Pachaiyar River

Pachaiyar River

Pachaiyar River originates on the eastern slopes of the Western Ghats approximately 1000 meters above sea level in the state of Tamil Nadu in southern India. [cite web
url=http://ces.iisc.ernet.in/biodiversity/documents/rivers.htm
title=Rivers of Western Ghats - Pachaiyar River
publisher=
accessdate=2006-12-09
] It then converges with the Tambaraparani River. Nine anicuts have been built across it before it loses its identity in the Tamiraparani. [cite web
url=http://www.nellai.tn.nic.in/irrigation.html
title=Pachaiyar River System
publisher=
accessdate=2006-09-24
]

The total length of the river from its origin to its merger with the Tamiraparani is about 32 km. [cite web
url=http://www.nellai.tn.nic.in/irrigation.html
title= Other Rivers - Pachaiyar
publisher=
accessdate=2006-09-24
]

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