| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%;" |
| Dam/Reservoir | River | Location | Storage capacity (tmcft) | Reservoir level (m) | Height of Dam (m) | Length of Dam (m) | No. of Gates | Type | Reservoir Area (km2) | Completed year | Purpose |
|---|
Almatti Dam[{{cite web | url=http://india-wris.nrsc.gov.in/wrpinfo/index.php?title=Almatti_Dam_D04310 | title=Almatti Dam | publisher=India-WRIS | access-date=27 July 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180425131601/http://india-wris.nrsc.gov.in/wrpinfo/index.php?title=Almatti_Dam_D04310 | archive-date=25 April 2018 | url-status=dead }}][{{cite web | url=http://www.kbjnl.com/Comp-Dam-Almatti | title=Almatti Dam | publisher=Krishna Bhagya Jala Nigam Limited | access-date=27 July 2016}}] | Krishna | Nidagundi taluk, Bijapur district | 123.25 | 519.6 | 49.29 | 1564.85 | 26 | Earth-fill, Gravity & Masonry dam | 540.11 | 1999 | Irrigation & Hydroelectric |
Basava Sagara Dam(Narayanpur Dam)[{{cite web | url=http://india-wris.nrsc.gov.in/wrpinfo/index.php?title=Narayanapura_Dam_D04315 | title=Basava Sagara (Narayanapur Dam) | publisher=India-WRIS | access-date=27 July 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180323041857/http://india-wris.nrsc.gov.in/wrpinfo/index.php?title=Narayanapura_Dam_D04315 | archive-date=23 March 2018 | url-status=dead }}][{{cite web | url=http://www.kbjnl.com/Narayanpur | title=Basava Sagara (Narayanapur Dam) | publisher=Krishna Bhagya Jala Nigam Limited | access-date=27 July 2016}}] | Krishna | Narayanapur, Hunasagi taluk, Yadgir district | 37.965 | 492.252 | 29.72 | 10637.52 | 30 | Earth-fill, Gravity & Masonry dam | 132.06 | 1982 | Irrigation & Hydroelectric |
Raja Lakhamagowda dam[{{cite web | url=http://waterresources.kar.nic.in/salient_features_ghataprabha.htm | title=Ghataprabha Dam | publisher=waterresources.kar.nic.in | access-date=27 July 2016}}] | Ghataprabha | Hidkal, Hukkeri taluk, Belgaum district | 51.16 | 745.79 | 53.34 | 10183 | 10 | Earth-fill, Gravity & Masonry dam | 63.38 | 1977 | Irrigation & Hydroelectric |
Renuka Sagara Dam[{{cite web | url=http://waterresources.kar.nic.in/salient_features_malaprabha.htm | title=Malaprabha Dam | publisher=waterresources.kar.nic.in | access-date=27 July 2016}}] | Malaprabha | Navilutheertha, Saundatti taluk, Belgaum district | 37.73 | 633.83 | 43.13 | 154.52 | 4 | Gravity & Masonry dam | 54.97 | 1972 | Irrigation & Hydroelectric |
Vani Vilasa Sagara[{{cite web | url=http://india-wris.nrsc.gov.in/wrpinfo/index.php?title=Vanivilasa_Sagar_Dam_D05492 | title=Vani Vilasa Sagara Dam | publisher=India-WRIS/ | access-date=21 October 2016}}] | Vedavathi | Marikanive, Hiriyur Taluk, Chitradurga district | 30.442 | 652.28 | 43.28 | 405.4 | 2 | Earth-fill, Gravity & Masonry dam | 87.63 | 1907 | Irrigation & Hydroelectric |
| Upper Tunga Dam
|Tunga
|Gajanur, Shimoga
|3.24
|588.24
|17.5
|791.39
|22
|Earth-fill, Gravity & Masonry dam
|13.389
|2007
|Irrigation & Hydroelectric |
Bhadra Dam[{{cite web | url=http://india-wris.nrsc.gov.in/wrpinfo/index.php?title=Bhadra_Dam_D04426 | title=Bhadra Dam | publisher=India-WRIS | access-date=27 July 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160925005457/http://india-wris.nrsc.gov.in/wrpinfo/index.php?title=Bhadra_Dam_D04426 | archive-date=25 September 2016 | url-status=dead }}][{{cite web | url=http://waterresources.kar.nic.in/salient_features_badrareservoir.htm | title=Bhadhra Reservoir Project | publisher=KARNATAKA WATER RESOURCES DEPARTMENT | access-date=27 July 2016}}] | Bhadra | Lakkavalli,
Tarikere taluk, Chikmagaluru district
| 71.50 | 631.54 | 59.14 | 1708 | 4 | Earth-fill, Gravity & Masonry dam | 112.508 | 1965 | Irrigation & Hydroelectric |
Tungabhadra Dam[{{cite web | url=http://india-wris.nrsc.gov.in/wrpinfo/index.php?title=Tungabhadra_Dam_D05483 | title=Tungabhadra Dam | publisher=India-WRIS | access-date=27 July 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140106040926/http://india-wris.nrsc.gov.in/wrpinfo/index.php?title=Tungabhadra_Dam_D05483 | archive-date=6 January 2014 | url-status=dead }}] | Tungabhadra | Hospet, Vijayanagara district | 132.47 | 497.74 | 49.39 | 2443 | 33 | Earth-fill, Gravity & Masonry dam | 378 | 1953 | Irrigation & Hydroelectric |
Hemavathi Reservoir[{{cite web | url=http://waterresources.kar.nic.in/salient_features_hemavathy.htm| title=Hemavathi Reservoir | publisher=Karnataka-WR Department/ | access-date=4 June 2017}}] | Hemavathi | Gorur, Hassan district | 35.76 | 489.63 | 58.50 | 4692 | 6 | Earth-fill, Masonry dam, Spillway & Gravity | 85.02 | 1979 | Irrigation |
| Kabini Reservoir
|Kabini
|Heggadadevanakote Taluk, Mysore
|19.52
|696
|59.44
|2732
|4
|Earth-fill, Gravity & Masonry dam
| -
|1974
|Irrigation & Hydroelectric |
Harangi Reservoir[{{cite web | url=http://india-wris.nrsc.gov.in/wrpinfo/index.php?title=Harangi_Dam_D05143 | title=Harangi Dam | publisher=India-WRIS | access-date=27 July 2016 | archive-date=24 September 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160924193850/http://india-wris.nrsc.gov.in/wrpinfo/index.php?title=Harangi_Dam_D05143 | url-status=dead }}] | Harangi | Hudgur, Kushalnagar taluk, Kodagu district | 8.07 | 871.42 | 53 | 845.8 | 4 | Earth-fill, Gravity & Masonry dam | 19.081 | 1982 | Irrigation & Hydroelectric |
Krishna Raja Sagara Dam[{{cite web | url=http://india-wris.nrsc.gov.in/wrpinfo/index.php?title=Krishnarajasagar_Dam_D05445 | title=Krishnarajasagar Dam | publisher=India-WRIS | access-date=27 July 2016}}] | Kaveri | Mandya | 45.05 | 791 | 42.62 | 2621 | 18|18 | Gravity & Masonry dam | 107.808 | 1931
|Irrigation & Hydroelectric |
Linganamakki Dam[{{cite web | url=http://india-wris.nrsc.gov.in/wrpinfo/index.php?title=Linganamakki_Dam_D05448 | title=Linganamakki Dam | publisher=India-WRIS | access-date=27 July 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180426080030/http://india-wris.nrsc.gov.in/wrpinfo/index.php?title=Linganamakki_Dam_D05448 | archive-date=26 April 2018 | url-status=dead }}] | Sharavathi | Linganamakki, Sagara Taluk, Shimoga district | 156.62 | 554.43 | 61.26 | 2749.29 | 11 | Earth-fill, Gravity & Masonry dam | 317.28 | 1964 | Hydroelectric |
| Chakra Reservoir
|Chakra
|Chakra Nagar, Hosanagar Taluk, Shimoga
|7.3
|575
|84
|570
|1
|Rock-fill
| -
|1985
|Irrigation |
| Savehaklu Reservoir
|Chakra
|Chakra Nagar, Hosanagar Taluk, Shimoga
|4.1
|582
|59
|633
|1
|Rock-fill
| -
|1980
|Irrigation |
| Mani Reservoir
|Varahi
|Hummadagallu, Hosanagar Taluk, Shimoga
|35.2
|594.36
|59
|580
|3
|Earth-fill, Gravity & Masonry dam
|-
|1988
|Hydroelectric |
Supa Dam[{{cite web | url=http://india-wris.nrsc.gov.in/wrpinfo/index.php?title=Supa_Dam_D04595 | title=Supa Dam | publisher=India-WRIS/ | access-date=15 October 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180428185216/http://india-wris.nrsc.gov.in/wrpinfo/index.php?title=Supa_Dam_D04595 | archive-date=28 April 2018 | url-status=dead }}] | Kali | Ganesha Gudi, Joida Taluk, Uttara Kannada district | 147.54 | 564 | 101 | 331.29 | 3 | Gravity & Masonry dam | 124 | 1987 | Hydroelectric |
Kodasalli Dam[{{cite web | url=http://india-wris.nrsc.gov.in/wrpinfo/index.php?title=Kodasalli_Dam_D05176 | title=Kodasalli Dam | publisher=India-WRIS/ | access-date=15 October 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180429224331/http://india-wris.nrsc.gov.in/wrpinfo/index.php?title=Kodasalli_Dam_D05176 | archive-date=29 April 2018 | url-status=dead }}] | Kali | Kodasalli, Joida Taluk, Uttara Kannada district | 10.14 | 75.5 m | 52.1 | 534 | 9 | Earth-fill, Gravity & Masonry dam | 20.85 | 2000 | Hydroelectric |
Kadra Dam[{{cite web | url=http://india-wris.nrsc.gov.in/wrpinfo/index.php?title=Kadra_Dam_D05175 | title=Kadra Dam | publisher=India-WRIS/ | access-date=27 July 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180429222500/http://india-wris.nrsc.gov.in/wrpinfo/index.php?title=Kadra_Dam_D05175 | archive-date=29 April 2018 | url-status=dead }}] | Kali | Virje Karwar Taluk, Uttara Kannada district | 13.74 | 34.50 m | 40.50 | 2313 | 10 | Earth-fill, Gravity & Masonry dam | 32.48 | 1997 | Hydroelectric |
| Shanti Sagara | Haridra | Kerebilchi, Channagiri taluk, Davanagere district | 3.5 | 612 | 8 | 290 | 2 | Earth-fill | 26.51 | - | Irrigation |
| Karanja Dam | Karanja | Byalahalli, Bhalki taluk, Bidar district | 13.1 | 587 | 19 | 3480 | 6 | - | 45 | 1989 | irrigation |