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| image_caption = The Pushpawati rushing out of [[Valley of Flowers]]
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'''Pushpawati River''' flows through the [[Valley of Flowers]] in [[Chamoli district]] in [[Garhwal division|Garhwal]] region of the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Uttarakhand]].

==Course==
The Pushpawati rises from the Tipra Glacier, near [[Rataban]], in the central part of the Garhwal region in the [[Himalayas]]. It flows in a southerly direction to join the [[Lakshman Ganga|Bhyundar Ganga]] near [[Ghangaria|Ghagharia]]. The combined stream is thereafter known as the [[Lakshman Ganga]]. The latter merges with the [[Alaknanda River]] at [[Govindghat]].<ref name=negi>{{cite book |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=5YtUShKY8zcC&q=Pushpawati+river&pg=PA112 | title = Himalayan rivers, glaciers and lakes| work =p. 111 |first= Sharad Singh | last= Negi | year = 1991| isbn = 9788185182612|access-date = 2010-06-01 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |url = http://www.hackwriters.com/Puahpawati.htm | title = Valley of Flowers and Hemkund Sahib |first= Partha | last= De Sarkar |access-date = 2010-06-01 }}</ref>

The Puspawati drains the Valley of Flowers.<ref name=negi/>

The glaciated upper valley of the Pushawati is U-shaped. The river flows past thick glacial deposits. A number of glacier-fed streams join it in its upper reaches. It flows through a gorge in its lower reaches. The upper tracts are under permanent cover of snow. Alpine, sub-alpine and temperate vegetation is there in the middle and lower catchments of the river. Human habitation is very sparse.<ref name=negi/>

==Mythology==
According to legend, the [[Pandavas]], during their years of exile, saw flowers floating down the river. They named it Pushpawati.<ref name=negi/>

==Gallery==
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Image:Pushpawati_vof.jpg|A view of Pushpawati from the gorge crossing while entering the [[Valley of Flowers]]
Image:Pushpawati_bridge.jpg|A bridge over Pushpawati River, while entering into the Valley of Flowers


</gallery>

==See also==
*[[Valley of Flowers]]
*[[Gobindghat]]

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==References==
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[[Category:Rivers of Uttarakhand]]
[[Category:Geography of Chamoli district]]
[[Category:Rivers of India]]

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