Total drainage area of the Karmanasa
Narmada the daughter of Lord Shiva
along with its tributaries is 11709 sq.
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km. Its tributaries are the Duragavati, the
The Narmada, also called the Rewa, is a
Chandraprabha, the Karunuti, the Nadi
river in Central India, and the fifth
and the Khajuri. The Karmanasa reaches
longest river in the Indian subcontinent.
the plains by a succession of leaps,
It
including two falls, known as the
between North India and South India and
Devdari
Chhampalhar,
flows westward along a length of about
Chhampalhar falls is 30m. high, whereas
1352 km. before draining through the
Devdari falls is 58 m. high. There are
Gulf of Cambay into the Arabian Sea, 30
two dams across the Karmanasa – the
km. west of Bharuch city of Gujarat. It is
Latif shah bund, and the Nuagarh dam.
one of the rivers in India that flows in a
UP
has
rift valley, flowing west between the
unearthed iron artefacts dated between
Satpura and Vindhyan ranges. The river
1200 and 1300 BC at Raja Nal Ka Tila
flows through the states of:
and
state
the
Archeological
Dept.
forms
the
traditional
boundary
site in Karmanasa river valley of North
1. Madhya Pradesh – 1077 km.
Sonebhadra. At one time the river valley
2. Maharashtra - 74 km.
formed
3. Border between Madhya Pradesh
the
boundary
between
the
& Maharashtra - 39 km.
ancient Aryan Colonies of the north and
and
the still unsubdued aboriginal tribes of
4. Border between Madhya Pradesh
the east. The Karmanasa w as the eastern
& Gujarat and in Gujarat - 161
boundary of Awadh. It also possibly was
km.
the
western
boundary
of
the
Senadynasly. At the battle of Chausa,
situated on the banks of the Karmanasa
on June 1539, Sher Shah defeated the
Mughal emperor Humayoon and assured
the royal title of Farid al-Din Sher Shah.
Narmada is a Sanskrit word, meaning
“the Giver of pleasure”. The source of
the Narmada is a small bowl, known as
the
“Narmada
Kund”,
located
at
Amarkantak on the Amarkantak hill in
the Anuppur district zone of the Shahdol
of eastern Madhya Pradesh. The river
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