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| name = Shivnath River<br />
| name_native = शिवनाथ नदी<br />
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| name_other = Shivanath River<br />
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| subdivision_name1 = [[India]]<br />
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| subdivision_name2 = [[Chhattisgarh]]<br />
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| source1 = Pana aras Hill<br />
| source1_location = Rajnandgaon , [[Chhattisgarh]]<br />
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'''Shivnath River''' (or Seonath River) is the longest tributary of [[Mahanadi River]], which it joins in [[Khargahni]] in [[Bilaspur district, Chhattisgarh|Bilaspur district]] in [[Chhattisgarh]], India. It has a total course of {{convert|290|km|mi}}. The name comes for the god [[Shiva]] in [[Hinduism]].<br />
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==Sources==<br />
Shivnath originates from Panabaras Hill, {{convert|624|m|ft}} above [[sea level]] in the [[Ambagarh Chowki]] division of [[Rajnandgaon District]] of [[Chhattisgarh]].<br />
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==Course==<br />
The river flows in the north-east direction for {{convert|300|km}} from its source and joins the [[Mahanadi River]] near the town [[Shivrinarayan]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1051123/asp/ranchi/story_5508511.asp|title=Trade treaty trauma on nature - River activist apprehends WTO air strike in globalised world|website=Telegraphindia.com|accessdate=8 October 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mapsofindia.com/chhattisgarh/geography/shivnath-river.html|title=Shivnath River|website=Mapsofindia.com|accessdate=8 October 2017|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120224212534/http://www.mapsofindia.com/chhattisgarh/geography/shivnath-river.html|archivedate=24 February 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZKs1gBhJSWIC&q=sondur+reservoir&pg=RA1-PA607|title=Hydrology and Water Resources of India|author=Sharad K. Jain|author2=Pushpendra K. Agarwal|author3=Vijay P. Singh|date=16 May 2007|isbn=9781402051807|accessdate=8 October 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://hindi.indiawaterportal.org/node/38510|title=Rivers of Chhattisgarh / छत्तीसगढ़ की नदियां - इंडिया वाटर पोर्टल (हिन्दी)|website=Hindi.indiawaterportal.org|accessdate=8 October 2017}}</ref><br />
[[File:Shivnath River view from railway bridge near Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh 002.jpg|thumb|Shivnath River view from railway bridge near Bilaspur]]<br />
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==Sale==<br />
The river was sold by the government of [[Madhya Pradesh]] to [[Radius Water Limited]] in 1998, to much controversy by locals.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiawaterportal.org/articles/15-year-old-battle-shivnath-river-still-rages|title=The 15-year old battle for the Shivnath river still rages!|author=Makarand Purohit|work=India Water Portal|date=June 3, 2013}}</ref> [[Arvind Kejriwal]] discussed this controversy in his book [[Swaraj (book)|''Swaraj'']].<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Rivers of Chhattisgarh]]<br />
[[Category:Tributaries of the Mahanadi River]]<br />
[[Category:Rivers of India]]<br />
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