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Shivnath River (or Seonath River) is the longest tributary of Mahanadi River, which it joins in Changori in Janjgir-Champa district in Chhattisgarh, India. It has a total course of 290 kilometres (180 mi). The name comes for the god Shiva in Hinduism.

Shivnath River
Location
CountryIndia
StateChhattisgarh
CityDurg
Physical characteristics
SourcePana aras Hill
  locationRajnandgaon , Chhattisgarh
MouthMahanadi
  location
Changori, Janjgir-Champa, Chhattisgarh, Chhattisgarh
Length383 km (238 mi)
Discharge 
  locationMahanadi at Changori near Shivrinarayan

Sources


Shivnath originates from Godari village in Gadchiroli district, Maharashtra and flows northeast for 300 kms and joins the Mahanadi river near the town Shivrinarayan in Chhattisgarh. Some record orgination at Panabaras Hill, 624 metres (2,047 ft) above sea level in the Ambagarh Chowki division of Rajnandgaon District of Chhattisgarh.


Course


The river flows in the north-east direction for 300 kilometres (190 mi) from its source and joins the Mahanadi River at Changori near the town Shivrinarayan.[1][2][3][4]

Shivnath River view from railway bridge near Bilaspur
Shivnath River view from railway bridge near Bilaspur

Sale


The river was sold by the government of Madhya Pradesh to Radius Water Limited in 1998, to much controversy by locals.[5] Arvind Kejriwal discussed this controversy in his book Swaraj.


References


  1. "Trade treaty trauma on nature - River activist apprehends WTO air strike in globalised world". Telegraphindia.com. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
  2. "Shivnath River". Mapsofindia.com. Archived from the original on 24 February 2012. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
  3. Sharad K. Jain; Pushpendra K. Agarwal; Vijay P. Singh (16 May 2007). Hydrology and Water Resources of India. ISBN 9781402051807. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
  4. "Rivers of Chhattisgarh / छत्तीसगढ़ की नदियां - इंडिया वाटर पोर्टल (हिन्दी)". Hindi.indiawaterportal.org. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
  5. Makarand Purohit (3 June 2013). "The 15-year old battle for the Shivnath river still rages!". India Water Portal.



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[de] Shivnath

Der Shivnath (Hindi .mw-parser-output .Deva{font-size:120%}@media all and (min-width:800px){.mw-parser-output .Deva{font-size:calc(120% - ((100vw - 800px)/80))}}@media all and (min-width:1000px){.mw-parser-output .Deva{font-size:100%}}शिवनाथ नदी; veraltet anglisiert Seonath River) ist ein linker Nebenfluss der Mahanadi in den indischen Bundesstaaten Chhattisgarh und Maharashtra.
- [en] Shivnath River



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