Important Facts For Prelims
Wainganga River
- 13 Feb 2020
- 2 min read
- Wainganga River is one of the key tributaries of the river Godavari.
- Source: The river rises in the Mahadeo Hills in the Seoni District of Madhya Pradesh.
- Drainage Basin: It drains Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra.
- Longest Tributary: Kanhan River, which rises in the hills at the southern edge of the Satpura Range in the Chhindwara District (Madhya Pradesh).
- The Wainganga after joining the Wardha River at Chaprala in Gadchiroli district (Maharashtra) is known as the Pranahita River.
- Wardha river originates in Satpura Range in Betul District, Madhya Pradesh.
- Penganga river is a major tributary of the Wardha river and rises in the Ajanta range.
- Pranahita river empties into the Godavari River at Kaleshwaram, Telangana.
- Pranahita river is the largest tributary of the Godavari river covering about 34% of its drainage basin.
- Gosekhurdh irrigation project is being constructed on the Wainganga River.
Godavari River
- It is India's second longest river after the Ganga. Its source is in Trimbakeshwar, Maharashtra. It flows east for 1,465 kilometres, draining the states of Maharashtra, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, and Karnataka.
- Major Tributaries: Indravati, Pravara, Wardha, Wainganga, Kanhan, Purna, Pranhita, Sabari, Manjira, Bindusara River etc.
- The Kaleshwaram lift irrigation project is an under-construction multi-purpose irrigation project on the Godavari River in Kaleshwaram, Bhoopalpally, Telangana.
- The project starts at the confluence point of Pranahita River and Godavari River.
