plateau, and hanging
height of
at a heavenly
14,950 feet above sea level,
the vast extent
of the lake with a
The basin has five well-designed
physiographic regions, they are
1.
circumference of almost 87 km. and a
of
depth of about 100 m., covers an area of
about 512 Sq. Km.
Upper hilly areas, covering dists.
shahdol,
Mandla,
Durg,
Balaghat and Seoni.
2.
Upper plains covering dists. of
Jabalpur, Narshinghpur, Sagar,
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Hosangabad, Betul, Raisen and
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River Narmada is dividing India into
Sehore;
3.
north and south by two halves. Narmada
Khandwa, part of Khargone,
basin is lying between Vindhyan and
Satpura ranges and lies between East
longitudes 72032’ and 81045’, and North
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Dewa, Indore and Dhar;
4.
Dhulia, Narmada and parts of
basin area of the river is 97,410 square
comprising
85,858
square
kilometer in Madhya Pradesh, 1658 square
kilometer in Maharashtra and 9894 square
kilometer
in
Gujarat.
The
basin
is
Lower hilly areas covering dists.
of part of West Nimar, Jhabua,
’
Latitudes 21 20’ and 23 45 . The total
kilometer
Middle Plains covering dists. of
Vadodara; and
5.
Lower plains covering mainly the
dists. of Narmada, Bharuch, and
part of Vadodara.
bordering the northern extremity of the
Deccan Plateau. In the river course of
1312 km., there are 41 tributaries, out of
which 22 are from the Satpura range and
the rest on the right bank from the
Vindhyan range. Dhupgarh (1350m.)
near Pachmanrhi is the highest point of
the basin.
The hill regions are densely forested.
Upper, Middle and Lower plains are
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