{"id":17533,"date":"2025-09-27T12:08:35","date_gmt":"2025-09-27T06:38:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=17533"},"modified":"2025-09-29T12:34:19","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T07:04:19","slug":"tungabhadra-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/tungabhadra-river\/","title":{"rendered":"Tungabhadra River"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Tungabhadra River Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Police retrieved bodies of three Karnataka youngsters from Tungabhadra river near Mantralayam in Kurnool district recently. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Tungabhadra River<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a significant <\/span><b>peninsular river in southern India,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> flowing through the states of <\/span><b>Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the principal <\/span><b>tributary of the Krishna <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">River.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Hindus consider this river sacred, and there is a <\/span><b>mention of the river in<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the <\/span><b>Ramayana<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, where it is<\/span><b> referred to as Pampa.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Course<\/strong>:\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It <\/span><b>originates <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at Koodli, near<\/span><b> Shimoga district<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the state of <\/span><b>Karnataka<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, where <\/span><b>two rivers<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014the <\/span><b>Tunga River and the Bhadra River\u2014meet<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and give birth to the Tungabhadra.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Both the <\/span><b>Tunga &amp; Bhadra <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rivers <\/span><b>originate<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on the <\/span><b>eastern slopes of the Western Ghats.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From this starting point, the Tungabhadra River travels a length of <\/span><b>531 km<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> before <\/span><b>joining the Krishna River<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at Sangamaleshwaram <\/span><b>in Andhra Pradesh.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/krishna-river\/\" target=\"_blank\"><b>Krishna Rive<\/b><strong>r <\/strong><\/a><b>finally ends in the Bay of Bengal.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It runs for <\/span><b>382 km in Karnataka<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, forms the boundary between Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh for 58 km, and further runs for the next 91 km in Andhra Pradesh.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The total catchment area of the river is 69,552 sq.km. up to its confluence with Krishna.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>landscape <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">around the Tungabhadra is dominated by<\/span><b> massive piles of granite in hues of grey, ochre, and pink.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>locked land<\/b> <b>that lies<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the north of the Tungabhadra River <\/span><b>between the Tungabhadra and the Krishna River <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is called the &#8220;<\/span><b>Raichur Doab&#8221;.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is i<\/span><b>nfluenced chiefly <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by the <\/span><b>southwest monsoon.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Major Tributaries: Varada <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">River and <\/span><b>Hagari <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Vedathy) River.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The river has <\/span><b>several dams<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and reservoirs built on it, including the <\/span><b>Tunga Anicut Dam, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the Bhadra Dam, the Hemavathy Dam, and the <\/span><b>Tungabhadra Dam.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\">The <b style=\"font-size: inherit;\">city of Hampi,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which was the <\/span><b style=\"font-size: inherit;\">capital of the Vijayanagara Empire,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is located on the banks of the river.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/city\/vijayawada\/bodies-of-3-karnataka-youngsters-retrieved-from-tungabhadra-river\/articleshow\/122422603.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TOI<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tungabhadra River is a key river in southern India, flowing through Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh, supporting irrigation, agriculture, and hydroelectric power. 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