Purna River
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The Purna River is a river of Western India. It runs parallel to the Tapti River.
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[edit] Description
It rises in the eastern Satpura Range of southern Madhya Pradesh state, and flows westward, draining Maharashtra's Vidarbha region before emptying into the Tapti River at Changdev in Jalgaon, Maharashta.
The watershed lies mostly in eastern Vidarbha region of Maharashtra state and is nearly 7500 km² .
It originates in Amravati district of Maharashtra and flows through Akola, Buldhana and Jalgaon district. The river empties into the Gulf of Khambhat near the city of Navsari in Southern Gujarat.
[edit] Name
The word Purna means Complete. It is also equivalent to word 'Sampurna'
There are many rivers named as Purna in India. Some of them are
- Purane River, Hingoli in Hingoli, Maharashtra
- Purna River, Valsad in Valsad, Gujarat
- Purna, Parbhani, A Town in Parbhani, Maharashtra.
[edit] River Basin and Tributaries
Here are the Purna river , with their tributaries
- Purna River
- Aarna River
- Pendhi River
- Uma River
- Katepurna River
- Shahanur River
- Bhavkhuri River
- Chandrabhaga River
- Bhuleswari River
- Morna River
- Mann River
- Mas River
- Utawali River
- Vishwamitri River
- Nirguna River
- Gandhari River
- Aas River
- Vaan River
