The Amaravati River is the longest tributary of
Kaveri River in the fertile districts of
Udumalpet,
Dharapuram and
Karur Tamil Nadu
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state,
South India
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.
Notes
The long Amaravati River begins at the
Kerala
Kerala ( ; ) is a state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile regions of Cochin, Malabar, South C ...
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Tamil Nadu
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border at the bottom of
Manjampatti Valley
Manjampatti Valley is a protected area in the eastern end of Indira Gandhi Wildlife Sanctuary and National Park (IGWS&NP) in Tirupur District, Tamil Nadu, South India. It is a pristine drainage basin of shola and montane rain forest wit ...
between the
Anaimalai Hills and the
Palni Hills in
Indira Gandhi Wildlife Sanctuary and National Park in
Tirupur district. It descends in a northerly direction through
Amaravathi Reservoir and
Amaravathi Dam at
Amaravathinagar
Amaravathinagar is a small town in the foothills of Annamalai Hills in Tirupur district, Tamil Nadu, India; 17 km south on SH 17 from Udumalpet and around 80 km south of Downtown Coimbatore city. The three major employers in this vi ...
. It is joined by the Kallapuram River at the mouth of the Ajanda valley in
Udumalaipettai. Through
Dharapuram and
Aravakurichi it joins with the Kaveri at Thirumukkudal, about from
Karur.
Nanganji, Kudavanar, Shanmuga nadhi, Uppar, Kudumiar, Thenar and so many tributaries are joint with the Amravati river. It has the Tributary of the
Pambar and
Chinnar rivers from
Kerala
Kerala ( ; ) is a state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile regions of Cochin, Malabar, South C ...
also.
Use
This river irrigates over of agricultural lands in
Tiruppur and
Karur districts. The
Amaravathi Dam has 4 megawatts of electricity generating capacity installed. The Amaravathi River and its basin, especially in the vicinity of
Karur, are heavily used for industrial processing water and waste disposal and as a result are severely polluted due to large amount of textile dyeing and bleaching units. But nowadays in karur, the changes are vicinity by seeing Amaravati river on its clean surface because of pollution controlled by government.
[Marcus Moench, Rethinkng the Mosaic, Investigations into Local Water Management, Addressing Constraints in Complex Systems, Chapter 1]
''Meeting the Water Management Needs of South Asia in the 21st Century''
, pub: Nepal Water Conservation Foundation, Kathmandu, and the Institute for Social and Environmental Transition, Boulder, Colorado, U.S.A., 1999, pp 145-146
History
The ancient names of the river is ''Aanporunai'' and ''Aambravathi''. Amaravathi, invokes the greenery and Kalpavriksha tree of Lord
Indra's heaven. The name Amaravathi echoes the Hindu past and present of southern India. By Hindu religion, river is from the grace of goddess Ambaal form the heaven. The Amaravathi river swells into life in the Anjanad valley (Anaimalai, Kerala state) of the Western Ghats, whose slopes are awash with Kurinji blossoms once every 12 years, descends to the plains near Udumalaipettai, Tamil Nadu, and flows to make the rich plains of Dharapuram and Karur . It is one of the longest rivers (282 km) in Tamil Nadu, which join with the river Cauvery, near Karur.
Gallery
File:Amaravathy River Kadathur.JPG, The view of Amaravathy River near the Arjuneswarar Temple in Kadathur
File:Dry-Amaravathi-at-Karur.JPG, The wide Amaravathi River bed at Karur
File:Defunct-Amaravathi-Toll-Plaza-Karur.jpg, Toll plaza near Karur on NH7
Notes
{{Kaveri River
Rivers of Tamil Nadu
Tributaries of the Kaveri River
Geography of Coimbatore
Rivers of India