{"id":26317,"date":"2025-08-21T11:28:38","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T05:58:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=26317"},"modified":"2025-08-21T15:28:54","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T09:58:54","slug":"krishna-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/krishna-river\/","title":{"rendered":"Krishna River"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Krishna River Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A flood-like situation prevails across the Krishna River basin as incessant rainfall continues in the region.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Krishna 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 river of <\/span><b>south-central India.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>One of India\u2019s longest rivers,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> it has a total course of about <\/span><b>800 miles (1,290 km).<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Course<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The river <\/span><b>rises <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in western <\/span><b>Maharashtra <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">state in the <\/span><b>Western Ghats<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> range near the town of <\/span><b>Mahabaleshwar<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, not far from the coast of the Arabian Sea.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It passes through the Indian states of <\/span><b>Maharashtra, Karnataka, Telangana, and Andhra Pradesh <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><b>meets the Bay of Bengal <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at Hamasaladeevi <\/span><b>in Andhra Pradesh,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on the east coast.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>Krishna River Basin<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> extends over an area of about 258,948 sq. km, which is nearly <\/span><b>8 percent of the total geographical area of the country.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is<\/span><b> bounded by<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the <\/span><b>Balaghat range<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on the north, by the<\/span><b> Eastern Ghats<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on the south and the east, and by the <\/span><b>Western Ghats <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">on the west.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\">The principal <b style=\"font-size: inherit;\">tributaries <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">joining Krishna are the <\/span><b style=\"font-size: inherit;\">Ghataprabha<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the <\/span><b style=\"font-size: inherit;\">Malaprabha<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the <\/span><b style=\"font-size: inherit;\">Bhima<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the <\/span><b style=\"font-size: inherit;\">Tungabhadra, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and the <\/span><b style=\"font-size: inherit;\">Musi<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/city\/hubballi\/flood-like-situation-at-krishna-river-basin\/articleshow\/123415923.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TOI<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Krishna River  is a river in south-central India. 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