It forms the traditional boundary between north india and south india and flows westwards. The tapti also known as the tapi is the second largest west flowing river of the peninsular india and is known as the twin or the handmaid of the narmada.
Tribals oppose river interlinking project in gujarat the projects envisages transfer of surplus water of rivers in maharashtra and south gujarat to feed the command area of the miyagam branch of narmada canal.
River narmada and tapi. Narmada sabarmati mahi and tapi waters fed 41 rivers. From maharashtra it flows into gujarat where its mouth is near surat. From there it enters maharashtra and flows through western part of vidarbha and khandesh.
The narmada rises at an elevation of about 3 500 feet 1 080 metres in the maikala. The river was called namade by the 2nd century ce greek geographer ptolemy. Gujarat govt of the 185 rivers 29 were fed with waters from the narmada river in the past five years and that includes 10 rivers of saurashtra region where water was diverted through the link canals of the sauni saurashtra narmada avartaran irrigation yojana.
Narmada river river in central india that has always been an important route between the arabian sea and the ganges ganga river valley. The tapti river or tapi is a river in central india between the godavari and narmada rivers which flows westwards before draining into the arabian sea. As it flows down the hill it is t.
Presence of rift valleys 3. Its origin is near multai reserve forest in mp. It will save water in narmada dam which will be taken to saurashtra and kutch.
An overview the tapi river is one of the three peninsular rivers in india that flow in an east to west itinerary and the other two rivers are the mahi river and narmada river. It originates from mount amarkantak in madhya pradesh. Tapti river tapti also spelled tapi river in central india rising in the gawilgarh hills of the central deccan plateau in south central madhya pradesh state.
The narmada river also called the reva and previously also known as narbada nerbudda it is also known as life line of madhya pradesh and gujarat for its huge contribution to the state of madhya pradesh and gujarat in many ways. The narmada river is the only river in india which runs in a rift valley running west amid the vindhya and satpura mountain ranges despite the fact that the mahi and tapti river run through rift. There are three main reasons.
It originates near multai reserve forest in madhya pradesh at an elevation of 752 m. It flows westward between two spurs of the satpura range across the jalgaon plateau region in maharashtra state and through the plain of surat in gujarat state to the gulf of khambhat an inlet of the arabian sea. Mountain ranges which deflect rivers.
Gradient of the terrain 2. The river has a length of 724 km. Narmada rises from amarkantak plateau in anuppur district madhya pradesh.
