Purna River

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Purna
River
River Purna at Manegaon River Purna at Manegaon
Country	India
States	Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Gujarat
Regions	Vidarbha, Khandesh, Saurashtra
Source	Pokhran Village
- location	Satpura Range, Baitul district, Madhya Pradesh
Mouth	Gulf of Khambhat
- location	Navsari

The Purna River is a river of Western India. It runs parallel to the Tapti river and empties in it at Changdev in Jalgaon, Maharashta.

Description

It rises in the eastern Satpura Range of southern Madhya Pradesh state, and flows westward, draining Maharashtra's Marathwada, Vidarbha region before emptying into the Tapti River.

A panorama of Purna River,Dhupeshwar, Malkapur. Purna is the main water source for Malkapur region. The photograph is a segmented panoramic, meaning that it is an assembled collection of three overlapping images, as opposed to one continuous exposure. See Panoramic cameras and methods for more.

The watershed lies mostly in eastern Vidarbha region of Maharashtra state and is nearly 7500 km² .

It originates in Pokharni Village which is 2 KM away from Bhainsdehi. Bhainsdehi is a thasil place in Betul district Madhya Pradesh adjoining Amravati district of Maharashtra and flows through Akola, Buldhana, Jalgaon, Jalna, Parbhani districts. The river empties into the Gulf of Khambhat near the city of Navsari in Southern Gujarat.

Length of Purna River is 170 km.

Name

Bridge on Purna river joining two regions in Mahashtra ie Vidarbha and Khandesh

The word Purna means Complete. It is also equivalent to word 'Sampurna'

Purna River was also called as 'Payoshni' or 'Paisani'. ("Amrut") It is Sanskrit word which means Ambrosia. Perhaps it was called as Payoshni/Paisani because it flows through salt water belt but has very a good taste and is very Hygenic.

There are many rivers named as Purna in India. Some of them are

• Purane River, Hingoli in Hingoli, Maharashtra
• Purna River, Valsad in Valsad, Gujarat
• Purna, Parbhani, A Town in Parbhani, Maharashtra.

River Basin and Tributaries

Here are the Purna river , with their tributaries

• • Purna River
  • Gotma River
  • Aarna River
  • Pendhi River
  • Uma River
  • Katepurna River
  • Shahanur River
    • Bhavkhuri River
  • Chandrabhaga River
    • Bhuleswari River
  • Morna River
  • Mann River
    • Mas River
    • Utawali River
    • Vishwamitri River
    • Nirguna River
      • Gandhari River
  • Aas River
  • River Dnyanganga
  • River Vishwaganga
  • River Nalaganga
  • Vaan River

References

• Jain, SK; Agrawal, PK; Singh, VP (2007). Hydrology and Water Resources of India. Springer. p. 564. ISBN 9781402051791. http://books.google.co.in/books?id=ZKs1gBhJSWIC&lpg=PA564&dq=Purna%20river&lr=&as_brr=3&pg=PA564#v=onepage&q=Purna%20river&f=false.