Sharavathi falling from a height of nearly 253 m (830 ft) is the second-highest falls in India (after the Nohkalikai Falls with a height of 1100 feet (335 metres) in Meghalaya). Jog falls is located in Sagara ,Shimoga District.  It is also called by the names of Gersoppa Falls and Jogada Gundi. Jog Falls is untiered, i.e., it drops directly and does not stream on to rocks. Thus, it can be described as the second-highest untiered waterfall in India.

                                    The Sharavati is west flowing river which rises at Ambutirtha, near Nonabar, in the Tirthahalli taluk and takes the north-westerly course by Fatte petta,receives the Haridravati on the right below Pattaguppe and the Yenne Hole on the left above Barangi. On arriving at the frontier it bends to the west, and precipitating itself down the celebrated Falls of Gersoppa and passing that village (properly Geru-Sappe),  discharges into the sea at Honnavar in North Kanara. There is a belief that was  formed by a stroke of Rama's arrow. The stream is crossed by 70 anicuts, from which small channels are drawn having an aggregate length of 42 Kilometres.