Mamam River is a small river located in the

Thiruvananthapuram Thiruvananthapuram (; ), also known by its former name Trivandrum (), is the capital of the Indian state of Kerala. It is the most populous city in Kerala with a population of 957,730 as of 2011. The encompassing urban agglomeration populati ...

district of

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. Malayalam: മാമം പുഴ. It originates from the Pandalakode hills in Thiruvananthapuram and flows 27 km westwards into the Anchuthengu lake. The river basin is 144 km long. This river surrounds one side of

Attingal Attingal is a municipality in Thiruvananthapuram metropolitan area in Thiruvananthapuram district of Kerala state, India. It was the location of the Attingal kingdom, under Travancore. It is the headquarters of Chirayinkeezhu Taluk, and the ...

Vamanapuram Vamanapuram is a village in Thiruvananthapuram district in the state of Kerala, India. It is the location of Shri 'Vamana', one of the ten incarnations of Maha Vishnu. The Lord Vamana temple is located here, and hence the name Vamanapuram, mea ...

, Mamom and Ayirur rivers form the Vamanapuram

drainage basin A drainage basin is an area of land where all flowing surface water converges to a single point, such as a river mouth, or flows into another body of water, such as a lake or ocean. A basin is separated from adjacent basins by a perimeter, t ...

with a total catchment area of 867 sq.km Mamam is 37th river of Kerala. It flows through Saigramam Global village, a self sufficient and heritage village. The river also forms waterfalls at Saigramam. This river flows along the southern part of Mudakkal panchayat and splits at

Andoorkonam Andoorkonam is an area in Trivandrum city in the Indian state of Kerala. It is located approximately 20 km from the Thiruvananthapuram city. Andoorkonam is noted for its reserves of Kaolinite (china clay). The temple of Sree Ramadasa Ash ...

. This branch flows westwards and joins the Vamanapuram river. The other branch flows south, crosses Enchakal, turns west and joins Anchuthengu Lake. The Changadam checkdam is located on this branch.

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Rivers of Thiruvananthapuram district {{India-river-stub