Bhima (river)

Bhima
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Data
location	India
River system	Krishna
Drain over	Krishna  → Indian Ocean
source	at Bhorgiri 19 ° 4 '21 "  N , 73 ° 32' 10"  O
Source height	925  m
muzzle	Krishna coordinates: 16 ° 24 ′ 42 "  N , 77 ° 17 ′ 7"  E 16 ° 24 ′ 42 "  N , 77 ° 17 ′ 7"  E
Mouth height	335  m
Height difference	590 m
Bottom slope	0.81 ‰
length	725 km
Catchment area	48,631 km²
Left tributaries	Ghod , Sina , Bori , Kagna
Right tributaries	Man , Nira
Course of the Bhima

The Bhima ( Marathi : भीमा , Kannada : ಭೀಮಾ Telugu : భీమా ; Bhīmā [ ˈbʱiːmaː ]) is an approximately 725 km long left tributary of the Krishna in the Indian states of Maharashtra , Karnataka and Telangana .

The Bhima is the main tributary of Krishna. Its source is in the Western Ghats around 100 kilometers as the crow flies northwest of Pune in Maharashtra. At its source is the Bhimashankar Temple, one of the twelve Jyotirlinga shrines of Hinduism . From there it flows in a south-easterly direction through the highlands of Dekkan and flows through the states of Maharashtra and Karnataka. On its lower reaches it forms the border between Karnataka and Telangana for less than ten kilometers. 20 kilometers north of the city of Raichur , the Bhima flows into the Krishna.

In 1990, 12.33 million people lived in the Bhima catchment area. In the low-precipitation Dekkan, its water plays an important role in agriculture.

Important tributaries

Left tributaries :

• Ghod
• Sina
• Bori
• Kagna

Right tributaries :

• Man
• Nira