Konar River
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| subdivision_name2 = Jharkhand
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| subdivision_name5 = Hazaribagh, Gomia
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| source1_location = Sultana village, Hazaribagh district, Chota Nagpur Plateau, Jharkhand
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| mouth = Damodar River
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The Konar River is a tributary of Damodar River in Hazaribagh and Bokaro districts of the Indian state of Jharkhand.
Course
The Konar originates near Sultana village on the Hazaribagh-Chatra Road.{{cite web |url = http://www.jharkhandforest.com/files/Hazaribagh_Introduction.pdf |title = The Hazaribagh district |access-date = 2010-04-29 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141028111157/http://www.jharkhandforest.com/files/Hazaribagh_Introduction.pdf |archive-date = 28 October 2014 |url-status = dead }} Thereafter, the Konar with its tributary the Siwani drains a greater portion of the Hazaribagh plateau, and then descending through the barren wastes of scrub and jungle passes Gomia to receive the waters of the Bokaro River, shortly before it joins the Damodar River near Jaridih Bazar in Bokaro district.{{cite book|last=Lister|first=Edward|title=Hazaribagh|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5ROvfeX34PAC&pg=PA44|access-date=6 June 2012|date=October 2009|publisher=BiblioBazaar|isbn=978-1-115-79277-6|page=9}}
Konar Dam
Konar Dam is the second of the four multi-purpose dams included in the first phase of the Damodar Valley Corporation. It was constructed across the Konar River and inaugurated in 1955.{{cite web|url = http://www.india9.com/i9show/Konar-Dam-56477.htm | title = Konar Dam |publisher =india9.com |access-date = 2010-04-17 }}
Konar Dam is {{convert|4535|m}} long and {{convert|48.77|m}} high. The reservoir covers an area of {{convert|27.92|km2|mi2}}.{{cite web |url = http://www.dvcindia.org |title = DVC |work = Konar |publisher = DVC |access-date = 2010-04-17 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070210232841/http://www.dvcindia.org/ |archive-date = 10 February 2007 |url-status = dead }} The Konar earth and concrete dam has a catchment area of {{convert|997|km2|mi2}}.{{cite book|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=ZKs1gBhJSWIC&q=Konar+River&pg=PA394 | title = Hydrology and Water Resources of India By Sharad K. Jain, Pushpendra K. Agarwal, Vijay P. Singh | date = 16 May 2007 |publisher =googlebooks | isbn = 9781402051807 |access-date = 2010-04-17 }}
Bokaro barrage
There is a barrage across the Konar River at the point of its confluence with the Bokaro River to serve Bokaro Thermal Power Station B.{{cite web|url =http://www.apfm.info/publications/casestudies/cs_india_full.pdf | title = Integrated Flood Management| work= Flood Management – Damodar River Basin |publisher = World Metereological Organisation | access-date = 2010-05-03 }}
References
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