{"id":362372,"date":"2026-05-07T15:25:35","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T09:55:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=362372"},"modified":"2026-05-07T15:25:35","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T09:55:35","slug":"mahi-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/mahi-river\/","title":{"rendered":"Mahi River"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News:<\/strong> Two persons, including an eight-year-old boy, went missing after a boat capsized in the Mahi River in Rajasthan\u2019s Banswara.<\/p>\n<h2>About Mahi River<\/h2>\n<figure style=\"width: 352px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/indiawris.gov.in\/wiki\/lib\/exe\/fetch.php?media=400px-mahi_basin.png\" alt=\"Mahi River\" width=\"352\" height=\"479\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: WRIS<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Origin:<\/strong> It<strong>\u00a0originates<\/strong> from the northern slopes of th<strong>e Vindhya Mountain Range in Madhya Pradesh.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It is the <strong>major interstate west-flowing river of India.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It is <strong>one of three west-flowing major rivers <\/strong>in India, along with the <strong>Tapti River and the Narmada River.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>State through which it flows:<\/strong> It crosses through <strong>three states<\/strong> &#8211;<strong> Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and Rajasthan.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Course of the river: <\/strong>After rising from the northern slopes of the Vindhya Mountain, it enters the <strong>Vagad region in the southeastern part of Rajasthan<\/strong>.\n<ul>\n<li>Finally, it <strong>drains into the Arabian Sea <\/strong>through a <strong>wide estuary near the Gulf of Khambhat, Gujarat.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Total Length:<\/strong> Its total length is <strong>583 km.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Catchment area:<\/strong> Its total catchment area is <strong>34842 sq.km.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Basin Topography:<\/strong> The Mahi basin is marked by <strong>hilly terrain <\/strong>belonging to the<strong> Aravali chain <\/strong>in the northwestern part of the basin.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tributaries:<\/strong> The major tributaries of the river include<strong> Eru, Nori, Chap, Som, Jakham, Moran, Anas, Panam, and Bhadar<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Dams:<\/strong> Major dams built on the river include the <strong>Mahi Bajaj Sagar Dam, Kadana Dam, and Panam Dam<\/strong>, which play an important role in water management and <strong>irrigation.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: Two persons, including an eight-year-old boy, went missing after a boat capsized in the Mahi River in Rajasthan\u2019s Banswara. About Mahi River Origin: It\u00a0originates from the northern slopes of the Vindhya Mountain Range in Madhya Pradesh. It is the major interstate west-flowing river of India. It is one of three west-flowing major rivers in&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/mahi-river\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Mahi River<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10366,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,11209,12039],"tags":[11872,10599],"class_list":["post-362372","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-geography-in-news","category-knolls","tag-9pm-daily-factly","tag-the-print","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362372","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10366"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=362372"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362372\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=362372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=362372"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=362372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}