Chandrabhaga_River_(Purna_River_tributary)

Chandrabhaga River (Purna River tributary)

Chandrabhaga River (Purna River tributary)

River in Maharashtra, India

This article is about Chandrabhaga river (Amravati district). It is not to be confused with Bhima River, in Solāpur district popularly known as the Chandrabhaga.

Chandrabhaga is one of the major rivers in Amravati district of Maharashtra. As a tributary of the Purna, it forms a part of the Tapti-Purna river system.

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The main stream of the river rises down the Vairat Plateau in the Chikhaldara hills[1] and takes an eastward course draining the south slopes of Chikhaldara and Gawilgarh plateaus.[2] dam is built on the river as it comes out of the valley. The river takes a more southward turn from the dam and passes through the town of Daryapur before it meets with river Purna on the border of Amravati and Akola district. Bhuleshwari is a chief tributary of Chandrabhaga that meets it before Daryapur. Sapan and Bichan rivers flowing through Achalpur and Paratwada are other affluent streams.[2]

Notes and references

  1. [1]
    Khadri, S. F. R. (2011). "Hydro geological investigations of the Chandrabhaga River basin, Chikaldhara Region, Amravati District, MS, India" (PDF). International Journal of Earth Sciences and Engineering. 4 (6): 262–269. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 December 2011.
  2. [2]
    "Rivers - The Gazetteers Department - Amravati". Retrieved 15 December 2012.


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