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Sunday, September 25, 2016

Krishan River

The Krishna River is the second biggest river in peninsular India which originates near Mahabaleshwar in Maharashtra from the statue of a cow in a temple.

It then runs for a distance of 303 km in Maharashtra, 480 km through the breadth of North Karnataka and the rest of its 1300 km journey in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh  before it empties into the Bay of Bengal

The river basin is 257,000 km2 and the States of Maharashtra, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh contributes 68,800 km2 (26.8%), 112,600 km2 (43.8%) and 75,600 km2 (29.4%) respectively

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