{"id":29999,"date":"2026-01-30T11:45:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T06:15:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=29999"},"modified":"2026-02-07T08:02:45","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T02:32:45","slug":"vishwamitri-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/vishwamitri-river\/","title":{"rendered":"Vishwamitri River"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Vishwamitri River Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Vishwamitri River passes through the city of Vadodara in Gujarat and is commonly known as India\u2019s Crocodile River due to the presence of mugger crocodiles in and around the urban area. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Vishwamitri River<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a small <\/span><b>non-perennial river l<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ocated in <\/span><b>Gujarat<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Course<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It <\/span><b>originates <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">from the western and southern <\/span><b>slopes of the Pavagadh hills<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in <\/span><b>eastern Gujarat.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The river <\/span><b>flows <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">westward, <\/span><b>through Gujarat\u2019s third-largest city, Vadodara, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">after which it <\/span><b>meets the two tributaries of Dhadar and Jambuva<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> before <\/span><b>draining into the Arabian Sea via <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the <\/span><b>Gulf of Khambhat.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Total Length: 200 km<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The highly meandering, sinuous river has a unique ecosystem bearing a plethora of beautiful <\/span><b>ravines <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">right from its beginning till its end.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Porcupines, the common Indian civet, the jungle cat, cobras, pythons, the checkered keelback, and the Bengal monitor are some of the species found in the ravines on the banks of this river.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vishwamitri is also where the protected and vulnerable species of the <\/span><b>Indian crocodile (Crocodylus palustris), <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">also known as the <\/span><b>mugger, resides.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A 2025 census recorded 442 mugger crocodiles within a 21-kilometre stretch flowing through Vadodara.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Historically, the river has been central to Vadodara\u2019s development, with h<\/span><b>uman settlements along its banks dating back to 1000 B.C.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Key Facts about Mugger Crocodiles<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is one of the 24 extant species of <\/span><b>crocodilians <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">found globally.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The crocodile\u2019s <\/span><b>common name <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">comes from <\/span><b>magar<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which <\/span><b>translates loosely to \u201cwater monster\u201d in the Hindi and Urdu languages.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Distribution<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The mugger\u2019s geographic range extends from extreme <\/span><b>southeastern Iran eastward to Bangladesh <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and<\/span><b> from Nepal and northern India south to Sri Lanka.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In India it is found in <\/span><b>15 Indian states<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, with the <\/span><b>largest populations<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the <\/span><b>middle Ganges <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Bihar-Jharkhand) and <\/span><b>Chambal<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and Rajasthan) basins.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Habitat<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is most commonly found in <\/span><b>freshwater environments<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> such as <\/span><b>rivers, lakes, hill streams, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and village ponds.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It can l<\/span><b>ive in fresh water and coastal saltwater lagoons.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This species m<\/span><b>akes burrows on land<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in a wide variety of habitats.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Features<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The maximum length for this crocodile is 4-5 meters, and maximum weight is 700 kg.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has <\/span><b>rough, thick scales<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> covering the whole body with a <\/span><b>muddy brown coloring. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has the <\/span><b>widest snout among all crocodile species.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The length of an adult crocodile\u2019s tail is about 1.8 meters long.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Conservation Status:<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">IUCN Red List: <\/span><b>Vulnerable<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/cities\/ahmedabad\/gujarat-rivers-vishwamitri-river-vadodara-flood-threat-10234038\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">IE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vishwamitri River is a small non-perennial river located in Gujarat. 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