Adan River

Template:Geobox The Adan River is a river in India and a principal tributary of the Painganga.

Statistics

• The river flows from Long 77⁰.22’ Lat 20⁰.17’ to long 78⁰.21’ Lat 19⁰.9’.
• The length of this river is 209.21 km.
• The valley of Adan is from 10 km to 22 km wide.

Geography

The Adan River rises in the Washim district of Maharashtra (India) and flows through a curve, north, east and south, and meets the Painganga River. The river Arunavati unites with the Adan at about 13 kilometers before it joins the Painganga. The river ceases to flow in the summer, though pools are left in the latter part of its course (Heda N. 2006).

Dams have been built on the Adan; one at its origin near Sonala village and other near Karanja (Lad) city both in Washim district of Maharashtra state (India). The river is flows through scrubland and a degraded type of dry deciduous forest with extensive agriculture (Heda N. 2006).

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Adan river at Injori

A dam has been built on river Adan in 19?? Near Karanja city. There are lot of dimensions to the problem created by dam and can be categorized in to following categories. 1) Effect on Fishermen communities: Due to dam upper portion of the river has been inaccessible to local anglers due to spread of water. In water spread area of dam people are not allowed to fish. Also due to dam in the upper portion of river there occur excessive siltation resulting into changes in the hydrology of river. In the lower section of river due to unavailability of water there is an excessive growth of hydrophytes due to which to do fishing is not a simple job for people. 2) Effect on Fishes 3) Effect on ecology of the area

Fishes of Adan River (Surveyed by Heda N. (2007))

Catla catla

• Amblypharyngodon mola (Hamilton)
• Anabas testudineus (Bloch)
• Anguilla bengalensis bengalensis (Gray)
• Aorichthys seenghala (Sykes)
• Barilius bendelisis (Hamilton)
• Barilius evezardi Day
• Catla catla (Hamilton)
• Chanda nama (Hamilton)
• Channa orientalis Bloch & Schneider
• Channa punctatus (Bloch)
• Channa striatus (Bloch)
• Cirrhinus fulungee (Sykes)
• Cirrhinus mrigala (Hamilton)
• Clarias batrachus (Linnaeus)
• Ctenopharyngodon idellus (Valenciennes)
• Cyprinus carpio ((Linn)
• Danio aequipinnatus (McClelland)
• Garra mullya (Sykes)
• Glossogobius giuris (Hamilton)
• Gonoproktopterus kolus (Sykes)
• Hypophthalmichthys molitrix (Valenciennes)
• Labeo rohita (Hamilton)
• Lepidocephalus thermalis (Valenciennes)
• Macrognathus aral (Bloch & Schneider)
• Macrognathus panculus
• Mastacembelus armatus (Lacepede)
• Mystus bleekeri (Day)
• Mystus cavacius (Hamilton- Buchanan)
• Nandus nandus (Hamilton- Buchanan)
• Nangra itchkeea (Sykes)
• Nemacheilus denisoni denisoni (Day)
• Nemacheilus evezardi Day
• Nemacheilus moreh (Sykes)
• Notopterus notopterus (Pallas)
• Ompok bimaculatus (Bloch)
• Oreochromis mossambica (Peters)
• Osteobrama cotio peninsularis (Silas)
• Osteobrama cotio peninsularis (Silas)
• Parluciosoma daniconius (Hamilton, 1822)
• Pseudoambassius ranga (Hamilton)
• Puntius amphibious (Valenciennes)
• Puntius sarana sarana (Hamilton)
• Puntius sophore (Hamilton)
• Puntius ticto (Hamilton)
• Salmostoma boopsis (Day)
• Salmostoma horai (Silas)
• Salmostoma novacula (Valenciennes)
• Thynnichthys sandkhol (Sykes)
• Tor khudree (Sykes)
• Wallagu attu (Schneider)
• Xenentodon cancila (Hamilton)'

Dependent People of the Area - Fishermen

Bhoi is a fishing community of this area. Bhoi are traditionally dependent upon the river Adan for there subsistence. Due to depleting fish resources there lives are in danger (Heda N. 2007).

Fishing Gears used

1 Garri (Hooks) Garri is popular among children. This is nothing but the popular baited hooks. The stick used made up of bamboo. Earthworms and or small dead fishes are used for bait.

2 Ghan Bhor Jar (Cast net small) Use of the cast net is very common practice among the Bhoi fisherman, as it needs expertise to use and it is costly. Its circumference measured 840 cm and mesh size is 9X9 mm.

3 Motha bhor jar (Cast net large) This gadget is used by Bhoi people of this area. This is large size cast net.

4 Pelni This gadget is used by Bhoi people of this area. This is a triangle of the three bamboo poles to which a fine mesh is attached. It is applied against flowing water and once shoal of flowing fishes enters inside, the net lifts and entered fishes are collected.

5 Atki (Gill Net) This is passive method of the fishing and most popular among the Bhoi. This is gill net made up of synthetic fibers. Initially the cotton fibers were in use. The length, width and mesh size is highly variable and depends on what sized fishes to be caught and habitat of its application (If the habitat depth is more large size gill net used). Weaving of the gill net is skilled work and it is an important pastime of the Bhoi people

References

Heda N. (2007):Some Studies on Ecology and Diversity of Fresh Water Fishes in the Two Rivers of Vidarbha Region of Maharashtra (India). A Thesis submitted to Sant Gadgebaba Amravati University, Maharashtra (India).

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