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Wardha River
The Wardha River, also known as the Varada River, is a major river in Vidarbha, Maharashtra, which originates in the Satpura Range and flows into the Wain ganga river to form the Pranhita river which finally joins the Godavari river. Origin The Wardha river originates at an altitude of in the Satpura Range near Khairwani village in Multai tehsil, Betul District, Madhya Pradesh. Course From its origin, it flows for in Madhya Pradesh and then enters into Maharashtra. After travelling for another , it joins the Wainganga, forming the Pranahita, which ultimately flows into the Godavari River. Tributaries The Kar, Wena, Jam, and Erai are its left-bank tributaries, while the Madu, Bembala, and Penganga are its right-bank tributaries. The Bembla, is also an important tributary of River Wardha. Dams The Upper Wardha Dam is located on the Wardha river near Morshi. It is considered a lifeline for the city of Amravati and the Morshi and Warud Talukas. The Lower War ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pulgaon
Pulgaon () is a municipal council in Wardha district in the India state of Maharashtra. The nearest city is Wardha, away via the Mumbai–Nagpur Expressway. Located near Pulgaon is the Central Ammunition Depot, a military area and the second-largest ammunition depot in Asia. History Pulgaon was created as a municipality in 1901The Census Handbook of the Wardha district instead gives the year as 1902. and has an area of under its jurisdiction. The old town lies south of the railway station and is relatively new; it grew from a collection of hutments of workers employed for the nearby railway bridge over the Wardha river. It is therefore unofficially called "Bridgetown" (from mar, पुल, pul, bridge and mar, गाव, gaon, village/town). The town's rapid rise in importance was partially due to its favorable position in the center of a cotton-growing area. The town is built on rocky soil and derives its water supply mainly from the Wardha river, and more recently, from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Multai Tehsil
Multai tehsil is a fourth-order administrative and revenue division, a subdivision of third-order administrative and revenue division of Betul district of Madhya Pradesh. Geography Multai tehsil has an area of 807.93 sq kilometers. It is bounded by Athner tehsil in the southwest and west, Betul tehsil in the northwest, Amla tehsil in the north, Chhindwara district in the northeast and east and Maharashtra Maharashtra (; , abbr. MH or Maha) is a states and union territories of India, state in the western India, western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau. Maharashtra is the List of states and union te ... in the southeast and south. See also * Betul district References Tehsils of Madhya Pradesh Betul district {{MadhyaPradesh-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rivers Of Madhya Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh is a state in north-central India, is subtropical with substantial () monsoon rains that feed a large number of streams and rivers. The largest of these by volume is the Narmada, followed by the Tapti. Madhya Pradesh falls in five major river basins. The northern part of the state falls within the Ganges Basin where the Betwa, Chambal and Son flow. South of the Ganges Basin is the Narmada Basin, the second largest by surface area. The other three basins cover small portions of Madhya Pradesh, namely the Mahi Basin to the west, the Tapi Basin and the Godavari Basin to the south. Ganges Basin: betwa The Betwa drains off of the Deccan plateau. Originating in the Kumra village in Raisen district of Madhya Pradesh, the Betwa flows for 590 km (232 km in MP and 358 km in UP). After meandering through Madhya Pradesh, it enters the neighbouring state, Uttar Pradesh, and joins the river Yamuna (Jamna) in Hamirpur. The Betwa takes along with it the water ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rivers Of Maharashtra
A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of water. Small rivers can be referred to using names such as creek, brook, rivulet, and rill. There are no official definitions for the generic term river as applied to geographic features, although in some countries or communities a stream is defined by its size. Many names for small rivers are specific to geographic location; examples are "run" in some parts of the United States, "burn" in Scotland and northeast England, and "beck" in northern England. Sometimes a river is defined as being larger than a creek, but not always: the language is vague. Rivers are part of the water cycle. Water generally collects in a river from precipitation through a drainage basin from surface runoff and other sources such as groundwater recharge, springs, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yavatmal
Yavatmal ( is a city and municipal council in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the administrative headquarters of Yavatmal District. Yavatmal is around 90 km away from divisional headquarters Amravati while it is away from the state capital Mumbai. The name is derived from the Marathi ''Yavat'' (mountain) and ''mal'' (row). Another theory is as the city is located on a plateau, which is comparatively higher altitude than its other tehsils. History Formerly known as "Yeoti" or "Yeotmal", Yavatmal was the main town of the Berar Sultanate and according to old writings "the safest place in the world". The then region of Yavatmal (now Yavatmal district), was part of the dominion of Aladdin Hassan Bahman Shah who founded the Bahmani Sultanate in 1347. In 1572, Murtaza Shah, ruler of the Ahmadnagar Sultanate (current day Ahmadnagar District), annexed the Yavatmal district. In 1596, Chand Bibi, warrior queen of Ahmadnagar, ceded the district of Yavatmal to the Mughal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lower Wardha Dam
Lower Wardha Dam is an earthfill and gravity dam on Wardha river at Varud (Baggaji) Dhanodi near Arvi in Wardha district but falls under Amravati district in the state of Maharashtra in India. Specifications The height of the dam above lowest foundation is while the length is . The volume content is and gross storage capacity is . This project's initial contract value is INR 417.30 Millions. Location This dam is located a 20.877819, 78.259821close to a village named Dhanodi near Arvi, in Wardha District of the state of Maharashtra. Purpose * Irrigation and water supply See also * Dams in Maharashtra * List of reservoirs and dams in India This page shows the state-wise list of dams and reservoirs in India. As of July, 2019, total number of large dams in India is 5,334. About 447 large dams are under construction in India. In terms of number of dams, India ranks third after China an ... References {{reflist Dams in Amravati district Year of establishment missing [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amravati
Amravati (pronunciation (help·info)) is the second largest city in the Vidarbha region and ninth largest city in Maharashtra, India. It is administrative headquarters of Amravati district and Amravati division which includes Akola, Buldhana, Washim and Yavatmal districts. It is one of the Maharashtra's nominated city under Smart Cities Mission. In 1983, Amravati city became Vidarbha's second Municipal corporation. Located about 663 (412 mi) kilometers east of the state capital Mumbai and 152 (94 mi) kilometers west of Nagpur, Amravati is the second largest city of the Vidarbha region after Nagpur. Geography Amravati is located at . It has an average elevation of 343 meters (1125 feet). It lies west of Nagpur and serves as the administrative centre of Amravati District and of Amravati Division. The city is located near the passes through the hills that separate the cotton-growing regions of the Purna basin to the West and the Wardha basin to the East. Chikha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morshi
Morshi is the second largest town in the Amravati district of Maharashtra, India. It is located 55 km north-east of Amravati, situated very close to the border with Madhya Pradesh, in the scenic southern foothills of the Satpura ranges. Morshi and the surrounding region is also known for the cultivation of Nagpur oranges and the prominent Nal Damayanti Dam. Administration Morshi is an important sub-district (Tehsil) in Amravati district. Morshi town is a sub-district headquarters. Sub-district administration is run by a sub-divisional officer from IAS. The revenue administration is run by Tehsildar. Other important government establishment in Morshi are the civil and criminal courts and police station. Local administration is run by a Morshi Nagar Parishad, a city council. Demographics As per the 2011 Indian census, Morshi had a population of 37,333, of which 19031 were males and 18302 were females. 8,996 were children ages 0-6, which was 10.19% of the total popula ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Upper Wardha Dam
The Upper Wardha Dam is an earthfill straight gravity dam across the Wardha River, a tributary of the Godavari River, near Simbhora village in Morshi taluk in Amravati district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. The dam provides multipurpose benefits of irrigation, drinking water supply, flood control and hydropower generation. The Upper Wardha Dam is also known as the Nala Damayanti Sagar, named after the famous characters Nala and Damayanti of an epic love story in Hindu mythology, Nala and Damayanti. The multipurpose Upper Wardha Dam project is considered the lifeline for Amravati city, and Morshi and Warud Talukas. It is an integral component of the Upper Wardha Irrigation Project, which envisages providing water for irrigation, drinking water supply and for industrial use and also flood control. Hydropower generation is planned only when irrigation develops. Geography The Wardha River, across which the Upper Wardha Dam is built, is a tributary of the Godavari Rive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tributary
A tributary, or affluent, is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream or main stem (or parent) river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries and the main stem river drain the surrounding drainage basin of its surface water and groundwater, leading the water out into an ocean. The Irtysh is a chief tributary of the Ob river and is also the longest tributary river in the world with a length of . The Madeira River is the largest tributary river by volume in the world with an average discharge of . A confluence, where two or more bodies of water meet, usually refers to the joining of tributaries. The opposite to a tributary is a distributary, a river or stream that branches off from and flows away from the main stream. PhysicalGeography.net, Michael Pidwirny & S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Godavari River
The Godavari (IAST: ''Godāvarī'' od̪aːʋəɾiː is India's second longest river after the Ganga river and drains into the third largest basin in India, covering about 10% of India's total geographical area. Its source is in Trimbakeshwar, Nashik, Maharashtra. It flows east for , draining the states of Maharashtra (48.6%), Telangana (18.8%), Andhra Pradesh (4.5%), Chhattisgarh (10.9%) and Odisha (5.7%). The river ultimately empties into the Bay of Bengal through an extensive network of tributaries. Measuring up to , it forms one of the largest river basins in the Indian subcontinent, with only the Ganga and Indus rivers having a larger drainage basin. In terms of length, catchment area and discharge, the Godavari is the largest in peninsular India, and had been dubbed as the Dakshina Ganga (Ganges of the South). The river has been revered in Hindu scriptures for many millennia and continues to harbour and nourish a rich cultural heritage. In the past few decades, the riv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
