Machchhu River
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Machchhu River | |
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Location | |
Country | India |
State | Gujarat |
Districts | Surendranagar, Rajkot, Morbi |
Taluk | Wankaner (Morbi), Morbi (Morbi), Maliya (Morbi) |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | Mandav hills chotila |
Mouth | |
• location | in the Ran of kutchh near Maliya |
Length | 130 km (81 mi) |
Basin size | 2,515 km2 (971 sq mi; 621,000 acres) |
Basin features | |
Tributaries | |
• left | Beti, Asoi |
• right | Jamburi, Benia, Machchhori, Maha |
Machchhu River (Gujarati: મચ્છુ નદી, romanized: Machchhu nadi) is a river in western India in Gujarat whose origin is Madla hills. Its basin has a maximum length of 130 km. The total catchment area of the basin is 2515 km2.[1] The river is also occasionally transliterated as Machhu River.
In popular culture[edit]
In 1984, a Gujarati film named Machchu Tara Vaheta Pani starring Upendra Trivedi, Arvind Trivedi, Chandrakant Pandya, Narayan Rajgor, Minal Patel, Kamini Bhatia was released which was directed by Vibhakar Mehta.[2]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Machchhu River". Narmada, Water Resources and Water Supply Department, Government of Gujarat. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
- ↑ "Machchu Tara Vaheta Pani (1984) - Review, Star Cast, News, Photos". Cinestaan. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
Coordinates: 23°09′N 70°46′E / 23.150°N 70.767°E