The Aghanashini River (also historically the River Merjee) is a river located in
India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...
about 18 miles south east of
Anjediva Island
Anjediva Island (also Anjadip Island) ( Konkani: Anjadiv; Portuguese: ''Ilha de Angediva'') is an Indian island in the Arabian Sea. It sits off the coast of Canacona. It is politically part of Goa state, geographically the nearest mainland is t ...
.
The village of
Aghanashini is to be found at the mouth of the river. The river Aghanashini originates at 'Shankara Honda' in the
Sirsi city of
Uttara Karnataka
North Karnataka is a geographical region in Deccan plateau from elevation that constitutes the region of the Karnataka state in India and the region consists of 13 districts. It is drained by the Krishna River and its tributaries the Bh ...
. The water from this river flows unobstructed through the
Western Ghats range and then joins the
Arabian Sea
The Arabian Sea ( ar, اَلْبَحرْ ٱلْعَرَبِيُّ, Al-Bahr al-ˁArabī) is a region of the northern Indian Ocean bounded on the north by Pakistan, Iran and the Gulf of Oman, on the west by the Gulf of Aden, Guardafui Channel ...
.
References
{{coord, 14.5209, 74.3582, type:river_region:IN, format=dms, display=title
Rivers of the Western Ghats