Ajay (river)

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Ajay
Lower reaches of the Ajay near Katwa

Lower reaches of the Ajay near Katwa

Data
location Bihar , Jharkhand , West Bengal ( India )
River system Ganges
Drain over Hugli  → Indian Ocean
source Chakai Hills
24 ° 25 ′ 0 ″  N , 86 ° 21 ′ 40 ″  E
Source height 331  m
muzzle in Hugli's coordinates: 23 ° 39 '25 "  N , 88 ° 7' 58"  E 23 ° 39 '25 "  N , 88 ° 7' 58"  E
Mouth height 14  m
Height difference 317 m
Bottom slope 1.1 ‰
length 288 km
Catchment area 6221 km²
Left tributaries Hinglo River
Reservoirs flowed through Sikatiya Barrage ( Jharkhand )
Medium-sized cities Katwa
Communities Jaydev Kenduli

The Ajay River or Ajoy River ( Hindi : अजय नदी) is an approx. 288 km long tributary of the Hugli in the Indian state of West Bengal ; it belongs to the catchment area of ​​the Ganges .

course

The Ajay River rises in the Chakai Hills in the southeast of the Indian state of Bihar at a height of approx. 331 m. It flows in a south-easterly direction and after approx. 5 km it reaches the northeast of the state of Jharkhand , but the largest section (approx. 152 km) flows through the state of West Bengal , where it joins the Hugli ( approx. 2 km north of the city of Katwa sometimes called Bhagirathi ) opens.

Tributaries and reservoirs

The Ajay River has several tributaries; the largest is the Hinglo River coming from the northwest . Since 2003 it has been dammed in the state of Jharkhand in the Sikatiya reservoir.

Cities

Because of the flooding of the Ajay, which occurs especially in the monsoon season, towns and cities near the shore are rare.

history

Small archaeological finds prove the settlement of the river banks in the late Stone Age . The Greek envoy and traveler Megasthenes mentions a river named Amystis , which some equate with the Ajay. During the British colonial period it was still partially navigable. Today it forms the border between the West Bengal districts of Bardhaman and Birbhum .

literature

  • SN Banerjee: Water Resources, Conservation and Management. Atlantic Publ., New Delhi 2008, ISBN 978-81-269-0868-4 , pp. 45ff.

Web links

Commons : Ajay (river)  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Ajay River - map of the headwaters with elevation information
  2. ^ Ajay Barrage Project ( English ) Department of Economic Affairs. Retrieved December 6, 2019.
  3. ↑ Sutapa Roy: Locating Archaeological sites in the Ajay River Basin, West Bengal. India Geospatial Forum 2012