Baspa
| Baspa | ||
 Baspa near Chitkul |
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| Data | ||
| location | Himachal Pradesh ( India ) | |
| River system | Indus | |
| Drain over | Satluj → Panjnad → Indus → Indian Ocean | |
| origin |
Baspagletscher 31 ° 15 '17 " N , 78 ° 43' 30" O |
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| Source height | approx. 4900 m | |
| muzzle | at Karcham in the Satluj coordinates: 31 ° 29 ′ 49 " N , 78 ° 10 ′ 50" E 31 ° 29 ′ 49 " N , 78 ° 10 ′ 50" E |
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| Mouth height | approx. 1830 m | |
| Height difference | approx. 3070 m | |
| Bottom slope | approx. 41 ‰ | |
| length | 75 km | |
| Small towns | Sangla | |
| Communities | Chitkul | |
 Bridge over the Baspa near Chitkul |
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The Baspa is a 75 km long left tributary of the Satluj in the state of Himachal Pradesh in northwest India .
The Baspa is fed by the Baspa glacier and other glaciers near the Indian border with Tibet. The river flows in a westerly direction through the Baspatal (also known as Sanglatal). This is located in the Himalayas in the southeast of the Kinnaur district . For the lower 40 km from Chitkul , a road runs along the course of the river. Only this section of the Baspa valley is populated. The main town of the valley is Sangla . Below the confluence of the Baspa in the Satluj this is dammed by the Karcham-Wangtoo dam , so that the Baspa is backed up over a length of about one kilometer.
Use of hydropower
At Kuppa near Sangla, about 10 km above the estuary, the river is dammed up by a weir at an altitude of about 2600 m to generate electricity and a large part of the water via a 7.95 km long tunnel and an 845 m long pressure pipe to the one at the Hydroelectric power station located at the river mouth. The weir has only a limited storage capacity. The hydraulic potential is 702 m. The hydropower plant, which went into operation in May 2003, has three Pelton turbines of 100 MW each .
Individual evidence
- ↑ co2blue.com: Baspa Hydro Power Project ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
