Purna River (tributary of Tapti)
Template:Geobox 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.
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
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
References
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- Jain, SK; Agrawal, PK; Singh, VP (2007). Hydrology and Water Resources of India. Springer. p. 564. ISBN 978-1-4020-5179-1.
See also