Krishna River | |
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![]() Krishna River gorge by Srisailam, Andhra Pradesh, India | |
![]() Path of the Krishna in the peninsular India ([1]) | |
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 / 17.98861°N 73.63806°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 / 15.73500°N 80.92000°E[1] |
• elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
Length | 1,400 km (870 mi) or 1,290 km (800 mi)approx.[2] |
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)[3] |
Basin features | |
Tributaries | |
• left | Yerla, Bhima, Dindi, Musi, Paleru, Munneru |
• right | Kudali (Niranjna) Venna, Koyna, Panchganga, Dudhaganga, Ghataprabha, Malaprabha, Tungabhadra |
The Krishna River in the Deccan plateau 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.[4] The river, also called Krishnaveni, is 1,400 kilometres (870 mi) long and its length in Maharashtra is 282 kilometres.[5] It is a major source of irrigation in the Indian states of Maharashtra, Karnataka, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.[6]