{"id":366628,"date":"2026-07-03T15:32:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T10:02:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=366628"},"modified":"2026-07-03T15:32:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T10:02:11","slug":"malaprabha-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/malaprabha-river\/","title":{"rendered":"Malaprabha River"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"content-box-green\">\n<p><strong>News: <\/strong>The drying up of the Malaprabha River has caused acute water scarcity, affecting communities along its banks and the region&#8217;s birds and wildlife.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"red-h2-box\"><strong>About Malaprabha River<\/strong><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_366629\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-366629\" style=\"width: 421px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-366629\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-03-110111.png?resize=421%2C309&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Malaprabha River\" width=\"421\" height=\"309\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-03-110111.png?resize=300%2C220&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-03-110111.png?resize=768%2C563&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-03-110111.png?w=876&amp;ssl=1 876w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 421px) 100vw, 421px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-366629\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Research Gate<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>The<strong> Malaprabha River<\/strong> is a river flowing in<strong> Karnataka.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Origin:<\/strong> It originates in the mountains of <strong>Sahyadri <\/strong>at an altitude of <strong>792.4 m<\/strong> in a small village of<strong> Kanakumbi <\/strong>in<strong> Belagavi district, Karnataka.<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>The <strong>Shri Mauli Devi Temple at Kanakumbi <\/strong>is believed to mark the<strong> origin <\/strong>of the River.<\/li>\n<li>It has a history dating back to <strong>prehistoric times<\/strong> and is an important<strong> pilgrimage centre.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Course of river:<\/strong> It flows a distance of <strong>304 km<\/strong> and joins the <strong>Krishna River at Kudalasangam (Bagalkot district of Karnataka).\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Length:<\/strong> It has a total length of approximately<strong> 306 km.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Tributaries:\u00a0<\/strong> The <strong>Bennihalla, Tuprihalla and the Hirehalla<\/strong> are its tributaries.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tributary of:\u00a0<\/strong>It is a tributary of the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/krishna-river\/\">Krishna River<\/a>.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Dam associated:<\/strong> The dam built across the river is popularly known as the <strong>Renuka Sagara Dam<\/strong> and is officially referred to as the <strong>Malaprabha Dam<\/strong> or <strong>Naviluteertha Dam<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Historical context:<\/strong> It is known for its <strong>rich cultural heritage<\/strong> and ancient temples across the river, including the famous temple complexes of <strong>Aihole, Badami, and Pattadakal, linked to the early Chalukyan period\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: The drying up of the Malaprabha River has caused acute water scarcity, affecting communities along its banks and the region&#8217;s birds and wildlife. About Malaprabha River The Malaprabha River is a river flowing in Karnataka.\u00a0 Origin: It originates in the mountains of Sahyadri at an altitude of 792.4 m in a small village of&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/malaprabha-river\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Malaprabha 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":[11872,10645],"class_list":["post-366628","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-geography-in-news","category-knolls","tag-9pm-daily-factly","tag-deccan-herald","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366628","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=366628"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366628\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=366628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=366628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=366628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}