Bhadar River
River in Gujarat, India
22°00′56″N 71°12′18″E / 22.015546°N 71.204900°E / 22.015546; 71.204900 • location
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Bhadar River is a river in the Saurashtra peninsula, in the Western Indian state of Gujarat. It flows south from its origin through Jasdan, then turns south-west and generally west until it empties into the Arabian Sea near Porbandar.[1] The total catchment area of the basin is 7,094 square kilometres (2,739 sq mi).[2]
It is impounded by two reservoirs, Bhadar-I reservoir with a capacity of 238,000,000 cubic metres (193,000 acre⋅ft), and downstream from that, Bhadar-II reservoir with a capacity of 49,000,000 cubic metres (40,000 acre⋅ft).[2]
References
- ^ "Bhadar River". India-WRIS Wiki. Archived from the original on 14 September 2016. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
- ^ a b "Bhadar River". guj-nwrws.gujarat.gov.in, Government of Gujarat. Retrieved 13 March 2012.
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