Krishna (river)
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| location | India | |
| River system | Krishna | |
| source | in the Western Ghats near Pune 17 ° 55 ′ 28 ″ N , 73 ° 39 ′ 36 ″ E |
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| Source height | approx. 1337 m | |
| muzzle | in the Bay of Bengal Coordinates: 15 ° 42 '48 " N , 80 ° 55' 50" E 15 ° 42 '48 " N , 80 ° 55' 50" E |
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| Mouth height | 0 m | |
| Height difference | approx. 1337 m | |
| Bottom slope | approx. 1 ‰ | |
| length | 1291 km (according to other sources: 1280 km) |
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| Catchment area | 258,950 km² | |
| Left tributaries | Bhima , Dindi , Musi | |
| Right tributaries | Koyna , Dudhganga , Mallaprabha , Ghataprabha , Tungabhadra , Panchganga | |
| Reservoirs flowed through | Basava Sagar Dam , Almatti Dam , Srisailam Dam , Nagarjuna Sagar Dam , Prakasham Dam | |
| Big cities | Sangli , Vijayawada | |
 Krishna at Srisailam |
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 Location of Krishna in India |
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The Krishna (previously Anglicized Kistna; Marathi कृष्णा नदी Kr̥ṣṇā nadī , Kannada ಕೃಷ್ಣಾ ನದಿ Kr̥ṣṇā nadi , Telugu కృష్ణా నది Kr̥ṣṇā nadi ) is a river in the south of India .
With a length of around 1,291 km, it is one of the longest rivers in the country.
Its source is in the Western Ghats near Pune in the state of Maharashtra . The Krishna runs parallel to the Godavari through Karnataka and Telangana , and then flows into the Bay of Bengal at Hamasaladevi in Andhra Pradesh .
As a starting point, the Indians consider a spring that emerges in Mahabaleshwar from the mouth of the statue of a cow in the temple of Mahadev .
Its most important tributary is the Tungabhadra , which is itself a confluence of Tunga and Bhadra . Other tributaries are Koyna , Bhima , Mallaprabha , Ghataprabha , Yerla , Warna, Dindi , Musi and Dudhganga .
Two large dams were built in the river: one at Srisailam , the second at Nagarjuna. The Srisailam Dam has a storage volume of 8.72 km³ and the Nagarjuna-Sagar Dam one of 11.56 km³. The latter has the highest masonry dam in the world with a height of 124 m. The Koyna Dam was built on the Koyna tributary .
See also
Web links
- Classification of Waters of Krishna River Basin . envis.maharashtra.gov.in
Individual evidence
- ↑ Article Krishna in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia (BSE) , 3rd edition 1969–1978 (Russian)