Machchhu River | |
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Location | |
Country | India |
State | Gujarat |
Districts | Surendranagar, Rajkot, Morbi |
Taluk | Wankaner (Morbi), Morbi (Morbi), Maliya (Morbi) |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | Mandav hills chotila |
Mouth | |
• location | in the Ran of kutchh near Maliya |
Length | 130 km (81 mi) |
Basin size | 2,515 km2 (971 sq mi; 621,000 acres) |
Basin features | |
Tributaries | |
• left | Beti, Asoi |
• right | Jamburi, Benia, Machchhori, Maha |
Machchhu River (Gujarati: મચ્છુ નદી, romanized: Machchhu nadi) is a river in Gujarat, India, with its origin in the Madla hills. Its basin has a maximum length of 130 km (81 mi). The total catchment area of the basin is 2,515 km2 (971 sq mi).[1] The river is also occasionally transliterated as Machhu River.