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  Yamuna, Rivers In India
The principal tributaries of the river are the Parvara, the Purna, the Manjra, the Penganga, the Wardha, the Wainganga, the Indravati and the Kolab.
Penganga River is one of the tributaries of Godavari River.
Its principal tributaries are the Purna, the Girna, the Panjhra, the Vaghur, the Bori and the Aner.
www.indiantravelportal.com /maharashtra/rivers   (1836 words)

  
 Amravati - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The town is located near the passes through the hills that separate the cotton-growing regions of the Purna River basin to the west and the Wardha River basin to the east.
The Wardha River forms the eastern boundary of the district, and the eastern portion of the district lies within its watershed.
The Purna River drains the southwestern portion of the district, while the northwest is drained by the Tapti River.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Amravati   (466 words)

  
 The Geographia of Avalon
The name of the river comes from the blood that was spilt into the river during the war with the Northmen, which stained the river a deep red color, as well as the red clay that lines its banks.
Velowyn River: This river flows from the foothills of the Greenmarch Mountains to the Endyr River.
This river is the main drainage for the center of the Northern Marches.
www.neromass.com /embers/geographia_avalon.html   (6573 words)

  
 INBO'S NEWSLETTER N° 4 - 1996   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Its objective is to improve river water quality by decreasing the pollution load entering riverbeds during the dry season and by creating public awareness on a clean and healthy environment.
A national symposium on "Integrated approach to the management of water and soil in Purna river basin" was organized in Nagpur on February 2-4, 1996.
Purna River Basin has unique features, as out of the 7,500 sq.km watershed, an area of about 3,000 sq.km is occupied by saline groundwater.
www.riob.org /4_anglai/page7.htm   (949 words)

  
 NOSARI - LoveToKnow Article on NOSARI   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
, or NAVSARI, a town in India, in the state of Baroda, on the left bank of the Purna river, 147 m.
It is still the home of their mobeds, or sacerdotal class, and contains their most venerated " fire temple." Many small industries are carried on, including the weaving of the kusti, or sacred thread of the Parsees.
There is also considerable trade by both rail and water, for the river is navigable.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /N/NO/NOSARI.htm   (134 words)

  
 Geographia of Avalon
Falcon Forest: Bordering the Otiket River in southern Quentari, this forest forms one of the southern baronies of the kingdom of Quentari, and is home to a rare group of elves, "The Falconers." This society of elves has grown to co-exist with their falcons, living and hunting as a team.
Lorin was the name of a past king of this region, and he named the river after himself.
Though this river’s course can not be sailed, sturdy barges take advantage of its strong currents to travel down stream.
www.larp.com /neroatl/marentha/geography.html   (6576 words)

  
 The River Ganga (Ganges)
The Ganga, especially, is the river of India, beloved of her people, round which are intertwined her memories, her hopes and fears, her songs of triumph, her victories and her defeats.
The Ganga is a major river of the Indian subcontinent, associated in myth and reality with the land and people of India as well as neighbouring countries like Bangladesh.
This caused severe deterioration to the wateflow in the Ganga, and is a major cause for the decay of Ganga as an inland waterway.
www.cs.albany.edu /~amit/ganges.html   (1949 words)

  
 Geography
Endyr River: This river is un-navigable upstream of its intersection with the Velowyn, but downstream, it is the main trading route to Lake Hollym from Evendarr City.
The river’s course has fallen due to earthquakes and other natural disasters and become un-navigable in many places over the years.
Woodwash River: Swiftly flowing from the Taursiloriel, this river is filled with rapids and waterfalls, and is thus considered largely un-navigable.
members.cox.net /evendarr2/GEO-TKE-geography.htm   (6596 words)

  
 Welcome to Adobe GoLive 5   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
The total length of the river is 724 Kilometers with drainage area of 64874 Sq.
The river flows for 188 Kms., in Betul district of Madhya Pradesh and runs along the common border of Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra for a length of 58 Kms.
The distribution of catchment area of the river in different states is as under.
www.mp.nic.in /wrd/About_WRD/Tapti_Jpg.html   (269 words)

  
 Hillstations, tourism and travel guide on India from chooseindiatravels   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Purna Sanctury : The name is so because the Purna river.
It is one of the life line of the sanctury, the other being the Gira river.
These have made the deciduous forest a home to many animals and plants most of them are of rare nature and so tourists need permission from the authorities to visit the sanctury.
www.chooseindia.com /tourism/gujarathillstations.html   (282 words)

  
 Gypsy Camp Creations, Ecclectic things for Eccentric People, Welcome Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Arawyn Lake : This lake lies in the southern end of the Arawyn Mountains of Blackstone, and is the headwaters for the river Klew.
Darksands Bay : Fed by the Red and Black rivers, this is the safest inlet on the east coast of Evendarr.
Dwarf Reservoir : surrounded by the Grond Hills, this body of water was formed by the dwarves in Takkardia, who dammed the headwaters of the Forge river to supply water to their large waterwheels.
www.gypsycamp.net /larp/library/avalon.html   (6583 words)

  
 ImportantFarm: February 2005
The town occupies an important position near passes through the hills that separate the cotton-growing regions of the Purna River basin (west) and the Wardha River basin (east).
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Town, western Manitoba, Canada, on the Swan River near the Saskatchewan border and west of Lake Winnipegosis, 310 miles (500 km) northwest of Winnipeg.
importantfarm.blogspot.com /2005_02_01_importantfarm_archive.html   (1445 words)

  
 Pune team unearths ancient city- The Times of India   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
The objective was to reconstruct the ancient agricultural pattern of the region.
It was while doing this that important findings were made in the Bhon village on the banks of the river Purna, where one of the two trenches, that the team excavated, brought them face-to-face with an ancient brick fortification wall.
What has excited the archaeologists further is the existence of 15 archaeological mounds in the area surrounding the Purna river.
timesofindia.indiatimes.com /cms.dll/html/uncomp/articleshow?artid%3D39001289   (302 words)

  
 SITUATION   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
The northern boundry of the area is demarketed by the river Tapi,one of the major river of central India.Five tributaries from Melghat region drain into river Tapi namely Khandu,, Khapara, Sipana, Gadga and Dola.
The sudden slope of Melghat form the part of catchment of river Purna.
The three major tributaries originating from Melghat region and draining into river Purna are Chandrabhaga, adnani and wan.
amravati.nic.in /htmldocs/chikhaldara_physical_feature.htm   (112 words)

  
 List of rivers in India - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Here are some of the rivers in India, with their major tributaries and distributaries.
This page was last modified 15:58, 5 August 2005.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_rivers_in_India   (71 words)

  
 Rain woes flood South Gujarat - The Times of India   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
In Valsad, the water level of Madhuban dam on Damanganga river is being monitored constantly and officials are camping in several low-lying areas, district collector Vatsala Vasudev said.
The rising level of water in Aurang river was also causing concern in rural Valsad.
The Ambika river was already flowing two feet above the danger mark of 29 feet and the traffic movement on Amalasad-Gandevi road had been stopped, Patel said.
timesofindia.indiatimes.com /articleshow/msid-800425,prtpage-1.cms   (454 words)

  
 Shankara and Sannyasa Tradition 2 @ Amritapuri.org
He prayed to the Lord and the next morning the river started flowing by the side of his house.
When Shankara broached the topic of his embracing the Sannyasa way of life, his mother was reluctant to give him her permission and blessings.
One day, however, when he accompanied his mother for a bath in the river, a crocodile caught hold of his leg and started dragging him.
amritapuri.org /cultural/sannyas/shankar2.php   (405 words)

  
 Need Help. Hsunte? and Purna?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Purna is on google, but it's kind of a wide open definition.
'Purna is beatnik slang for the Himalayan mountain Annapurna!
found a map of the hiking trail, the purna river and a bunch of stuff on google.com.
www.freerepublic.com /focus/fr/629626/posts   (728 words)

  
 Lives gone sour: Saline water is bane of over 300 villages
They drink saline water, suffer from related diseases and have forgotten to complain.This is the story of people living on the saline track of Purna river basin in Vidarbha region where every drop of ground water is as saline as sea.
The Purna basin stretches from the Satpura ranges in the North to the Ajantha ranges in the South.
Geologist P G Adyalkar says that Purna valley was part of the Arabian sea connected through Tapi valley centuries ago.
www.expressindia.com /ie/daily/19980412/10250224.html   (717 words)

  
 IRFCA Photo Gallery :: Purna Jn.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Boggie and driver's cabin of one of the Katni twins WDM-2 #16740.
MLY WDM-2 #18887 idealing at Purna Junction to haul Purna-Parli passenger.
The Nanded-Pune Exp is always shunted from Purna to Nanded and vice-versa as I guess there are not enough sidings at Nanded.
www.irfca.org /photos/Purna   (329 words)

  
 Bhaja Govindam ( Seek Govinda Seek God ) 1/3 -long-   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
So once when the son was bathing in the nearby Purna river, while the mother was standing on the bank, a crocodile caught hold of the boy's leg and was dragging him into deeper waters.
Emerging from the river, the bala-sanyasin decided to become a wandering monk and soon left his village after consoling and assuring his mother that he would be at her side during her last days and even perform her funeral rites.
He chose these places of beauty of their natural environments amidst snow-clad mountains, forests and rivers or on the shores of the ocean, places where heaven and earth meet and transport man's thoughts to sublime heights.
www.hindunet.com /alt_hindu/1994/msg00505.html   (1664 words)

  
 LOVE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
The Godavari River passess through the southern part of the district.
The river Purna which is tributary of Godavari, passess from east to west through the northern part of the district and joins the Godavari at Kantheshwar in Purna Taluka.
Dudhana and Karpara are the main tributaries of the Purna.
pune.mah.nic.in /parbhani/irrigation.htm   (112 words)

  
 Mumbai - The Dangs - Welcome to Business Standard Motoring   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Skirted by the river purna on almost every steep turn, great roads, the stark landscape of the bare teakwood trees, the wilderness.
Heading to Ahwa and Chinchali one can see the second highest fort in Maharashtra which is at a height of approximately 5000 feet and is known as Saldher fort.
Mahal again is full of gorgeous bamboo forests and the roads are sexy just for the pleasure of steep curves and climbs and riding this road one enters the Purna Wildlife Sanctuary where one can find ample camping sites in the bamboo forests or on the river bed.
www.bsmotoring.com /roads/25.htm   (361 words)

  
 The Advaita Vedânta Home Page - Sankara's Life
Getting married and settling to the life of a householder was never part of his goal in life, though his mother was anxious to see him as a gRhastha.
Once when he was swimming in the river, a crocodile caught hold of his leg.
To comfort his anxious mother, he promised that he would return at the moment of her death, to conduct her funeral rites, notwithstanding the fact that he would be a sannyAsI then.
www.advaita-vedanta.org /avhp/sankara-life.html   (1940 words)

  
 TFILR   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Jheri, Mohankavchali and Paikhed on Par river, Chasmandva on Auranga river, Chikkar and Dabdar on Ambica river and Kelwan on Purna river and a 401 km long link canal connecting these reservoirs.
Powerhouses are proposed at the foot of the dams at Jheri, Paikhed, Chasmandva and Chikkar.
The Tapi-Narmada portion of the link starts from Ukai reservoir crosses Narmada river and after connecting the Miyagam branch canal it terminates at Vadodara branch of Narmada main canal.
www.riverlinks.nic.in /link.asp?lid=40   (336 words)

  
 Heavy rainfall in south Gujarat, 2,600 shifted
People were shifted to safer places following flooding of Mindhola river and a creek near Surat and Purna river in Navsari district.
Earlier, south Gujarat had its first brush with monsoon this season as heavy rains lashed almost all parts of the region throwing normal life out of gear even as the meteorological department has forecast yet another round of heavy rains by Thursday morning.
Though no loss of life was reported, people living in low-lying areas geared up for possible shifting to safer places in areas along the river banks.
www.expressindia.com /ie/daily/19980709/19050244.html   (656 words)

  
 || GURU CHARITRA || 15th Chapter, Sacred text of Lord Dattatreya, Sripad SriVallabha, Sri Narasimha Saraswati   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Whoever bathes in the Bhima-Krishna rivers confluence, he becomes purified and will be born as a Brahmin or as a Yogi, i.e, as a pure Satvic person in his next life.
At Amrapur, on the banks of Krishna river there is the confluence of 5 rivers (Panchanadi Kshetra).
At the onset of the rainy season, the river waters get polluted and should be avoided by pilgrims for varying periods of time.
guru-charitra.shreeswami.org /sri-guru-charitra-chapter-15.htm   (1175 words)

  
 district report jalna   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
The central hill range known as Jalna Hill is an upland, plateau and is drained by Purna river and its tributaries.
The soils along the river banks especially in Ambad and Partur blocks are deep fl and quite fertile.
The river Purna, which is one of the tributaries of Godavari flows through the Northern part of the district.
www.laghu-udyog.com /publications/traderep/jalna.htm   (6079 words)

  
 WELCOME: WWW.JAINSAMAJ.ORG   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
This place was situated in Ukhlad village, which is about 2 km from its present location at the bank of river Purna.
As soon as he reached on to the gate of temple the toe of the idol exploded and Paras Mani fell into the river Purna.
District officer then made the elephants with iron chains tied on their feet to got down into the river.
jainsamaj.org /temples/ukhladji-120504.htm   (782 words)

  
 GWP - South Asia
The GWP South Asia network formulated the 'South Asia Water Vision 2025' and 'Framework for Action' which was integrated into the 'World Water Vision on Water, Life and Environment 2025' prepared for the 2nd World Water Forum.
Some countries have also taken initiatives on some additional topics of regional concern such as river basins and youth in water, agriculture and water pricing, hydropower, groundwater, and flooding.
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka ("Lanka Jalani"), Gorai River, Kshipra, Malwathu and Maha Oya, Purna River Basin.
www.gwpforum.org /servlet/PSP?iNodeID=131   (317 words)

  
 Madhuramurali, July 2000 - Guruji Muralidhara Swamigal Mission
Every morning he would bathe in the Purna river and take immense pleasure in conducting the pooja to Sri Krishna in the nearby temple.
One day, due to ill health his mother was not able to go up to the river to bathe.
Learning this Sankara turned the course of the river and made it flow near his house.
www.madhuramurali.org /mm/year2000/july2000/jul00_bok.html   (403 words)

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