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Sengar River is a tributary of the river Yamuna in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.
Course[edit]
Sengar originates near Adhawan lake in Aligarh district and drains [Hathras District ]Etawah, Mainpuri and Kanpur districts before it confluences with the Yamuna between Kalpi and Hamirpur. It has a total length of 304 km (190 miles).[1] The Sengar flows parallel to the Yamuna in Etawah district and is joined by the Sirsa river near Amritpur. It forms a doab with the Rind in Kanpur district. Much of the Sengar's basin in Etawah and Kanpur districts is under red loamy soil.[2][3] The 1878 settlement report for Kanpur district also notes that the river is fringed by a series of ravines that had impacted adversely the fertility of the soil in the river's vicinity.[3]
Etymology[edit]
Sengar - originally called Basind - is said to have been named after the Sengar Rajputs after they captured most of Etawah following the fall of Kannauj in the medieval period.[4]
Ecological issues[edit]
Rapid urbanisation and industrialisation and the discharge of domestic and industrial effluents into the river has caused severe pollution in the river.[5]
Starting point:Ranuah End point: in Yamuna keotra Katari Uttar Pradesh
References[edit]
- ↑ Smith, George (1882). The Geography of British India, Political & Physical. John Murray. p. 170.
sengar river.
- ↑ "District Gazetteer - Etawah (Uttar Pradesh)". Retrieved 13 September 2013.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Wright, F N (1878). FINAL REPORT ON THE SETTLEMENT OF THE CAWNPORE DISTRICT. pp. 1, 147.
- ↑ Bingley, A H (1899). Handbook on Rajputs. New Delhi: Asian Educational Services. p. 121. ISBN 9788120602045.
- ↑ Kumar, Arvind (2006). Fish Management and Aquatic Environment. Delhi: Daya Publishing House. p. 272. ISBN 9788170354291.
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