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Bhadar River

Bhadar River is a river in the Saurashtra peninsula, in the Western Indian state of Gujarat. It flows south from its origin through Jasdan, then turns south-west and generally west until it empties into the Arabian Sea near Porbandar. The total catchment area of the basin is 7,094 square kilometres (2,739 sq mi).

It is impounded by two reservoirs, Bhadar-I reservoir with a capacity of 238,000,000 cubic metres (193,000 acre⋅ft), and downstream from that, Bhadar-II reservoir with a capacity of 49,000,000 cubic metres (40,000 acre⋅ft).

References

  1. ^ "Bhadar River". India-WRIS Wiki. Archived from the original on 14 September 2016. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
  2. ^ "Bhadar River". guj-nwrws.gujarat.gov.in, Government of Gujarat. Retrieved 13 March 2012.