Amaravathi River

Infobox River
river_name = Amaravathi River

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caption = Chinnar river and Pambar river merge to become Amaravati river
origin = Anamalai Hills,
Chinnar River, Pambar River at
coord|10|21|2|N|77|14|14|E
mouth = Karur at
coord|10|57|36|N|78|4|53|E|
basin_countries =Idukki District, Kerala
India
length = km to mi|282
elevation = m to ft|473
mouth_elevation = ft to m|360
discharge =
watershed = The Amaravati River is a tributary of Kaveri River in Coimbatore District, Tamil Nadu state, South India. It is continuation of the Pambar and Chinnar rivers in Kerala.

Route

The 175 Km long Amaravati River begins at the Kerala/Tamil Nadu border at the bottom of Manjampatti Valley between the Annamalai Hills and the Palni Hills in Indira Gandhi Wildlife Sanctuary and National Park. It descends in a northerly direction through Amaravathi Reservoir and Amaravathi Dam at Amaravathinagar. It is joined by the Kallapuram River at the mouth of the Ajanda valley in Udumalaipettai. It joins with the Kaveri in Karur (Thirumukkudal). [The Rivers of Kongu [http://www.coimbatore.com/kongunadu/home2.htm] ]

Use

This river irrigates over 60,000 acres of agricultural lands in Coimbatore, Erode and Karur districts. [The Hindu, M. Gunasekaran [http://www.hindu.com/2007/04/02/stories/2007040206940300.htm To assess water loss in Amaravathi basin] Apr 02, 2007] The Amaravathi Dam has 4 Megawatts electric generating capacity installed. The Amaravathi River and its basin, especially in the vicinity of Karur, are heavily used for industrial processing water and waste disposal and as a result are severely polluted due to large amount of textile dyeing and bleaching units. [Marcus Moench, RETHINKING THE MOSAIC, Investigations into Local Water Management, Addressing Constraints in Complex Systems, Chapter 1: [http://www.i-s-e-t.org/Rethinking%20Mosaic%20low%20res.pdf#page=12 "Meeting the Water Management Needs of South Asia in the 21st Century"] , pub: Nepal Water Conservation Foundation, Kathmandu, and the Institute for Social and Environmental Transition, Boulder, Colorado, U.S.A., 1999, pp 145-146]

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