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Encyclopedia > Wainganga River

The Wainganga is a river of India, which originates in the southern slopes of the Satpura Range, and flows south through Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra in a very winding course of approximatedly 360 miles. After joining the Wardha, the united stream, known as the Pranhita, ultimately falls into the Godavari. The Satpura Range is a range of hills in central India. ... Madhya Pradesh (मध्य प्रदेश) is a state in central India. ... Maharashtra (महाराष्ट्र) is Indias third largest state in terms of area and second largest in terms of population after Uttar Pradesh. ... The Wardha river is one of the biggest rivers in Vidarbha region in India. ... The Godavari River is a major waterway in India, next to the Ganges and Indus rivers. ...


In Rudyard Kipling's Jungle Books the Wainganga (spelled Wangunga by Kipling) is a major landmark for all the people of the jungle. It is the primary source of water, the location of the Peace Rock, the final battleground in "Red Dog", and the place where Shere Khan vows to place Mowgli's bones once he has killed him. Rudyard Kipling, British author Joseph Rudyard Kipling (December 30, 1865 – January 18, 1936) was a British author and poet, born in India. ... The Jungle Book (1967 movie) French edition, 1957. ... Mowgli attacking Shere Khan (right) with a burning branch; detail of a rare clay bas-relief by John Lockwood Kipling, father of Rudyard, , 1907 Shere Khan, a fictional tiger of the Indian jungle, is the chief villain in two of Rudyard Kiplings Jungle Book stories featuring Mowgli. ... Mowgli by John Lockwood Kipling (father of Rudyard Kipling). ...


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Rivers in Maharashtra,Major Rivers in Maharashtra,Famous Maharashtra Rivers (1920 words)
The principal tributaries of the river are the Parvara, the Purna, the Manjra, the Penganga, the Wardha, the Wainganga, the Indravati and the Kolab.
Manyad and Lendi are the tributaries of the river.
Penganga River is one of the tributaries of Godavari River.
Balaghat - LoveToKnow 1911 (419 words)
(2) The long narrow valley known as the Mau Taluka, lying between the hills and the Wainganga river, and comprising a long, narrow, irregular-shaped lowland tract, intersected by hill ranges and peaks covered with dense jungle, and running generally from north to south.
The principal rivers in the district are the Wainganga, and its tributaries, the Bagh, Nahra and Uskal; a few smaller streams, such as the Masmar, the Mahkara, andc.; and the Banjar, Halon and Jamunia, tributaries of the Nerbudda, which drain a portion of the upper plateau.
The Gondia-Jubbulpore line of the Bengal-Nagpur railway traverses the Wainganga valley in the west of the district.
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