Krishna River
The Krishna River is a river in the Deccan plateau and is the third-longest river in India, after the Ganges and Godavari. It is also the fourth-largest in terms of water inflows and river basin area in India, after the Ganges, Indus and Godavari. The river, also called Krishnaveni, is 1,400 kilometres (870 mi) long and its length in Maharashtra is 282 kilometres. It is a major source of irrigation in the Indian states of Maharashtra, Karnataka, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.
| Krishna River | |
|---|---|
Krishna river gorge by Srisailam, Andhra Pradesh, India | |
| Location | |
| Country | India |
| State | Maharashtra, Karnataka, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh |
| Region | South India |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Near Mahabaleshwar, Jor village, Dist- Satara |
| • location | Satara district, Maharashtra, India |
| • coordinates | 17°59′19″N 73°38′17″E |
| • elevation | 914 m (2,999 ft) Geographic headwaters |
| Mouth | Bay Of Bengal |
• location | Hamsaladeevi, Krishna district, Andhra Pradesh, India |
• coordinates | 15°44′06″N 80°55′12″E |
• elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| Length | 1,400 km (870 mi) or 1,290 km (800 mi)approx. |
| Basin size | 258,948 km2 (99,980 sq mi) |
| Discharge | |
| • average | 2,213 m3/s (78,200 cu ft/s) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Vijayawada (1901–1979 average), max (2009), min (1997) |
| • average | 1,641.74 m3/s (57,978 cu ft/s) |
| • minimum | 13.52 m3/s (477 cu ft/s) |
| • maximum | 31,148.53 m3/s (1,100,000 cu ft/s) |
| Basin features | |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Yerla, Bhima, Dindi, Musi, Paleru, Munneru |
| • right | Kudali (Niranjna) Venna, Koyna, Panchganga, Dudhaganga, Ghataprabha, Malaprabha, Tungabhadra |
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