The Kolar River (Kolhar River) is a river of
Nagpur district
Nagpur district (Marathi pronunciation: Help:IPA/Marathi, aːɡpuːɾ is a Districts of Maharashtra, district in the Vidarbha region of Maharashtra state in central India. The city of Nagpur is the district administrative centre. The district ...
,
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 ...
, India, flowing southeast from above the town of
Saoner
Saoner is a city and tehsil headquarters in north part of Nagpur district in state of Maharashtra, India. The town is governed by Savner municipal council. It is from Nagpur city. Saoner is located on the bank of Kolar River. It is historicall ...
to its juncture with the
Kanhan River
The Kanhan River is an important right bank tributary of the Wainganga River draining a large area lying south of Satpura range in central India. Along its 275 km run through the Indian States of Maharashtra & Madhya Pradesh, it receives its ...
. It is in the
Godavari river basin. The Kolar River forms the boundary between
Saoner taluka and
Ramtek taluka.
Origin and course
The Kolar arises near the
Madhya Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh (, ; meaning 'central province') is a state in central India. Its capital is Bhopal, and the largest city is Indore, with Jabalpur, Ujjain, Gwalior, Sagar, and Rewa being the other major cities. Madhya Pradesh is the seco ...
border in the Chorkhairi West Reserved Forest in the north-east corner of the
Katol taluka
Katol taluka is a taluka in Katol subdivision of Nagpur district in Maharashtra, Maharashtra state, India. It covers an area of 9,017 hectares, and as of 2001 had a population of 155,668, of whom 37,435 were urban dwellers, and 118,233 were rura ...
at an elevation of approximately 600 meters, . It flows southeast for about ten kilometers passing through the Pilkapar range
and then past the village of Pipla on its right. The river then turns east for four kilometers toward the village of Tidangi, where it enters the Kolar Dam Reservoir. Past the
Kolar Dam it continues east for about four kilometers before turning southeast again just before the village of Hetisurla. Another seven kilometers brings the Kolar River to the center of the town of Saoner (Savner). It continues southeast past the town of
Patansavangi, and receives it major tributary, the Chandrabhaga Nadi, from the right (west) at . Continuing southeast it enters the Kanhan River from the right at the village of Tola, , just above the town of
Kamptee
Kamptee is a suburb of Nagpur city and a municipal council in Nagpur district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is part of the Nagpur metropolitan region development authority. It is the administrative center for Kamptee taluka. It i ...
.
The entire course of the river is in
Nagpur district
Nagpur district (Marathi pronunciation: Help:IPA/Marathi, aːɡpuːɾ is a Districts of Maharashtra, district in the Vidarbha region of Maharashtra state in central India. The city of Nagpur is the district administrative centre. The district ...
.
Notes
Rivers of Maharashtra
Rivers of Nagpur District
Rivers of India
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