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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Infobox river<br />
|name=Meshwo<br />
|native_name=મેશ્વો<br />
|image=Meshvo Dam.jpg<br />
|image_caption=Meshwo Reservoir at [[Shamlaji]]<br />
|cities=<br />
|state=[[Gujarat]], [[Rajasthan]]<br />
|country=[[India]]<br />
|length=203 km<br />
|mouth_coordinates={{coord|22.8009|72.6632|type:river_region:IN|format=dms|display=inline,title}}<br />
}}<br />
'''Meshwo''' or '''Meshwa''' is a river flowing in north and central parts [[Gujarat]], state of [[India]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vStBAAAAYAAJ&q=meshwo+tribunary+of+sabarmati&dq=meshwo+tribunary+of+sabarmati|title=Sabarmati Basin Report: Basin Sub Basin|date=1989|publisher=Central Pollution Control Board|pages=6|language=en}}</ref> Meshwo is the tributary river of the [[Sabarmati River|Sabarmati]] and subtribunary of the [[Vatrak River]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AX6kDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA88&dq=meshwo+tribunary+of+sabarmati#q=meshwo%20tribunary%20of%20sabarmati|title=Rajasthan Geography|last=Rathore|first=Shaurya Singh|date=2018-01-17|publisher=RajRAS|pages=88|language=en}}</ref> It rises in the Panchara hills of [[Aravalli Range|Aravalli range]], in the [[Dungarpur district]] of Rajasthan and enters in Gujarat at [[Shamlaji]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zQEdAQAAMAAJ&q=meshwo+river+shamlaji&dq=meshwo+river+shamlaji|title=Census of India, 1961: Gujarat|last=General|first=India Office of the Registrar|date=1965|publisher=Manager of Publications|pages=249–250|language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Basin ==<br />
Meshwo rises in Aravalli range and flows through [[Modasa]], [[Bhiloda]], [[Prantij]] of Sabarkantha and Aravalli district; [[Ahmedabad district]] and [[Kheda district]]. Meshwo meets Vatrak after near to [[Kheda]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite encyclopedia|last=Rajgor|first=Shivprasad|title=મેશ્વો (નદી)|trans-title=Meshwo (river)|encyclopedia=[[Gujarati Vishwakosh]]|editor-last=Thaker|editor-first=Dhirubhai|editor-link=Dhirubhai Thaker|publisher=Gujarat Vishwakosh Trust|date=August 2002|edition=1st|volume=XVI|location=Ahmedabad|page=591|oclc=163322996|language=gu}}</ref> Meshwo flows parallel to [[Khari River]] for 203 kilometres.<ref name=":1" /> 8 villages of Bhiloda [[Taluka]], 17 villages of Modasa Tauka and 12 villages of Ahmedabad and Kheda district are inhabited on Meshwo.<ref name=":1" /><br />
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== Dams ==<br />
[[Bombay Presidency]] had planned to construct [[dam]] on the river in 1926 but dropped idea after facing oppose from the [[Idar State]]. In 1945 it had been planned again and land was surveyed in 1947 for it. Permission to construct the dam was given in 1950 and the work was completed in the same year.<ref name=":1" /><br />
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Another dam on the Meshwo was constructed near the Shamlaji in year 1968-69 while the construction work begun in 1957-58. It costed more than {{INRConvert|315|l|year=1957}} for construction. Lake built after the dam has capacity to provide water for irrigation in 17.21 thousand hector land.<ref name=":1" /> Meshwo has peakup weir dam constructed near Raska village of [[Mahemdavad]] Taluka and the scheme was started to provide drinking water to [[Ahmedabad]] in 2000.<ref name=":1" /><br />
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== Notable places on bank of Meshwo ==<br />
* [[Shamlaji]], Hindu pilgrimage site<br />
* [[Devni Mori]], historical site<br />
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== References ==<br />
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[[Category:Rivers of Gujarat]]<br />
[[Category:Rivers of India]]</div>imported>KartikMistry