Ghod River is located in

Pune District Pune district (Marathi pronunciation: Help:IPA/Marathi, uɳeː is the most populous district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. The district's population was 9,429,408 in the 2011 census, making it the fourth most populous district amongst I ...

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, western

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. It is a tributary of the

Bhima River The Bhima River (also known as Chandrabhaga River) is a major river in Western India and South India. It flows southeast for through Maharashtra, Karnataka, and Telangana states, before entering the Krishna River. After the first sixty-five ki ...

. The Ghod originates on the eastern slopes of the Western Ghats at

above sea level Height above mean sea level is a measure of the vertical distance (height, elevation or altitude) of a location in reference to a historic mean sea level taken as a vertical datum. In geodesy, it is formalized as ''orthometric heights''. The comb ...

. It flows in an east-southeast direction for approximately before its confluence with the Bhima. It flows from the northern side of the Sahyadri Hills. The Kukadi River is one of the tributaries of the Ghod. The Ghor River is the tributary of

. The soil on the upper and lower courses of the river is abundant in paleontological sediments. The river dates back to ancient times, which is proved by the gravel bed. The river Ghod flows in the state of Maharashtra.

Inamgaon Inamgaon, in Maharashtra, is one of the largest Chalcolithic settlements in India. It has been estimated that at one time, about 1,000 people may have lived here. The settlement lasted for over 900 years (1500-600 BCE). Inamgaon is a post- Harap ...

is one of the largest and most exciting chalcolithic sites in India, which is located on the banks of this river.

, a post- Harappan agrarian village located along the Ghod, has been studied for its archaeological finds. The river is dammed by the

Ghod Dam Ghod Dam, originally Pava Dam, is an earthfill dam on Ghod River near Shirur, pune district in State of Maharashtra in India. Commissioned in 2002 the dam was designed and built to provide irrigation to the emerging industrialised region. This w ...

. The Ghod is a major river used by the nearby inhabitants primarily for irrigation purposes.

Course

The River Ghod in Maharashtra flows from the northern side of the Bhimashankar Hills of the Western Ghats, originating at about 1090 meters above sea level. The river is dammed at several places, including the Ghod Dam: :Height of the dam – above lowest foundation is 29.6 m (97 ft) :Length of the dam: 3,300 m (10,800 ft) :Volume Content: 1,020 km3 (240 cu mi) :Storage capacity: 216,300.00 km3 (51,893.13 cu mi), and the Chinchani Dam which reservoir has a capacity of 5.47 TMC. Ghod travels further and many smaller rivers join it. After it is joined by the Kukadi River at it is locally known as the Kukadi River until the name changes back to Ghod at the dam at .Geonames
/ref> The other main tributaries of the river are: the Mula and Mutha rivers. The Mula rises in Mulshi taluka, and the Mutha in Velhe. The Ghot's tributary Meena rises in the Sahyadri Ghats. The Ghod itself is a tributary of the

, with which it merges at Sangvi Dumala, below Kashti. Nighoj potholes

References

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