01.ap-GEOGRAPHY

#space/ap-geography/rivers

• kolleru lake :: krishna and godavari

• pulicot lake :: nellore and tamil nadu

• aurthur cotton barrage :: godavari river davalleswaram, east godavari .

• soamsila project :: penna river somasial nellore

• telugu gana :: krishana river , sri sailam , krishna, kurnool, chitoor and nellore.

• polavaram :: godavari river polavaram , west godavari

• vamsadhara :: vamsadhara river, gotta, neradi, srikakulam

• nagarjuna sagar :: krishna nandikonda, prakasam, guntur, krishna.

• prakasam barrage :: krishna , vijayawada, krishna

• tungabadra south canal :: tungabadra, karnataka, rayalaseema

• tungabadra south canal :: thungabadra karanataka , rayalaseema .

• srisailam :: krishna, srisailam, kurnool, kadapa.

• sunkesual :: thungabadra, sunkesula, kurnool.

• pulichentaala :: krishna pulichentala, krishna, guntur, prakasam, west godavari.

• About {{40}} small and big rivers flow through the state of A.p. Out of these 15 rivers are interstate rivers. hence traditionally it is called as land of rivers. All the rivers in a.p are basically rainfed. and they have large currents in rainy season and low currents or even dry in summer
• Total drainage (river) system in ap being flowing through the peninsular plateau, they are pretaining to consequent drainage system.
• In ap all the rivers generally flows from north west to south east , and drained into the bay of bengal. The important rivers of the state are given below.

1. Godavari

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• it is also called Dakshina ganga/vriddha ganga/indian rhine river.
• River Godavari is the biggest of all rivers that flow in South India.
• This is also called as Dakshin Ganga.
• old Ganga and Indian Rhine.
• Length of the river is(1,465 kms.)
• This is the biggest river in the peninsular region.
• Godavari originates at Thrayambakam, near Nasik of Maharashtra in the Western ghats.
• For most part, it flows Maharashtra and enters into Telangana at Basara of Adilabad district and enters into A.P. near Bhadrachalam.
• From there it flows through Telangana and Andhra Pradesh for 770 kms. It divides into 7 smaller branches in the East and West Godavari districts.
• They are:
  • Gowthami
  • vashishta
  • vainateya
  • tulya
  • bharadwaja
  • kousika
  • athreya
• They merge into the the Bay of Bengal at different places in the Godavari districts. They are
  • Gowthami (Norther branch) at Yanam.
  • Vashishta (middle one) at Antarvedi near Narsapuram,
  • Vainateya (Southern branch) al Komaragiri Patnam of East Godavari district, Tulya and
  • Bharadwaja at Bendamoorlanka of East Godavari district,
  • Koushika and Athreya merge into Vashishta and
  • Vainateya and from there go into the Bay of Bengal at komargiri patnam in east godavari district.
  • Ashreya - merged into the vainatheya
  • thulya - enter into the bay of bengal at bendamur lanka in east godavari district
• The region of Konaseema is situated between Gowthami, Vashishta and Vainateya branches.
• Godavari's important tributaries are

• River Godavari flows at a breadth of 2.7 kms at Rajahmundry. A British Engineer named Sir Arthur Cotton, built a dam on river Godavari at Dhavaleswaram. in 1852. which made the area fertile and got it the name of rice bowl of Andhra Pradesh.

2. Krishna

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• Krishna river originates at Mahabaleswar in the Western ghats in satara district ,Maharashtra.
• It flows through Maharashtra and Karnataka in the Eastern direction and enters into Telangana at Thangadi village near Mathkal of Mahaboobnagar district.
• it enters into ap at matchhumarri (sangameshwaram) in kurnool district tributaries of krishna river and flow through the districts of guntur and krishna finally drained into the bay of bengal at Hamsala deevi in krishna district.
• The biggest tributary of river krishna - tungabhadra.

• longest tributary of river krishna - Bhima
• The biggest tributary of river krishna - tungabadra
• It merges with Tungabhadra at Sangam in the Kurnool district of A.P, flows through Kurnool, Guntur ahd Krishna districts and merges in the Bay of Bengal at Hamsaladeevi of Krishna district.
• Total length of river Krishna is 1,400 kms and its length or flowing distance in Telangana and A. P. is around 720 kms.
• Tungabhadra is the most important tributaries of Krishna.
  • Others are
  • Dindi,
  • Paleru,
  • Koena,
  • Varna,
  • Panchaganga,
  • Moosi,
  • Bheema,
  • Ghataprabha and
  • Munneru.
• British engineer Sir Arthur Cotton built a dam on this river also in 1852.
• Length of the bridge is 1.2 km.
• Nagaijuna Sagar, one of the biggest river projects in the country, was built an river Krishna near Nandikonda.
• The Srisailam hydro electric power station was also built on this river near Srisailam.
• River Krishna splits into two branches at Puligadda, 64 kms lower to Vijayawada.
• And it merges into the Bay of Bengal into the sea. Between the two branches of river Krishna, the region called Diviseema' is located.

3. Tungabhadra

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• This is the biggest and most important of the tributaries of river Krishna.
• It originates in the Varaha mountains of Western ghats, at the border of Southern Canara and Mysore districts of Karnataka and flows through Karnataka, Telangana and A.P., where it merges into river Krishna at Sangam of Kurnool district.
• In fact, this river is formed by the merger of two sub rivers or tributaries called Tunga and Bhadra in Karnataka itself.
• Hagari is the biggest of the tributaries of Tungabhadra.
• A big dam was built near Hospet for irrigation and hydro electricity production.on Tungabhadra.

4. Penna

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• River Penna originates in the Southern Nandidurga hills near Mysore, flows through Karnataka and enters into A.P. at Choutuppal of Hindupur taluka of Ananthapur district.
• From there it flows through Ananthapur, YSR Kadapa, Nellore districts and merges into the Bay of Bengal at Ootukuru of Nellore district.
• It has several tributaries. Important of them are
  • Jayamangala,
  • Chitravathi,
  • Kunderu,
  • Papaghni,
  • Cheyyeru and
  • Sagileru.
• As rainfall is scarce in Rayalaseema districts, this river is the chief source of water for those districts.
• Somasila dam was built on Penna near Nellore. Another name of river Penna is Pnakini.

5. Vamsadhara

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• This river originates in the Jayapur hills in Odisha and flows for a distance of 96 kms, through Odisha and enters Andhra Pradesh at Pathapatnam of Srikakulam district.
• It is the biggest of the river system flowing from eastern ghats into the bay of bengal.
• It is 250 km long.
• catchment area 41,400 sqkm flowing through srikakulam district.
• Mahendragiri is its important tributary.
• Vamsadhara is the biggest of the rivers, bom in the Eastern ghats and merge into the Bay of Bengal.
• It flows for nearly 130 kms in Srikakulam district and merges into the sea at Kalingapatnam.
• Agricultural land irrigated under this river in the Coastal region is 1140 square kms.

6. River Nagavali

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• This river is also called as Langulya.
• It is 220 km long river of which 115 km lie in andhra pradesh
• This is born in the Rayagarh hills of Eastern ghats in Odisha, flows for 161 kms in Odisha and enters A.P. in Srikakulam district.
• It rises at raigadh hills in orissa. It flows into parvathipuram manyam district and joining the sea near mofaz bandar in srikakulam district.
• It flows for a length of 95 kms in Srikakulam district and merges into the Bay of Bengal at Mopasubandar.
• It's tributaries are
  • Otti gadda,
  • Janjhavathi,
  • Swamamukhi and
  • Vedavathi.

7. River Machkhand

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• This river originates in the Madugula hills of Gudem taluka in Visakhapatnam district.
• It first flows in the Northern direction and later turns towards the east and enters into Odisha.
• The Duduma water falls' is located on Machkhand river, where a hydro electricity station was constructed.
• Electricity from this station is being supplied to Visakha and other districts.
• Another name for Machkhand is 'Matsya Kundala'.

8. Gundlakamma

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• This river originates in the Nallamala forests of Kumool district, flows through Prakasam district and merges into the sea at Devarampadu village.
• Besides the above, several small rivers flow . through Andhra Pradesh.
• There are: 17 small and big rivers only in the two districts of Srikakulam and Visakhapatnam.

9. Arani river

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• Arani, also known as Araniar or Araniyar, is a 108 km long river in India.
• It flows through the states of Tamil Nadu and Andra Pradesh.
• The Arani river rises at Sadasiyakonda at an elevation of 1040 m in the Narayanavanam Protected Forest in the eastern slopes of the Eastern Ghats in Chittoor district, flows initially in a general southerly direction and later in an easterly direction to join the southwest tip of the Pulicot Lake in Minjur Block, Tiruvallur district and then into the Bay of Bengal throughtidal inlets after flowing in a 6 km long narrow. lagoon separated by a barrier island.
• The Arani river basin is bounded by the Swamamukhi river basin towards north, Kalangi and'a minor river basin towards northeast, and Kortallaiyar (also called Kusasthali, Nagari and Kosasthalaiyar) river basin towards south and west. It lies in Karvetinagar, KVB Puram, Nagulapuram, Narayanavanam, Nindra, Pichatur, Puttur. Satyavedu, Vadamalapet, Vedurukuppam and Vijayapuram mandals of Chittoor district, a little in Tada mandal in Nellore district, and Ellapuram, Arani, Gummidipundi, Minjur, Poondi and Sholavaram blocks in Gummidi pundi, Ponneri, Tiruvallur and Utukkottai taluks of Tiruvallur district in Tamil Nadu.
• It has a drainage area of about 1535 sq km with over one half lying in Andhra Pradesh.
• The early stage is characterized by narrow, V shaped and steeply sloping valleys at high elevation and relief with vertical erosion exceed ing lateral erosion, the middle stage with U shaped valleys with narrow floodplain where lat eral erosion exceeding vertical erosion, and the late stage by broad U shaped valleys with wide floodplains, extreme lateral erosion and penepla nation. The whole basin is dotted with a number of irrigation reservoirs of varying sizes with most of them located in the old stage.
• Amiar dam with 49 million cubic meters live storage capacity was constructed in the year 1958 to irrigate 2,230 hectares land in Chittoor district in Andra Pradesh.

10. Champavathi River

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• River Champavathi is a small river which originates in the Eastern Ghats at an altitude of 1,200 metres above mean sea level near Andra village and flows eastwards and joins the Bay of Bengal near the village Konada.
• The river passes through Gajapathinagaram, Nellimarla, Saripalli, Denkada, Palem and Natavalasa of Vijayanagaram district. The river has four main tributaries Eduvampula Gedda, Chitti Gedda, Pothula Gedda and Gadi Gedda.
• The basin has a drainage area of 1,410 square kilometres. This area is divisible into Hilly terrain (Madugula hills), Vijayanagaram plains and Coastal plains.
• Denkada anicut was constructed across Champavathi River in 1965 1968. The project is located near Saripalli village, Nellimarla Mandal, Vizianagaram District to irrigate a total ayacut of 5,153 acres (20.85 km2
• Tarakarama Thirtha Sagaram barrage was constructed to supply irrigation water to 6,690 hectares. Kumili dam with 60 million M° live storage capacity for irrigation purpose was also built in the river basin.

11. Cheyveru River

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• Cheyyeru river is a river in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh that is a tributary of. the Pennar river.
• The Cheyyeru is formed by the confluence of the rivers Bahuda and Puncha that originate in the Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh.
• The two streams join at Rayavaram to form the Cheyyeru which then flows for 87 km before joining the Pennar as a right bank tributary at Gundlamada in the Sidhout taluk of YSR. Kadapa district, draining a total area of 7,325 km?.
• The Gunjana river is a tributary of the Cheyyeru and along the Gunjana valley several paleolithic settlements have. been discovered. There are several gorges on the river including one after the confluence of its headstreams and the Balarajupalle gorge. The Cheyair series of rocks in the Kadapa rock system of the Eastern Ghats, consisting largely of shales, is named after the Cheyyeru river.
• The Chevyeru project comprising the 409 metre long Annamayya earthen dam that provides irrigation facilities to its catchment zone is on this river in the Rajampet mandal of SR Kadapa district.
• The Togurpet project, also in the YSR Kadapa district, is also on the Cheyyeru and was completed during the Fourth Five Year Plan period. Percolation tanks have been developed on the river at Nandalur to augment irrigation facilities in Kadapa.

12. Chitravathi River

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• The Chitravathi is an inter state river in southern India that is a tributary of the Pennar River.
• Rising in Karnataka, it flows into Andhra Pradesh and its basin covers an area of over 5,900 km?).
• The pilgrim town of Puttaparthi is located on its banks.
• Chitravathi river originates at Chikkaballa pur and flows through the Chikkaballapur district of Karnataka before entering Andhra Pradesh where it drains the districts of Anantapur and Kadapa before joining the Pennar.
• The Chitravati river basin covers an area of 5.908 km?. Among the mandals that it drains in the two states are Bagepalli, Hindupur, Bukkapatnam, Dharmavaram, Tadipatri and Kadiri. The river joins the Pennar at Gandikota in Kadapa district where the Gandikota irrigation project is being undertaken by the Government of Andhra Pradesh as part of its Jalayagnam project.
• Chitravathi is a seasonal river that comes alive after the monsoons. Along with the Papagni, it forms a part of the middle Pennar sub basin and is a right bank tributary of the Pennar.

13. Gosthani River

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• Gosthani River is an east flowing river in Andhra Pradesh, India that flows from the Ananthagiri Hills of the Eastern Ghats into the Bay of Bengal.
• The Gosthani rises in the Ananthagiri Hills of the Eastern Ghats and flows through the Borra Caves which lie near its source. It flows for 120 km before joining the Bay of Bengal through an estuary near Bheemunipatnam.
• The river basin drains the two coastal districts of Vizianagaram and Visakhapatnam. The basin exhibits a subdendritic and dendritic pattern of drainage
• The Gosthani's is a minor river basin with a total drainage area of less than 2000 km?. Much of the basin is covered by khondalite group of gneissic rocks. About 3% of the total area of the Visakhapatnam district is under the Gosthani basin. The river is rainfed, receiving an average rainfall of 110 cm most of which comes from the south west monsoon. There are several red sand hills near Bheemunipatnam, where the Gosthani joins the Bay of Bengal, which are reminiscent of the Chambal ravines. These are thought to have been formed six *millennia ago due to shifts in the river's course following tectonic activity. The river joins the Bay of Bengal at Bhimli where it form an estuary.

14. Kundu River

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• The Kundu River is a tributary of the Penna River in the Rayalaseema region of Andhra Pradesh.
• Originating as a spring near the village of Uppalapadu in. Orvakal Mandal of Kurnool District, it goes through many changes before merging with the Penna at Adinimmaya Palli village of Kadapa District.
• It is known for frequent floods that bring heavy dam age to the Nandyala and Koilkuntla areas, and hence it is popularly called the Sorrow of Nandyal."
• But nowadavs Nandyala town became a big town with huge population so that the drainage water is discharged to the Kundu river with out prior treatment. Industrialists focused their vision at more and more profits and they polluted the river to the maximum extent. The villagers who are living at down flow of the river from Nandyala are suffering with different skin diseases.
• The pollution impacts even animals health too. In ancient times this river was known as the Kumudvathi.
• There is a saying in Rayalaseema that whoever drinks the water of the Kundu will gain enormous courage to face enemies. The valley of the Kundu is known as Renadu and is symbolic of the term "Renati Pourusham.

15. Papagni River

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• Papagni River is a non perennial, inter state river in southern India that flows through the states of Karnataka and Andra Pradesh.
• It is a right bank tributary of the Pennar river.
• Papagni is a compound of the words papa (meaning sin) and agni (meaning fire).
• According to legend a king who once killed an innocent tribal chieftain of the Chenchus, who live in this region, was afflicted by leprosy as punishment for his sin. He was supposedly cured of the affliction only after he undertook penance in the Papagni valley and took a dip in the river upon which the river is said to have turned his sins to ashes thus acquiring for itself the name Papagni.
• The Papagni originates in the Nandi Hills of Chikkaballapur district in Karnataka.
• It is a non perennial river that is rainfed with its basin receiving 60-80 cm of rainfall annually.
• It traverses through a region of granitic deposits and red soil that is frequently affected by soil erosion.
• It drains the districts of Kolar in Karnataka and the districts of Chittoor, A nanthapur and Kadapa in Andhra Pradesh. The basin covers an area of 8,250 km?, and drains 30 mandals of which 21 lie in the Rayalaseema region of Andhra Pradesh. It joins the Pennar near Kamalapuram in Andra Pradesh.

16. Sabari River

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• Sabari River is one of the main tributaries of Godavari.
• It originates from the western slopes of Eastern Ghats in Odisha state from Sinkaram hill ranges at 1370 m MSL. It is also known as Kolab river in Odisha.
• The Sabari river basin receives nearly 1250 mm annual average rainfall. It forms common boundary between Chhattisgarh and Odisha states an: later enters into Andra Pradesh to merge with River Godavari. Upper Kolab projeet, located in Odisha across the Sabari is a major dam projer. supplying water for irrigation and Hydro power generation.
• The 200 km long stretch of the river forming roundary between Chhattisgarh and Odisha drops by 2.25 meters per km length on average. This stretch of the river has substantial hydro rlectricity generation potential by building medium head (< 20 m) barrages in series to I minimize and submergence.
• The surplus water of Indravati River in Odisha can also be diverted to Sabari river via Jaura Nallah through which Indravati flood waters naturally overflow into Sabari basin.
• Sileru River (known as Machkund in its upper reaches) is the major tributary of Sabari which joins Sabari river at tri junction boundary point of Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Odisha.
• Sileru river has huge potential of hydro electricity generation which has been substantially harnessed by constructing Machkund, Balimela, upper Sileru, Donkarayi and lower Sileru hydro power projects.

17. Sagileru

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• Sagileru is a river in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh that is a tributary of the Pennar.
• The Sagileru river valley lies between the Velikonda and Nallamala hills and has a north south orientation.
• The river basin contains red, black and loamy soils and both wet and dry irrigated crops are grown in this region with bajra, ragi, jowar, groundnuts and vegetables belonging to the latter projects are medium irrigation projects on the river and are located in category.
• The Upper and Lower Sagileru the B.Kodur and Kalasapadu mandals of Kadapa district. Besides these there are several lift irrigation and minor irrigation works on the river.
• The Telugu Ganga canal project aims to enhance the irrigation potential of the Sagileru valley by diverting water for irrigation from the Sri Potuluri Veera Brahmendra Swami Reservoir to the Sagileru river. The building of this canal has however been criticised on the grounds of it posing a threat to the habitat of the highly endangered Jerdon's courser.

18. Sarada River

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• Sarada River is a medium sized river in Visakhapatnam district of Andra Pradesh.
• The geographic coordinates of the river are north latitude 17° 25'to 18° 17° and east longitude of 82° 32' to 83° 06'. The catchment area of the basin is 2,665 square kilometers.
• It rises at an elevation of 1,000 meters in the Eastern Ghats. It runs eastwards for a distance 122 kilometers and joins the Bay of Bengal.
• The basin is surrounded by River Nagavali in the north, River Gosthani, Gambiramgedda, Megad rigedda in the east Bay of Bengal
• River Nagavali in the north, River Gosthani, Gambiramgedda, Megad rigedda in the east Bay of Bengal in the South and Machhkund sub basin of the River Godavari in the west. Visakhapatnam is the major city in the basin. Yelamanchili and Anakapalli are important towns in the basin.
• The famous Bojjannakonda and Lingalakonda Buddhist cave monastery remains near Anakapalli and The Kotturu Dhanadibbalu near Gokivada forest entrance are located on the left bank of the river. The River Sarada is a major base for irrigation in Visakha district.
• Pedderu medium irrigation project is constructed on Pedderu a tributary of the Sarada river near Ravipalem village. The project is aimed to irrigate 13,334 acres (53.96 km7) in the Madugula and Ravi
• kamatham mandais in Visakhapatnam district. The catchment area of the reservoir site is extended over 160 square kilometers.
• An Anacatta with two big gates, was constructed on the river near Gokivada village to utilise the maximum water for irrigation in Yellamanchili, Ramballi, Atchutapuram man dals. Raiwada dam with 93 million cubic meters live storage capacity was constructed in the year 1981 for supplying irrigation water.

19. Sileru River

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• Sileru River is a tributary of Sabari River.
• It originates in Andra Pradesh and also flows through Odisha before merging with Sabari.
• Sabari river crosses the border into Andra Pradesh to merge with Godavari river.
• Silerù (known as Machkund in its upper reaches).
• river joins Sabari river at tri junction boundary point of Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Odisha.
• Sileru river has huge potential of hydro electricity generation which has been substantally harnessed by constructing Machkund (120 MW), Balimela (510 M W). Upper Sileru (240 MW), Donkarayi (25 MW) and Lower Sileru hydro (460 MW) power projects. Chitrakonda (60 MW) hydro - project located at the toe of Balimela earth dam is planned to utilise the head available across the earth dam.
• The water released from the Balimela power station is used for irrigation in the Potteru tributary basin of Sabari in Odisha. At present the water released from the other power stations is not useful to irrigation needs except during lean flow period in main Godavari river for the requirements of Godavari delta. Uttarandbra region can create huge irrigation potential with the perennial water supply from the available water storages in Seleru river basin.
• The mid lands of East Godavari district can get augmented water supply by diverting Sileru river water from Donkarayi reservoir (310 m MSL) towards east of. Eastern Ghats by con structing 35 km long tunnel with. enhanced power potential. Similarly, mid lands of Visakhapatnam District, Vijayanagaram district and Srikakulam district can get augmented water supply by diverting Sileru river water from Guntawada weir (head works of Upper Sileru power station) at 410 m MSL towards east by constructing 30 km long tunnel with enhanced power potential.
• The diverted water of Sileru river to the east can also be used to supply water to the Polavaram left bank canal and Visakhapatnam city's continuous drinking water needs when water level is not adequate in Polavaram reservoir during non monsoon months. The water released from the Lower Sileru power station can be diverted to freleru reservoir by gravity with a 70 km long tunnel to create additional irrigation in East Godavari district. Part of the water released by Lower Sileru power station can also be used for the planned Lower Sileru irrigation scheme located in Sileru and Sabari basins.

20. Swarnamukhi

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• The Swamamukhi is a river in southern India.
• The holy Hindu temples of Tirumala and Srikalahasti are located in the river basin.
• It was men oned as Mogaleru in the works of Dhurjati Kalyani Dam with 25 million cubic meters live storage was constructed in 1977 across its tributary Kalyani river.

21. Tammileru

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• Tammileru is a medium river which forms boundary between Krishna district and West Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh state.
• It is the area which is often affected by floods. The river drains into Kolleru lake.
• Tammilem dam was constructed in the year 1980 to irrigate 3720 hectares land.

22. Vedavathi River

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• The Vedavathi is a river in India.
• It rises from the Western Ghats and flows through the states of Karnataka and Andra Pradesh.
• The Vedavathi is also called the Hagari in parts of Andra Pradesh.
• Two rivers, the Veda and Avathi, arise in the eastern part of the SahyadriHill range flow east, and join concert near Pura to form the Vedavathi.
• On the banks of the Vedavathi, there is a famous temple devoted to Shri Anjaneya at Kellodu, Hosadurga Taluk.
• The Vani Vilasa Saagara reservoir constructed across river Vedavathi dates back a century.
  • Vanivilas sagar is also known as Marikanive and this was first dam built by Sir M Vishweswariah and known first natural reservoir built between two hills.
• A tributary called the Suvarnamukhi confluences with Vedavathi at Koodalahalli, Hiriyur Taluk. It is considered to be a Punya Bhumi' or 'Sacred Land' by the locals.
• The Vedavathi river then flows from Hiriyur towards Narayanapura, Parashurampaura, Vrindavanahalli, where river flows circularly, hence village called I C Vindavana Halli and then to Jaiur (moodalajajur) Nasagondanahal, Janamaddi and then enters Andhra Pradesh i c. fit for Bhairavnapippa Dam.

23. Tandava

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• It rises in eastern ghats in visakha district and flows through the east godavari, finally enter into the bay of bengal at pentakota near thuni. Thuni area flooded by this river in every year.

24. Bahuda river

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• rises in Ramagiri hills in gajapathi districts of odisha.
• Enters int the Parvathipuram manyam district.
• Finally merged into the Bay of Bengal in the same district.

25. Mahendratanaya

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• It is tributary of vamshadara river and rises at Tupara singi village in Mahendragiri hills in Gajapathi district of odisha.
• It enters into the srikakulam district
• Flows through the distance of 35km.
• It will enter into the odisha and joins the vamshadara river.

On the banks of Nagagondanahalli there is a famous math by name Chilumeswamy who was an avadhoot and fair is conducted every year and lakhs of people visit. On the other side of Vedvathi river there is a village Jajur. Main temples located in Jajur Kariyamma, Anjaneya, Shiva, Shri Kodanda Rama, Lakshmana, Sita, Anjenya, and Nagarakatte and shri Shankaracharya. The river then flows down to the southeastern state of Andra Pradesh, where the river is called the 'Hagari'

The river has a cultural significance, with the people along the belt of the Hagar depending entirely on the river for most of their i needs. Bhairivani Tippa Reservoir is built across this river. The Vedavathi starts from Karnataka; it goes through Gundalaplli and Vepurala and some drylands after it is connected to Thungabhadra. The Vedavathi is a tributary to the Tungabhadra, and joins the Tungabhadra near Siruguppa. The state government has decid ed to reiuvenate the Vedavathi river in Chikmagalur district, which dries up during summer. In the last 20 years, the river has been flowing in full splendour only during the rainy season. It remains dry in summer due to over exploitation of water resources and unplanned development. The plan includes construction of over 810 water harvesting structures like percolation wells, injection wells and ponds.

• #task/geography add 47 and 48 and 49 pages ✅ 2024-02-04

The total number of rivers flowing through the state is 40 out of these 15 rivers are interstate rivers such as...

1. Bahuda River
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• Andhrapradesh & Orissa

2. Mahendra Tanaya River
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• A.P & Orissa

3. Poondi Minor drainages
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• A.P & Orissa

4. Vamsadhara River
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• A.P & Orissa

5. Nagavali River
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• A.P & Orissa

6. Godavari River
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• A.P, Telangana, Maharashtra, Orissa, Karnataka, Chattisgarh, M.P

7. Krishna River
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• A.P, Telangana, Maharashtra, Karnataka

8. Penna River
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• A.P & Karnataka

9. Araniyar River
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• A.P & Tamil Nadu

10. Kortaliyar River
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• A.P & Tamil Nadu

11. Palar River
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• A.P, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu

12. Ponniar River
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• A.P, Karnataka & Tamil Nadu

13. Budameru
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• A.P & Telangana

14. Erra Kaluva
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• A.P & Telangana

15. Thammileru
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• A.P & Telangana

Important Waterfalls in A.P

1. Penchalakona Waterfalls
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• It is located in Rapur Mandal of Nellore. Penusila Laxmi Narasimha Swami temple located at this site.

2. Nagalapuram Waterfalls
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• It is located near nagalapuram in Chittore district. Vedha Narayana Swami temple located in this site.

1. Araku Waterfalls
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• It is located in Araku valley in Alluri Seetharama raju district.

1. Thalakona Waterfalls

• It is located in Sri Venkateshwara National park in Bakrapeta mandal of Chittoor district. It is the highest elevated waterfall in A.P

1. Kapila Teertham Waterfalls
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• It is located Sheshachala hills of Tirupathi at the feet of Kapileshwara temple.

1. Kailasakona Waterfalls
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• It is located at Puttur in Chittore district.

1. Ethipothala waterfalls
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• It is located on the right bank of krishna river near macherla Palnadu district.

1. Duduma waterfalls
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• It is located on the bank of machkhand river at Madugula hills in Alluri Seetharama raju district.

Important points at glance

• The river system in A.P flows from {{North West}} to {{South East.}}

• {{Godavari}} is the biggest river in Peninsular India.

• The distributary of river Godavari enter into the Bay of Bengal at Yanam in East Godavari district - {{Gowthami}}.

• River thungabhadra flows in through {{Kurnool}} district in A.P.

• Largest tributary of river thungabhadra is {{Hagari}}.

• River Penna is popularly called as life line of the {{Rayalaseema}}.

• River nagavali has also called as {{langulya}}.

• River Machhkhund has also called as {{Machhakundala}}.

Vamsadhara River

An important east flowing river between Rushikulya and Godavari

• Originates in the Jayapur hills in Odisha

• Flows for a distance of 96 kms through Odisha

• Enters Andhra Pradesh at Pathapatnam of Srikakulam district

• Total length: 250 km

• Catchment area: 41,400 sqkm

• Biggest of the river system flowing from eastern ghats into the bay of bengal

• Mahendragiri is its important tributary

• Flows for nearly 130 kms in Srikakulam district

• Merges into the sea at Kalingapatnam

• Agricultural land irrigated under this river in the Coastal region: 1140 sqkm

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