Krishna River

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A week-long dry spell in the Western Ghats of Karnataka and Maharashtra has significantly reduced water inflows into the Krishna river and its tributaries.

About Krishna River

• The Krishna River, also known as Krishnaveni, is a river of south-central India. 
• It is India’s fourth-largest river by water inflows and basin area after the Ganga, Godavari, and Brahmaputra. 
• It stretches approximately 1400 km. 
• Course: 
  • The river rises in western Maharashtra state in the Western Ghats range near the town of Mahabaleshwar, not far from the coast of the Arabian Sea. 
  • It passes through the Indian states of Maharashtra, Karnataka, Telangana, and Andhra Pradesh and meets the Bay of Bengal at Hamasaladeevi in Andhra Pradesh on the east coast.
• The Krishna River Basin extends over an area of about 258,948 sq.km., which is nearly 8 percent of the total geographical area of the country. 
• It is bounded by the Balaghat range on the north, by the Eastern Ghats on the south and the east, and by the Western Ghats on the west.
• The principal tributaries joining Krishna are the Ghataprabha, the Malaprabha, the Bhima, the Tungabhadra, and the Musi.
• The Krishna River and its tributaries create many beautiful waterfalls, such as:
  • Gokak Falls
  • Kalhati Falls
  • Theertham Falls
  • Manikyadhara Falls
  • Hampi Waterfall (formed by the Tungabhadra River)
  • Magod Falls (in the Yellapur taluk of North Canara district)
• The major dams on the Krishna are the Lal Bahadur Shastri Dam (also known as Almatti Dam), the Nagarjuna Sagar, the Srisailam Dam, the Dhom Dam, the Narayanpur Dam, and the Jurala Dam. 
• Historically, the Krishna River has been the lifeline for ancient kingdoms such as the Satavahanas and the Vijayanagara Empire. 

News: DH

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