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The Narmada River, previously also known as Narbada or anglicised as Nerbudda, is the 5th longest river in India and overall the longest west-flowing river in the country. It is also the largest flowing river in the state of Madhya Pradesh. This river flows through the states of Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat in India. It is also known as the ...
The Tapti River rises in Multai, in Madhya Pradesh, and with a total length of 724 km [7] is the second longest west-flowing river in India, after the Narmada River. [8] The Tapti travels east to west and flows through the Indian states of Maharashtra, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh. [7] It drains into the Gulf of Khambhat, in the Arabian Sea, in ...
The Godavari (गोदावरी नदी) River is a major waterway in central India, originating in the Western Ghats and flowing eastwardly across the Deccan Plateau between the states of Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh, then crossing the latter state and turning to flow in a southeast direction until it empties into the Bay of Bengal ...
The Daman Ganga, also called the Dawan River, is a river in western India. The river's headwaters are on the western slope of the Western Ghats range, and it flows west into the Arabian Sea. The river flows through Maharashtra and Gujarat states, as well as the Union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu.
Map of Maharashtra. The word Maharashtra, the land of the mainly Marathi-speaking people, appears to be derived from Maharashtri, an old form of Prakrit.Some believe that the word indicates that it was the land of the Mahars and the Rattas, while others consider it to be a corruption of the term 'Maha Kantara' (the Great Forest), a synonym for 'Dandakaranya'. [1]
The Aravalli range in the north-west serves the origin of few of the rivers such as the Chambal, the Banas and the Luni rivers. [4] The Narmada and Tapti rivers originate from the Vindhya and Satpura ranges in Central India. [4] In the peninsular India, majority of the rivers originate from the Western Ghats and flow towards the Bay of Bengal ...
The Mutha River [1] is a river in western Maharashtra, India. It arises in the Western Ghats and flows eastward until it merges with the Mula River in the city of Pune . It has been dammed twice, first at the Panshet Dam (on the Ambi River), used as a source of drinking water and irrigation for Pune city.