You can mark you interesting snippets of text that will be available through a unique link in your browser.


Krishna River

Krishna River
formerly Kistna River

River, southern India.

Rising in Maharashtra state, it flows southeast and east across Karnataka and crosses Andhra Pradesh state before entering the Bay of Bengal after a course of 800 mi (1,290 km).

* * *

      river in southern India, rising in Maharashtra (Mahārāshtra) state in the Western Ghats range near the town of Mahabaleshwar, not far from India's west coast. It flows east to Wai and then in a generally southeasterly direction past Sangli to the border of Karnataka (Karnātaka) state. There the river turns east and flows in an irregular course across Karnataka and into Andhra Pradesh state. It veers southeast and then northeast, flows east to its delta head at Vijayawada (Vijayawāda), and from there flows into the Bay of Bengal (Bengal, Bay of) after a course of about 800 miles (1,290 km).

      The Krishna has a large and very fertile delta continuous with that of the Godavari River, to the northeast. Although it is not navigable, the Krishna provides water for irrigation; a weir at Vijayawada controls the flow of water into a system of canals in the delta. Because it is fed by seasonal monsoon rains, the river's flow undergoes great fluctuation during the year, limiting its usefulness for irrigation. The two largest tributaries are the Bhima (north) and the Tungabhadra (south). The latter has a dam at Hospet, completed in 1957, forming a reservoir and supplying hydroelectric power.

* * *


Universalium. 2010.

  
Share  

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Krishna River — This article is about an Indian river. For other meanings of this river names, see Krishna (disambiguation) and Krishnaveni. Infobox River | river name = Krishna River caption = Map of the River origin = Mahabaleswar, Maharashtra, India mouth =… …   Wikipedia

  • Krishna III — whose Kannada name was Kannara (939 – 967 C.E.) was the last great warrior and able monarch of the Rashtrakuta Dynasty of Manyakheta. He was a shrewd administrator and skillful military campaigner. He waged many wars to bring back the glory of… …   Wikipedia

  • Krishna (disambiguation) — Krishna is a Sanskrit word ( kṛṣṇa ) that means black or dark blue . It refer to: * Krishna, Hindu deity. * The Svayam Bhagavan, theological concept relating to Krishna as the supreme deity.Certain other figures within Hinduism also have names… …   Wikipedia

  • Krishna II — (878 914) C.E. ascended the Rashtrakuta throne after the demise of his famous father Amoghavarsha I. His Kannada name was Kannara.Reu (1933), p75] His queen was a Haihaya princess of Chedi called Mahadevi. From the chronology of inscriptions that …   Wikipedia

  • Krishna Pal — (1764 ndash; 1822) was the first Indian convert to Christianity due to the missionary activity of William Carey, the founder of the Baptist Missionary Society, and his co workers. Krishna Pal was born in Calcutta. After his conversion and baptism …   Wikipedia

  • Krishna — This article is about the Hindu deity. For other meanings, see Krishna (disambiguation). Krishna Krishna holding flute Devanagari कृष्ण Sanskrit Transliteratio …   Wikipedia

  • Krishna district — Infobox Indian Jurisdiction type = district native name = Krishna hq = Machilipatnam area total = 8727 latd = 16.17 longd = 81.13 locator position = right state name = Andhra Pradesh altitude = abbreviation = collector = naveen mittal population… …   Wikipedia

  • Krishna Water Disputes Tribunal — The Krishna River is the second biggest river in peninsular India. It originates near Mahabaleshwar in Maharashtra from the statue of a cow in a temple. It then runs for a distance of 303 km in Maharashtra, 480 km through the breadth of North… …   Wikipedia

  • Krishna —    The god Krishna is understood to be an incarna tion of VISHNU. None of the other incarnations of Vishnu has attracted as passionate and widespread a devotion in India as Krishna. There is some evi dence that Krishna was originally a historical …   Encyclopedia of Hinduism

  • Krishna — /krish neuh/, n. 1. Hinduism. an avatar of Vishnu and one of the most popular of Indian deities, who appears in the Bhagavad Gita as the teacher of Arjuna. 2. Informal. See Hare Krishna. 3. Formerly, Kistna. a river in S India, flowing E from the …   Universalium