Bhadar River

Bhadar
Bhadar
	Bhadar River (Near Navi Bandar, Porbandar)
Location
Country	India
State	Gujarat
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Jasdan, India
• coordinates	22°00′56″N 71°12′18″E / 22.015546°N 71.204900°E
• elevation	210 m (690 ft)
Mouth
• location	Navi Bandar, India
• coordinates	21°27′09″N 69°47′26″E / 21.452534°N 69.790494°E
• elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Length	200 km (120 mi)
Basin size	12,386 km2 (4,782 sq mi)[citation needed]
Discharge
• location	Navi Bandar

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.^[1] The total catchment area of the basin is 7,094 square kilometres (2,739 sq mi).^[2]

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).^[2]

References

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