Tapti
Tapti Tapi |
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Tapti near Duskhede, Jalgaon District |
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location | Central India | |
River system | Tapti | |
Drain over | Gulf of Khambhat → Arabian Sea | |
source | near the city of Multai in the Satpura Mountains 21 ° 46 ′ 58 ″ N , 78 ° 15 ′ 13 ″ E |
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Source height | approx. 730 m | |
muzzle | at Surat in the Gulf of Khambhat coordinates: 21 ° 5 '4 " N , 72 ° 41' 3" E 21 ° 5 '4 " N , 72 ° 41' 3" E |
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Mouth height | 0 m | |
Height difference | approx. 730 m | |
Bottom slope | approx. 1 ‰ | |
length | 724 km | |
Catchment area | 61,575 km² | |
Left tributaries | Purna , Girna | |
Reservoirs flowed through | Ukai Dam ( Vallabh Sagar Sarovar Project ), Chandora Dam | |
Big cities | Burhanpur , Bhusawal , Surat | |
Medium-sized cities | Multai | |
Course of the Tapti |
The Tapti or Tapi ( Hindi : ताप्ती, tāptī ; Marathi : तापी, tāpī ) is an approx. 724 km long river in Central and West India that was once navigable to Burhanpur . It is one of only three major rivers in India that flow into the Arabian Sea .
course
The Tapti rises in the east of the Satpura Mountains near the city of Multai in the Betul district in the state of Madhya Pradesh ; then it flows westwards, partly parallel to the Narmada . They drained mainly to Maharashtra belonging Khandesh region and ends after about 724 km at Surat in the state of Gujarat in the Gulf of Khambhat , d. H. in the Arabian Sea .
Catchment area and flow rate
The catchment area of the Tapti covers approx. 61575 km² (according to other information 65145 km²). At the Kathore gauge , the river has an average annual flow rate of 489 m³ / s, whereby the monthly values can fluctuate between only 2 m³ / s (April, May) and a maximum of 9830 m³ / s (August).
mythology
In Indian mythology, Tapati , the river goddess of Tapti, is a daughter of the sun god Vivasvat and his concubine Chhaya . She is the wife of King Samvarana . The source site Multai is one of the most important pilgrimage sites in India.
Web links
- Tapti-River - various information (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Tapti card
- ↑ Tapti - various information
- ↑ Jan Knappert: Lexicon of Indian Mythology. Munich 1994, p. 89
- ↑ Monier Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (Oxford, 1899), pp. 1116,1