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| Sindphana | |
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 Sindphana river | |
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| Location | |
| Country | India |
| State | Maharashtra |
| Region | Marathwada |
| District | Beed,Parbhani |
| City | Majalgaon |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Chincholi hill |
| • location | Patoda Taluka,Beed district,Marathwada,Maharashtra,India |
| • coordinates | 19°23′N76°26′E / 19.383°N 76.433°E /19.383; 76.433 |
| • elevation | 528 m (1,732 ft) |
| Mouth | Godavari River |
• location | Manjarath,Parbhani District,Marathwada,Maharashtra |
• coordinates | 19°49′N76°54′E / 19.817°N 76.900°E /19.817; 76.900 |
• elevation | 407 m (1,335 ft) |
| Length | 122 km (76 mi) |
| Basin features | |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Kinha River |
| • right | Bindusara River, Kundalika river |
Sindphana is a minor tributary ofGodavari river[1] that originates around the Chincholi hill in Patoda Taluka,Beed District,Maharashtra, in India. Crossing west to east itsdrainage basin covers nearly 80% of Beed District, making it the most important river within the district.[according to whom?] TheMajalgaon Dam, constructed across the river, irrigates 93885 hectares of land in Beed, Parbhani & Nanded districts.[citation needed]
The Sindphana rises in the Chinchol hill at the north-west apex of the Balagat plateau in the Patoda Taluka of [Beed District].
From the site of origin the river flows in a northeasterly course past Amalner, a small village in the Patoda taluka. About a kilometre below Chavarwadi it makes a right-angle turn to follow a north-westerly direction flowing to Sindphana village, where theSindphana Dam sits across the river. Here, it resumes its north-easterly course once again. After the confluence of another tributary, the Kinha, the Sindphana has a fairly long easterly course flowing alongside the villages Yelamb, Pimpari and Hirapur, beyond which it is joined by one of its tributaries - theBindusara River. Its flow is interrupted by theMajalgaon Dam atMajalgaon, after which it flows north-eastwards and then northwards to join the Godavari at Manjarath village,Pathri taluka,Parbhani District at an elevation of 407m.[2]
The only important tributaries[3] of the Sindphana on its left bank are the Ad, the Belpar and the Kinha in the western part. In the eastern part the tributaries on the left flank flowing from the north are very small sized streams.
There are innumerable right-flank tributaries of Sindphana flowing from the Balaghat slopes, the more important of which,[citation needed] in order from west to east are theUthola flowing by Raimoha, theUtawali flowing by Khokarmoha and Khalapuri, theDombri flowing by Dombri, Ukhanda and Rajuri and joining the Sindphana opposite to Shiras marga, theBindusara, theTakur rising on the eastern slopes of Pimpalgaon Ghat, thePimpalner river and theKundalika. Of these the Bendsura and the Kundalika are of considerable size and length and require some detailed consideration.
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