Important Facts For Prelims
Ghataprabha River
- 01 Jan 2020
- 1 min read
It is a tributary of Krishna that flows in Karnataka. Ghataprabha has a hydroelectric and irrigational dam at Hidkal.
- Hidkal Dam is located in Belagavi district in Karnataka. The dam was completed in 1977. To make it multipurpose project a reservoir was also constructed on the dam.
- Tributaries of Ghataprabha: Hiranyakeshi and Markandeya rivers.
- Krishna is the second largest river in peninsular India. It rises in the Western Ghats at an altitude of 1337m. near Mahabaleshwar in Maharashtra.
- Krishna flows through Maharashtra, Karnataka, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh and finally drains into the Bay of Bengal.
