The Chambal River (Hindi-चम्बल) is a tributary of the Yamuna River in central India. It is a perennial river. The Chambal river originates from the south slope of the Vindhya Range in Madhya Pradesh state, at Manpura , south of Mhow town , near Indore. The river flows north-northeast, running for a time through Rajasthan, then forming the boundary between Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh before turning southeast to join the Yamuna in Uttar Pradesh state. The river Yamuna is a major river of northern India, with a total length of around 1370 km. ... The Vindhya Range is a range of hills in central India, which geographically separates The Indian subcontinent into northern India and Southern India. ... Madhya Pradesh (मध्य प्रदेश) is a state in central India. ... Mhow is a small cantonment town in the Indore district of the Malwa region of Madhya Pradesh state, India. ... Indore is the commercial capital of the Malwa region and the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh (MP). ... Rajasthan (राजस्थान) is the geographically largest state in northwestern India. ... Uttar Pradesh (Hindi: उत्तर प्रदेश, Urdu: اتر پردیش), also popularly known by its acronym UP, is the most populous and fifth largest state in the Union of India. ...

The Chambal and its tributaries drain the Malwa region of northwestern Madhya Pradesh, while its tributary the Banas, which rises in the Aravalli Range, drains southeastern Rajasthan. The Gandhi Sagar Dam lies on the Chambal in Neemuch District of Madhya Pradesh. Malwa (Malvi: माळवा) is a region of western India, lying in the western part of Madhya Pradesh state. ... The Banas is a river of Rajasthan state in western India. ... The Aravalli Range The Aravalli Range is a range of mountains in western India running approximately 300 miles northeast-southwest across Rajasthan state. ... Rajasthan (राजस्थान) is the geographically largest state in northwestern India. ... Neemuch is a town and the name of a district in the Malwa region of Madhya Pradesh, India. ...

Gandhi Sagar Dam meets the requirements of hydro-power generation at Gandhi Sagar dam, Rana Pratap Sagar and Jawahar Sagar and for annual irrigation of 5668.01 square kilometres in the commands of the right main canal and the left main canal of the Kota barrage. Gandhi Sagar dam The Gandhi Sagar dam is the first of the four dams built on the Chambal river. ...

There is a picturesque five rivers confluence, including rivers like Chambal, Kuari, Yamuna, Sind, Pahuj at a place at Bhind-Etawah boarder at Pachnada near Bhareh in Uttar Pradesh. Chambal passes through by making notorious Ravine or 'Beehad' (Hindi-बीहड़) along with its entire length along both the banks, giving safe hideouts for numerous dacoit gangs for centuries. The Chambal river remains one of North India’s the most unpolluted rivers, home to a rich diversity of flora and fauna. National Chambal (Gharial) Wildlife Sanctuary is famous for the rare Ganges river dolphin. Grand Canyon, Arizona A canyon, or gorge, is a valley walled by cliffs. ... National Chambal (Gharial) Wildlife Sanctuary in India was founded in 1978 and is part of a large area co-administered by the states of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh,within area of 540,000 hectares along river Chambal. ... Binomial name Platanista gangetica Subspecies Platanista gangetica gangetica Platanista gangetica minor Ranges of the Ganges River Dolphin and of the Indus River Dolphin The Ganges River Dolphin (Platanista gangetica gangetica) and Indus River Dolphin (Platanista gangetica minor) are two sub-species of freshwater or river dolphins found in the Indian...

The sanctuary was founded in 1978 and is part of a large area co-administered by Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh, within area of 5,400 km². Approximately 400 km of the river is within the reserve. Apart from the Ganges river Dolphin, the other inhabitants of the sanctuary include magar (crocodile) and gharial (alligator). Migratory birds from Siberia forms its rich avian fauna. The Chambal river is not considered sacred due to some mythological reasons. Rajasthan (राजस्थान) is the geographically largest state in northwestern India. ... Madhya Pradesh (मध्य प्रदेश) is a state in central India. ... Uttar Pradesh (Hindi: उत्तर प्रदेश, Urdu: اتر پردیش), also popularly known by its acronym UP, is the most populous and fifth largest state in the Union of India. ... Magar is an ethnic group of Nepal and northern India whose homeland extends along the western and southern edges of the Dhaulagiri mountain range. ... Genera Crocodylus Osteolaemus Tomistoma See full taxonomy. ... Binomial name Gavialis gangeticus (Gmelin, 1789) // Taxonomy The Gharial (Gavialis gangeticus) is the only surviving member of the family Gavialidae, a long-established group of crocodile-like reptiles with long, narrow jaws. ... Species Alligator mississippiensis Alligator sinensis An alligator is a crocodile in the genus Alligator of the family Alligatoridae. ... Long-distance land bird migration Many species of land birds migrate very long distances, the most common pattern being for birds to breed in the temperate or arctic northern hemisphere and winter in warmer regions, often in the tropics or the southern hemisphere. ... Siberia Siberia (Russian: , common English transliterations: Sibir’, Sibir; from the Tatar for “sleeping land”) is a vast region of Russia and northern Kazakhstan constituting almost all of northern Asia. ...

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Chambal Basin (Department of Irrigation, Government of Rajasthan)

Chambal Valley Project

Wildlife around Chambal River