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Krishna River
Krishna River gorge by Srisailam, Andhra Pradesh, India
Path of the Krishna in the peninsular India ()
Location
Country	India
State	Maharashtra, Karnataka, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh
Region	South India
Physical characteristics
Source	Near Mahabaleshwar, Jor village, Dist- Satara
• location	Satara district, Maharashtra, India
• coordinates	17°59′19″N 73°38′17″E / 17.98861°N 73.63806°E / 17.98861; 73.63806
• elevation	914 m (2,999 ft) Geographic headwaters
Mouth	Bay Of Bengal
• location	Hamsaladeevi, Krishna district, Andhra Pradesh, India
• coordinates	15°44′06″N 80°55′12″E / 15.73500°N 80.92000°E / 15.73500; 80.92000
• elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Length	1,400 km (870 mi) or 1,290 km (800 mi)approx.
Basin size	258,948 km (99,980 sq mi)
Discharge
• average	2,213 m/s (78,200 cu ft/s)
Discharge
• location	Vijayawada (1901–1979 average), max (2024), min (1997)
• average	1,641.74 m/s (57,978 cu ft/s)
• minimum	13.52 m/s (477 cu ft/s)
• maximum	33,413.88 m/s (1,180,000 cu ft/s)
Basin features
Tributaries
• left	Yerla, Bhima, Dindi, Musi, Paleru, Munneru
• right	Kudali (Niranjna) Venna, Koyna, Panchganga, Dudhaganga, Ghataprabha, Malaprabha, Tungabhadra

The Krishna River in the Deccan plateau is the third-longest river in India, after the Ganga and Godavari. It is also the fourth-largest in terms of water inflows and river basin area in India, after the Ganges, Indus and Godavari. The river, also called Krishnaveni, is 1,400 kilometres (870 mi) long and its length in Maharashtra is 282 kilometres. It is a major source of irrigation in the Indian states of Maharashtra, Karnataka, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.

Course

The Krishna River originates in the Western Ghats near Mahabaleshwar at an elevation of about 1,300 metres (4,300 ft), in the state of Maharashtra in central India. From Mahabaleshwar it flows to the town of Wai and continues east until it empties into the Bay of Bengal. The Krishna River passes through the Indian states of Maharashtra, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, and Telangana. Over its 1,400 kilometres (870 mi) length, it flows for 305 km (190 mi) in Maharashtra, 483 km (300 mi) in Karnataka and 612 km (380 mi) in Andhra Pradesh.

Tributaries

The Krishna River has 13 major tributaries. Its principal tributaries include the Ghataprabha River, Malaprabha River, Bhima River, Tungabhadra River and Musi River. The Tungabhadra River has a catchment area of 71,417 km (27,574 sq mi) and a length of 531 km (330 mi). The Bhima River is the longest tributary of the Krishna River. It has a total length of 861 km (535 mi) and catchment area of 70,614 km (27,264 sq mi).

Three tributaries, Panchganga, Warna and Yerla, meet the Krishna River near Sangli. Hindus consider these places holy. It is said that Dattatreya, one of the Hindu dieties, spent some of his days at Audumber on the banks of the Krishna.

Kudalasangama (also written as Kudala Sangama) is located about 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) from the Almatti Dam in Bagalkot district of Karnataka state. The Krishna and Malaprabha rivers merge here. The Aikya Mantapa or the holy Samādhi of Basavanna, the founder of the Lingayat Hindu sect along with Linga, which is believed to be self-born (Swayambhu), is here and the river flows east towards Srisailam (another pilgrim center) Andhra Pradesh.

Sangameswaram of Kurnool district in Andhra Pradesh is a famous pilgrim center for Hindus where Tungabhadra and Bhavanasi rivers join the Krishna River. The Sangameswaram temple is now drowned in the Srisailam reservoir, and visible for devotees only during summer when the reservoir's water level comes down.

Krishna Basin

Drainage Basin of Krishna

The Krishna Basin extends over an area of 258,948 km (99,980 sq mi) which is nearly 8% of the total geographical area of the country. This large basin lies in the states of Karnataka (113,271 km), Telangana, Andhra Pradesh (76,252 km) and Maharashtra (69,425 km). It is the fifth largest basin in India.

Most of this basin comprises rolling and undulating country, except for the western border, which is formed by an unbroken line of the Western Ghats. The important soil types found in the basin are black soils, red soils, laterite and lateritic soils, alluvium, mixed soils, red and black soils and saline and alkaline soils.

An average annual surface water potential of 78.1 km has been assessed in this basin. Out of this, 58.0 km is utilizable water. Culturable area in the basin is about 203,000 km (78,000 sq mi), which is 10.4% of the total cultivable area of the country. As the water availability in the Krishna River was becoming inadequate to meet the water demand, Godavari River is linked to the Krishna River by commissioning the Polavaram right bank canal with the help of Pattiseema lift scheme in the year 2015 to augment water availability to the Prakasam Barrage in Andhra Pradesh. The irrigation canals of Prakasam Barrage form part of National Waterway 4. The Krishna-Godavari delta known as "Rice Granary of India."

Mineral deposits

Krishna River basin is endowed with rich mineral deposits such as oil and gas, coal, iron, limestone, dolomite, gold, granite, laterite, uranium, diamonds, etc. The following are the few noted deposits:

• Krishna Godavari Basin, oil and gas
• Yellandu, coal
• Bayyaram Mines, iron
• Kudremukh, iron
• Donimalai, iron
• Jaggayapeta mines, dolomite
• Nalgonda uranium deposits,
• Kollur Mine, diamonds
• Hatti Gold Mines,

Flora and fauna

Widespread area near to the Krishna River holds the rich flora and fauna. The last surviving Mangrove forests in the Krishna estuary have been declared as the Krishna Wildlife Sanctuary. The sanctuary is the home to the large number of resident and migratory birds. Fishing cats, otters, Estuarine crocodiles, spotted deer, sambar deer, blackbucks, snakes, lizards and jackals can also be spotted in the sanctuary. The sanctuary also supports rich vegetation with plants like Rhizophora, Avicennia, and Aegiceros. The following are few other wildlife sanctuaries located in the Krishna basin.

• Nagarjunsagar-Srisailam Tiger Reserve
• Rollapadu Wildlife Sanctuary
• Bhadra Wildlife Sanctuary
• Ghataprabha Bird Sanctuary
• Gudavi Bird Sanctuary
• Koyna Wildlife Sanctuary
• Radhanagari Wildlife Sanctuary
• Great Indian Bustard Sanctuary
• Chandoli National Park
• Kudremukh National Park
• Kasu Brahmananda Reddy National Park
• Mahavir Harina Vanasthali National Park
• Mrugavani National Park
• Pakhal Wildlife Sanctuary
• Ranibennur Blackbuck Sanctuary
• Shettihalli Wildlife Sanctuary
• Daroji Sloth Bear Sanctuary, Bellary

Waterfalls

The following are few other waterfalls located in the river basin

• Ethipothala on Chandravanka River which is the tributary of Krishna River
• Godchinamalaki on Markandeya River a tributary of Ghataprabha
• Gokak on Ghataprabha
• Mallela Theertham

Water outflows to the sea

The yearly water outflows to the sea in a water year from 1 June 2003 to 31 May 2022 (19 years) are given below

Interstate water sharing

At present, the award of Bachawat tribunal dated 31 May 1976 is applicable for sharing the water available in the river among the riparian states. The Brijesh Kumar tribunal award given on 29 November 2013 was challenged by Andhra Pradesh in the Supreme Court and the case has been pending since then. The newly created state of Telangana also approached the Supreme Court demanding a fresh tribunal hearing to secure its water needs on equitable basis.

Even though the river does not flow through Tamil Nadu, the Telugu Ganga Project is a canal system that brings Krishna River water to that state's capital city of Chennai with the agreement of all basin states.

Places and temples

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This river is revered by Hindus as sacred. The river is also believed to remove all the sins of those who bathe in it. The centre of attraction is the Krishna Pushkaram fair which is held once in twelve years on the banks of the Krishna River. There are many pilgrimage places in Maharashtra, Karnataka, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh on the course of the river. The first holy place on the river Krishna is at Wai, known for the Mahaganpati Mandir and Kashivishweshwar temple. It has seven ghats along the river. Temples like Dattadeva temple, which is revered by the people of Maharashtra, are located on the banks of Krishna at Narsobawadi, ankalkhop Audumbar near Sangli. Yadur is one of the important holy places in Karnataka which is located on the bank of Krishna. Veerabhadra temple is a famous temple. Many devotees visit this place from Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh. Also, located on the banks of the river Krishna is the Sangameshwar Shiva temple at Haripur. Some of the other temples are the Kanaka Durga Temple in Vijayawada, Ramling temple near Sangli, Mallikarjuna Jyotirlinga (Srisailam), Amareshwara Swamy Temple, Vedadri Narasimha Temple, Vadapalli temple in Nalgonda, Dattadeva temple, and Sangameshwara Shiva temples at Alampur and Gadwal in Telangana.

Bhilawadi town in Maharashtra has a large stone structure constructed across Krishna River bank, also known as Krishna Ghat. This structure also includes one large and one small temple constructed in the middle of the river. This structure is believed to be constructed in 1779.

Bridges

The Krishna River is spanned by several bridges along its course, some of which are listed below.

• Krishna Bridge, Wai, Maharashtra – This bridge was demolished in 2021 which was located in the Dharmpuri Peth area of the town of Wai, was one of the oldest bridges that were built by the British in India. It spans the Krishna over nine kamans (arches) and is made of black rock. The bridge serves as a flood mark (when the water rises to the level of the road on the bridge) for the "Waikar" people.
• Irwin Bridge, Sangli – This is one of the oldest, historic and largest bridges over the Krishna that were built by the British. The Irwin Bridge, which is built of reddish stone, has two passages where one can climb down to the river in the middle of its span to view the water.
• Ankali Bridge, Sangli Maharashtra – This bridge is major link between Sangli and Kolhapur districts. At this point there are three bridges, one for railway and two for roadways. Out of two roadway bridge the one bridge in the direction towards Miraj was built in Nineteenth century under British Administration. It is still in operation. The railway bridge was constructed at the time of laying of Kolhapur to Pune rail link. The contractor for rail bridge was V. R. Ranade & Sons from Pune. The construction of this railway bridge and culverts on railway route in nearby region were constructed by them in 1882–1884.
• Kudachi – Ugar Railway bridge built by the British in 1891.
• B. Soundatti Bridge, Raibag – This is also one of the oldest bridges built during the British rule. This bridge connects Maharashtra to Karnataka state.
• Tangadagi Bridge, This is one of oldest bridges that connects the Bijapur and Bagalkot districts of Karnataka. God Neelambika Temple is there at the bank of Krishna River.
• Chikkapadasalagi bridge, is one of the oldest bridges, built in British era it connects Jamakhandi and Vijayapur.
• Jambagi Bridge, Jamkhandi : Recently built bridge connects Athani, Bijapur and Jamkhandi.
• Galagali Bridge of Galagali village, Bagalkot: very important bridge that connects many towns and villages of Bagalkot and Vijayapur districts.
• Krishna Bridge near Shakti Nagar, Raichur district was built in the memory of the travel undertaken by Nawab Javvadjaha Bahadur, the prince of Hyderabad, to Raichur in early 20th century. The bridge was named after the prince as Sirat-e-joodi. The construction began in 1933 and completed in 1943

In October 2009, heavy floods occurred, isolating 350 villages and leaving millions homeless, which is believed to be first occurrence in 1000 years. The flood resulted in heavy damage to Kurnool, Mahabubnagar, Guntur, Krishna and Nalagonda Districts. The entire city of Kurnool was immersed in approximately 10 ft (3 m) water for nearly 3 days.

Water inflow of 1,110,000 cu ft/s (31,000 m/s) was recorded at the Prakasam Barriage, which surpassed the previous record of 1,080,000 cu ft/s (31,000 m/s) recorded in the year 1903. Krishna River is the second largest east flowing river of the peninsula. The flood waters of Krishna and Godavari rivers can be fully utilized by exporting water to other east flowing peninsular rivers up to Vaigai River in Tamil Nadu by constructing a coastal reservoir on the Bay of Bengal sea area.

Dams

There are many dams constructed across the Krishna River.

• Dhom Dam
• Hippargi barrage
• Almatti Dam
• Narayanpur Dam
• Bhima Dam
• Jurala Dam
• Srisailam Dam
• Nagarjuna Sagar Dam
• Nagarjuna Sagar tail pond
• Pulichinthala Dam
• Prakasam Barrage
• Tungabhadra Dam
• Rajolibanda barrage
• Sunkesula barrage

Hydroelectric power stations

The Krishna River is one of the rivers whose water energy is harnessed to a large extent by various hydro electric power stations in India. The following is the list of hydro electric power stations excluding small and medium installations.

Pollution

Most of the years, the river water is not joining the sea due to full utilisation of water mainly in agriculture. Closed river basin of Krishna means that the river ecosystem is on the verge of death. The river receives the waste from the large number of cities and the river basin population has increased to 80 million enhancing pollution load many folds into the river. Adequate average and minimum continuous environmental flows to the sea are not taking place in most of the years constricting salt export and leading to formation of saline and sodic alkaline soils in the lower reaches of the river basin. High alkalinity water is discharged from the ash dump areas of many coal fired power stations into the river which further increases the alkalinity of the river water whose water is naturally of high alkalinity since the river basin is draining vast area of basalt rock formations. The following are the few coal fired power stations located in the river basin

Gallery

• Down stream view of Prakasam Barrage
• Krishna River near Vijayawada
• Panoramic view of Ujjani or Bhima Dam
• Tungabhadra Dam near Hosapete
• Krishna close to its origin at Menawali, near Wai, Satara district, Maharashtra.18th century, Maratha statesman, Nana Fadnavis built the Ghat and a palace here. This location has been used in many Hindi movies.

See also

• List of rivers of India
• Godavari River
• Krishna Water Disputes Tribunal
• Upper Krishna Project
• Krishna Pushkaralu
• Sacred waters
• Other rivers originating at Mahabaleshwar (Panchganga) Gayatri River, Koyna River, Savitri River and Venna River

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Rivers	Amarja Belagavi Nala Bellary Nala Bhadra Bhima Dandavati Dindi Gayatri Ghataprabha Handri Indrayani Koyna Kundali Malaprabha Markandeya Mula-Mutha Munneru Musi Nira Paleru Panchganga Pavana Tunga Tungabhadra Varada Vedavathi Venna
Dams and barrages	Almatti Dam Bhadra dam Budameru Diversion Channel Dhom Dam Dindi Ghataprabha Joorala Koil Sagar Koyna Dam Nagarjuna Sagar Dam Nagarjuna Sagar tail pond Basava Sagara Osman Sagar Prakasam Barrage Pulichintala Raja Lakhamagowda Rajolibanda Dam Jogulamba Barrage Srisailam Dam Sunkesula Tungabhadra Dam Wyra
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Geographical features/regions	Coastal Andhra Deccan Plateau Eastern Ghats Karnataka Konkan Marathwada Telangana Western Ghats
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Industries	Bellary Thermal Power station Cement plants Jindal steel, Bellary Kudgi Super Thermal Power Project Kudremukh Iron Raichur Thermal Power Station Solapur Super Thermal Power Station Vijayawada Thermal Power Station Yermarus Thermal Power Station
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Gundlakamma Jalaput Jeedipalli Kalyani Kandaleru Kanithi Meghadri Mudasarlova Mid Penna Mylavaram Nagarjuna Nagarjuna Sagar tail pond Nellore anicut Penna Ahobilam Polavaram Prakasham Pulichinthala Raiwada Rajolibanda Sangam anicut Somasila Srisailam Sunkesula Tatipudi Thotapalli Veligallu Veligonda Veligodu Yeleru Inland waterways National Waterway 4 Ports (existing/proposed) Dugarajapatnam Port Gangavaram Port Kakinada Port Krishnapatnam Port Machilipatnam Port Visakhapatnam Port Islands Sriharikota Nagarjunakonda Bhavani Hope island v t e Sangli District History Aundh State Sultanate of Bijapur Daphlapur State Jath State Miraj Junior Miraj Senior Sangli State Geography Bhivargi Dam Krishna River Morna Dam Yelavi Dam Cities and towns Ashta Bhilawadi Jat Kavathe-Mahankal Kirloskarwadi Miraj Palus Sangli Tasgaon Uran Islampur Vita Transport Bhilawadi railway station Kirloskarvadi railway station Miraj Junction railway station NH 48 Sangli railway station Lok Sabha constituencies Hatkanangle Sangli Vidhan Sabha constituencies Islampur Jat Khanapur-Atpadi Miraj Palus-Kadegaon Sangli Shirala Tasgaon-Kavathe Mahankal Tehsil Atpadi Jath Kadegaon Kavathe-Mahankal Khanapur (Vita) Miraj Palus Shirala Tasgaon Walwa Tourist attractions Chandoli National Park Ganpati Temple Narsobawadi Sagareshwar Wildlife Sanctuary Shreekshetra Audumbar Education Annasaheb Dange College of Engineering & Technology Walchand College of Engineering Willingdon College v t e Western Ghats States Goa Gujarat Karnataka Kerala Maharashtra Tamil Nadu Regions Desh Kongu Nadu Konkan Malabar Malenadu North Malabar Tulu Nadu Peaks Agasthyamalai Ambukuthi Anamudi Anginda Anjaneri Baba Budangiri Banasura Brahmagiri Chembra Devar Mala Devimala Dhodap Doddabetta Don Elivai Malai Eravimala Ettina Bhuja Gangamoola Gopalaswamy Betta Illikkal Kallu Kalsubai Karimala Gopuram Kattumala Kemmangudi Kodachadri Kodikuthi Mala Kolaribetta Kottamala Kudremukh Kumara Parvata Kumarikkal Mala Kurumbalakotta Madikeri Mahendragiri Mahuli Malleswaran Marunthuvazh Malai Meenuliyan Para Meesapulimala Mukurthi Mullayanagiri Nedumpara Padagiri Paithalmala Perumal Malai Pratapgad Purandar Raigad Rajgad Rangaswamy Ranipuram Ratangad Salher Saptashrungi Saputara Sinhagad Sispara Sonsogor Tadiandamol Taramati Torna Vagamon Vandaravu Varayadumotta Vavul Mala Velliangiri Hills Ambanad Anaimalai Biligiriranga Cardamom Nilgiri Satmala Selbari Palani Thirumoorthy Trimbakeshwar Rivers Achankovil Adan Amarja Ambankadavu Anjarakandi River Arkavathi Ayalurpuzha Banganga Bhadra Bharathappuzha Bhavani Bhima Bindusara Chakra Chalakudy Chaliyar Cherukunnapuzha Cherupuzha Cheruthoni Chitravathi Chittar Chulki Nala Chulliyar Dahisar Daman Ganga Dandavati Darna Edamalayar Gangavalli Gayathripuzha Ghataprabha Girna Godavari Gomai Gomukhi Gurupura Hemavati Honnuhole Indravati Indrayani Iruvanjippuzha Ithikkara Kabini Kadalundi Kadva Kali Kallada Kallayi Kalpathipuzha Kanjirappuzha Kannadipuzha Karamana Karanja Karha Karimpuzha Kaveri Kedaka Kodaganar Kodavanar Kokkiliyar Kolar Korapuzha Korayar Kottappuzha Koyna Krishna Kubja Kumaradhara Kumudvathi Kundali Kundalika Kunthipuzha Kurumali Kuthirappuzha Lakshmana Tirtha Madatharuvi Mahé Malampuzha Malaprabha Mangalam Manimala Manimuthar Manjalar Manjira Markandeya Maruthappuzha Meenachil Meenkarappuzha Mithi Moyar Mula Mula-Mutha Mullayar Mutha Muthirapuzha Muvattupuzha Nanganjiyar Narmada Neerppuzha Netravati Neyyar Nira Noyyal Oshiwara Pachaiyar Pahrali Painganga Palar Palar (Kaveri) Pallichelaru Pamba Pambar Pambar Panchagangavalli Panchganga Pandippuzha Panzara Papagni Papanasini Parambikulam Patalganga Pavana Payaswini Penna Perinjankutti Periyar Poisar Ponnaiyar Pranahita Punnappuzha Purna (Godavari) Purna (Tapti) Dnyanganga Savitri Shahanur Shambhavi Sharavati Shimsha Shivana Sindphana Souparnika Tansa Tapti Tasso Thamirabarani Thuppanadippuzha Thuthapuzha Tirur Tunga Tungabhadra Ulhas Vaan Vaippar Valapattanam Vandazhippuzha Varada Varahi Vashishti Vedavathi Venna Vrishabhavathi Wainganga Wardha Waterfalls Abbey Aruvikkuzhy Athirappilly Ayyanar Bandaje Barkana Catherine Charpa Chunchanakatte Courtallam Devaragundi Devkund Dudhsagar Godchinamalaki Gokak Hanumangundi Hebbe Hogenakkal Irupu Jaladurga Jog Kalhatti (Nilgiris) Kalhatti Katary Kumbakkarai Kumbhavurutty Kuchikal Kune Kutladampatti Law's Magod Mallalli Manalar Meenmutty Monkey Muthyala Maduvu Oliyarik Palaruvi Pandavgad Pattathippara Perunthenaruvi Sahasrakund Sathodi Sengupathi Shivanasamudra Shivganga Siruvani Soochipara Suruli Thalaiyar Thusharagiri Tirparappu Ulakkai Unchalli Vaideki Vajrapoha Vattaparai Vazhachal Lakes Avalanche Berijam Kodaikanal Ooty Pykara Sasthamkotta Vellayani Protected areas and reserves Anamalai Annekal Aralam Agasthyamala Agasthyavanam Bandipur Bannerghatta Bhadra Bhimgad Brahmagiri Chandoli Chimmony Chinnar Dandeli Eravikulam Grass Hills Grizzled Squirrel Kali Kalakkad-Mundanthurai Karian Shola Karnala Kodaikanal Koyna Kudremukh Mhadei Mudumalai Mukurthi Nagarhole New Amarambalam Neyyar Nilgiri Palani Parambikulam Peechi-Vazhani Peppara Periyar Pushpagiri Radhanagari SAI Sathyamangalam Shendurney Silent Valley Someshwara Talakaveri Thanthai Wayanad Ghats and gaps Amba Ghat Amboli Ghat Bhor Ghat Chorla Ghat Goa Gap Kumbharli Ghat Naneghat Palakkad Gap Tamhini Ghat Thal Ghat Varandha Ghat Dams and reservoirs Aathupalayam Aliyar Almatti Amaravathi Basava Sagara Bhadra Dam Bhandardara Bhatghar Bhavanisagar Bhushi Chaskaman Dhom Gorur Harangi Hetwane Itiadoh Jayakwadi Kabini Kadra Kamarajar Sagar Kanher Kanva Karuppanadhi Khadakwasla Kodasalli Kodiveri Kolkewadi Koyna Krishna Raja Sagar Krishnagiri Linganamakki Manimuthar Mettur Mukkadal Mulshi Nallathangal Nilwande Orathuppalayam Panshet Papanasam Pawna Pechiparai Perunchani Raja Lakhamagouda Ramtek Renuka Sagara Salaulim Sathanur Servalar Shanti Sagara Solaiyar Supa Susri Tansa Temghar Tilari Totladoh Tungabhadra Ujjani Upper Bhavani Vaigai Vaitarna Vani Vilasa 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