Chambal River

 

About

·       The Chambal River is a peninsular river of India, originates at, near manpur Indore, on the south slope of the Vindhya Range in Madhya Pradesh.

·       The Chambal River is a tributary of the Yamuna River in central India, and thus forms part of the greater Gangetic drainage system.

·       The Chambal River flows through three Indian states. The river flows north-northeast through Madhya Pradesh, running for a time through Rajasthan, then forming the boundary between Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh before turning southeast to join the Yamuna in Uttar Pradesh state.

·       The Chambal also forms part of the Rajasthan-Madhya Pradesh boundary.

·       It ends a confluence of five rivers, including the Chambal, Kwari, Yamuna, Sind, Pahuj, at Pachnada near Bhareh in Uttar Pradesh state, at the border of Bhind and Etawah districts.

·       The main tributaries of Chambal include the Banas and Mej rivers on the left and the Parbati, Kali Sindh and Shipra rivers on the right.

·       The Chambal River is used for hydropower generation at Gandhi Sagar dam, Rana Pratap Sagar dam and Jawahar Sagar Dam and for annual irrigation of 5668.01 square kilometres in the commands of the right main canal and the left main canal of the Kota Barrage.

 

National Chambal Sanctuary ·       National Chambal Sanctuary, also called the National Chambal Gharial Wildlife Sanctuary, is a 5,400 sq. km tri-state protected area in northern India home to critically endangered gharial (small crocodiles), the red-crowned roof turtle and the endangered Ganges river dolphin. Located on the Chambal River near the tri-point of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh. ·       It was first declared as a protected area in Madhya Pradesh in 1978 and now constitutes a long narrow eco-reserve co-administered by the three states. Within the sanctuary the pristine Chambal River cuts through mazes of ravines and hills with many sandy beaches along its banks. ·       Its rich bio-diversity ensured that it was declared a National Sancturary in 1979. ·       It is part of the Khathiar-Gir dry deciduous forests ecoregion.