Nara River (India)

The Nara River or Naiera River[1] is a river located in Kutch in the Indian state of Gujarat. It flows south to join the Arabian Sea.

Nara river
Native nameNaiera river
Location
CountryIndia
StateGujarat
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationIndia
Mouth 
 • location
Arabian Sea, India
Length25 km (16 mi)
Discharge 
 • locationArabian Sea

Geography

It originates at the Nara Dam,[2] near Valka village (east of Paneli village), in the southeastern parts of Lakhpat tehsil, which lies in Kachchh district and empties into the Great Rann of Kutch.

Its drainage basin has a maximum length of 25 km, and the total catchment area of the basin is 233 square kilometres (90 sq mi).[2]

The Somb river in Haryana and the Ghaggar River from Haryana run through Punjab to Rajasthan.

The Nara River follows one of the ancient routes of the Sarasvati River.[3][4][5]

Culture

The Sarasvati Civilization site of Dholavira lies on its banks.[6]

Paleochannel

Sarasvati originated at the Sarasvati Glacier at Sarasvotri at the Rupin Pass in Himachal Pradesh. It melted into icy water at Netwar on the southwest border of Govind Pashu Vihar National Park and Sanctuary in Himachal Pradesh. It then flowed to Paonta Sahib and emerged from the mountains at Adi Badri. After an earthquake, some of its tributaries were usurped by Yamuna to the east and Sutlej to the west. Kurukshetra, where Mahabharat is said to have taken place, was located on the banks of this river.[7]

References
  1. Dikshit, Kamal Ramprit (1970), Geography of Gujarat, National Book Trust; [chief stockists in India: India Book House, Bombay
  2. "Nara River". guj-nwrws.gujarat.gov.in, Government of Gujarat. Retrieved 13 March 2012.
  3. K.S. Valdiya, 2015, The Making of India: Geodynamic Evolution, page 16.
  4. Large Himalayan born river flowed through Rann of Kutch: Government, India Today, Nov 2016.
  5. Jane McIntosh, 2008, The Ancient Indus Valley: New Perspectives, p83.
  6. CF HERMAN, 1996, "Harappan" Gujara : the Archaeology, Chronology Connection, Persée, p77-122.
  7. Haryana Samvad Archived 27 August 2018 at the Wayback Machine, Jan 2018.


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