Kulbehra River
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Kulbehra River is a river in Chhindwara District of Madhya Pradesh state, India. It is a tributary of the Pench River and has a course of about fifty miles.[1]
Variants
Origin
The Kuldhara River starts in Umreth Tehsil at the junction of three small streams near the town of Umreth in Mohkhed Tehsil passing just south of the town of Chikhalikala & Hetisarora it is joined by the Datpadi River from the right, whereafter it turns south and then flows into Mohkhed Tehsil.
Course
The river receives its first tributary - a small spill off from the Kanhargaon Dam- known as the Chotti Kulbehra. It then flows southeast through Chhindwara Tehsil passing just south of the town of Chhindwara it is joined by the Bodri River from the left, whereafter it turns south and then flows into Mohkhed Tehsil.[2] Its major tributary, the Umra River, joins it from the right just south of the village of Bisapur, whereafter the Kulbehra heads east where it passes just north of the village of Chand and joins with the Pench River just southeast of the village of Chand at 21°55′25″N 79°10′30″E.[3]
Tributaries
The river has three principle tributaries, the Chotti Kulbehra and the Umra Nala draining at its right bank and the Bodri River which is received on its left bank.
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References
- ↑ Russell, R. V., ed. (1907). Chhindwara District. Volume 9, Part 1 of Central Provinces District Gazetteers. Bombay: Times Press for Gazetteer Department, Government of Maharashtra. p. 220.
- ↑ Russell, R. V., ed. (1907). Chhindwara District. Volume 9, Part 1 of Central Provinces District Gazetteers. Bombay: Times Press for Gazetteer Department, Government of Maharashtra. p. 220.
- ↑ Russell, R. V., ed. (1907). Chhindwara District. Volume 9, Part 1 of Central Provinces District Gazetteers. Bombay: Times Press for Gazetteer Department, Government of Maharashtra. p. 220.
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