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Sengar River is a tributary of the river Yamuna in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.

Course

Sengar originates near Adhawan lake in Aligarh district and drains [Hathras District ]Etawah, Mainpuri and Kanpur districts before it confluences with the Yamuna between Kalpi and Hamirpur. It has a total length of 304 km (190 miles).[1] The Sengar flows parallel to the Yamuna in Etawah district and is joined by the Sirsa river near Amritpur. It forms a doab with the Rind in Kanpur district. Much of the Sengar's basin in Etawah and Kanpur districts is under red loamy soil.[2][3] The 1878 settlement report for Kanpur district also notes that the river is fringed by a series of ravines that had impacted adversely the fertility of the soil in the river's vicinity.[3]

Etymology

Sengar - originally called Basind - is said to have been named after the Sengar Rajputs after they captured most of Etawah following the fall of Kannauj in the medieval period.[4]

Ecological issues

Rapid urbanisation and industrialisation and the discharge of domestic and industrial effluents into the river has caused severe pollution in the river.[5]

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