{"id":60204,"date":"2026-08-02T13:03:30","date_gmt":"2026-08-02T07:33:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=60204"},"modified":"2026-08-02T16:41:01","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T11:11:01","slug":"pamba-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/pamba-river\/","title":{"rendered":"Pamba River"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Pamba River Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, the Pamba River breached its banks at several locations due to torrential overnight rain triggered widespread flooding across Pathanamthitta district.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Pamba River<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the <\/span><b>third longest river<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the state of Kerala after the <\/span><b>Periyar River and the Bharathappuzha River.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is also called<\/span><b> as Pampa River.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is known as the <\/span><b>\u2018Dakshina Bhageerathi\u2019 or the Ganga of Kerala<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the significance of the river is associated with the Sabarimala temple.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Origin:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It rises at an <\/span><b>altitude of 1650 m<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the <\/span><b>Pulachimalai Hill on the Peerumedu plateau<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of the Western Ghats.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It joins the <\/span><b>Arabian Sea<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> branching into a number of channels.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>entire catchment area lies in Kerala state.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The basin is bounded on the <\/span><b>east by the <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/western-ghats\/\" target=\"_blank\">Western Ghats<\/a> and<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on the west by the Arabian Sea.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Tributaries:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The main tributaries of the river are Kakki Ar, Azhuta Ar, Kakkad Ar, Kallar, Manimala, and Achenkovil.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newindianexpress.com\/states\/kerala\/2026\/Aug\/02\/over-500-rescued-as-pathanamthitta-inundated-aranmula-boat-procession-cancelled\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NIE<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pamba River is the third longest river in the state of Kerala after the Periyar River and the Bharathappuzha River. 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