{"id":113694,"date":"2026-07-17T17:12:32","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T11:42:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=113694"},"modified":"2026-07-17T17:12:32","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T11:42:32","slug":"barehipani-falls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/barehipani-falls\/","title":{"rendered":"Barehipani Falls, Location, Formation, Geographical Features, Significance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Barehipani Falls<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is the <\/span><b>highest waterfall in Odisha<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and is widely regarded as the <\/span><b>second-highest waterfall in India by total height, after Kunchikal Falls<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. It is <\/span><b>located within the Similipal National Park and Tiger Reserve in Mayurbhanj district, Odisha.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Formed by the <\/span><b>Budhabalanga River<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the waterfall descends about 399 metres (1,309 feet) in two distinct tiers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Barehipani Falls Location<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Barehipani Falls is <\/span><b>located in <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/similipal-national-park\/\" target=\"_blank\"><b>Similipal National Park<\/b><\/a><b> and Tiger Reserve in Mayurbhanj district, Odisha.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It lies in the <\/span><b>Similipal Hills<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which form part of the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/eastern-ghats\/\" target=\"_blank\"><b>Eastern Ghats<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The waterfall can be viewed from designated viewpoints inside the protected area and is accessible through forest safari routes.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is located <\/span><b>close to Joranda Falls,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> another prominent waterfall of Similipal.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Barehipani Falls Formation<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Barehipani Falls is formed where the <\/span><b>Budhabalanga River <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">descends over the steep slopes of the Meghasani (Meghasuni) massif in the Similipal Hills. Flowing across the elevated terrain of the Eastern Ghats, the river encounters a sharp change in elevation and drops in two distinct tiers, forming a tiered waterfall. Over time, continuous river erosion has shaped the valley and cliff face, giving the waterfall its present landform.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Barehipani Falls Geographical Features<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Barehipani waterfall has a <\/span><b>total height of about 399 metres <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and descends in two distinct tiers.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is classified as a <\/span><b>tiered waterfall<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, where water flows in successive stages rather than as a single uninterrupted plunge.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The surrounding landscape consists of <\/span><b>steep valleys, rocky cliffs and dense tropical forests <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of the Similipal landscape.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It represents the erosional action of a river flowing across the elevated terrain of the Eastern Ghats.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Water discharge reaches its maximum during the Southwest Monsoon (June-September).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Barehipani Falls Ecological Significance<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Barehipani waterfall lies within the Similipal Tiger Reserve, which is also a National Park and part of the UNESCO World Network of Biosphere Reserves.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Similipal is one of India\u2019s important biodiversity hotspots and is known for the Royal Bengal Tiger, Asian Elephant, and the rare melanistic (black) tiger population.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Read about Barehipani Falls, Odisha\u2019s highest waterfall, including its location, formation, geographical features, ecological importance, and key facts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":113683,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[786],"tags":[8757],"class_list":["post-113694","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-general-studies","tag-barehipani-falls","no-featured-image-padding"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113694","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=113694"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113694\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":113695,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113694\/revisions\/113695"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/113683"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=113694"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=113694"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=113694"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}