BHIMA RIVER

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Context

• The Bhima River has dried up, putting 100 villages that rely on it in jeopardy.

About

• The Bhima River (the Chandrabagha River) flows through southwest India.
• It is a significant tributary of the Krishna River.
• Course:
• It comes from the Bhimashankar hills near Karjat on the western side of the Western Ghats in Maharashtra's Pune district.
• The Bhima River flows southeast through Maharashtra, Karnataka, and Telangana.
• The Bhima River joins the Krishna River in Karnataka at Kadlur (Raichur).
• The Western Ghats border the river on the west, the Balaghat Range on the north, and the Mahadeo Hills on the south.
• It flows through a densely populated valley.
• The river's overall basin area is 48,631 square kilometers, with 75 percent of it being in Maharashtra.
• The river is rain-fed, and its volume varies according to monsoonal variations.
• The Sina and Nira rivers are major tributaries.
• Pandharpur is a significant pilgrimage site on the right bank of the Bhima River.