The Kali River or Kalinadi (Kannada:ಕಾಳಿ ನದಿ) is a river flowing through Karwar, Uttara Kannada district Karnataka state in India. The river takes its birth in Diggi, a small village in Uttar Kannada district. The river is the lifeline to some 4 lakh people in the Uttara Kannada district and supports livelihoods of tens of thousands of people including fishermen on the coast of Karwar.There are many dams built across this river for the generation of electricity. One of the important Dams build across Kali river is the Supa Dam in Ganeshgudi. The river extends to 184 kilometers before joining Arabian Sea.
Significant and pictureseque, the Sadashivgad fort is now a popular tourist destination located by the Kali river bridge, which has been built at the confluence of the river and the Arabian Sea.
The National Highway NH-17 continues on the Kali Bridge built over Kali River and the road continues to split the Sadashivgad granite rock hill to connect Karnataka to Goa.
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The river has its origin at Diggi in the Western Ghats and flows westwards to join the Arabian Sea near the town of Karwar. The river flows mostly through the district of Uttara Kannada, earlier called North Canara. The river has tributaries, Upper Kaneri and Tattihalla.
Untreated effluents released directly into the river by Industrial units,Illegal sand mining that is continuing on a rampant scale in the Supa Dam area resulting in serious disturbances to the river's ecology, chemical companies near its estuary that have been leaking toxic wastes including mercury for decades.
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