Gajah Mungkur reservoir located in the Wonogiri district, Central Java province, about 32 km south of the city of Solo .. The water level of the lake is at an altitude of 361 m.
Many interesting stories during the construction of this dam. One is a program Bedol Desa. Construction of this dam submerge areas are the villages formerly contained residensial. So people in these villages were transferred to the other area on different island. Total there are 51 villages, about 12,157 heads of families of 67,157 person who moved to the area Sitiung, province of West Sumatra. From there the emergence of the term Bedol village.
View larger map on Taman wisata Waduk Gajah Mungkur
Inscription Bedol village Gajah Mungkur
Gajah Mungkur
Mini zoo.
Gajah Mungkur reservoir stemming largest rivers and the longest river on the island of Java is Bengawan Solo River. Area of Gajah Mungkur about 8,800 hectares. The function of this dam is to prevent flooding in the area. In addition, the reservoir can provide a source of drinking water for the city of Solo, and can irrigate an area of 23,600 hectares of paddy fields in Klaten, Sukoharjo, Karang Anyar and Sragen. This reservoir can also generate electric power of 12.4 MW.
Gajah Mungkur
Another function of the reservoir Gajah Mungkur is a
tourist and recreation area. One of the tourist locations in the
reservoir Gajah Mungkur is Sendang Asri. Here there is a boat or rent a
boat to go around the lake. Also a range of facilities for water sports
such as fishing, boat, water skiing, jet skiing and paragliding. In
reservoir recreation park there is also a Gajah Mungkur Mini Zoo.
In this park there are also other facilities such as a playground, a mini train, souvenir stalls and food vendors and others.
In this park there are also other facilities such as a playground, a mini train, souvenir stalls and food vendors and others.
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