{"id":368856,"date":"2026-08-04T15:27:47","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T09:57:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=368856"},"modified":"2026-08-04T15:27:47","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T09:57:47","slug":"pampa-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/pampa-river\/","title":{"rendered":"Pampa River"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"content-box-green\">\n<p><strong>News: <\/strong>Torrential rainfall in Kerala&#8217;s Pathanamthitta district caused the Pampa River to overflow its banks, leading to widespread flooding in Ranni, Aranmula, Kozhencherry and Cherukolpuzha.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"red-h2-box\">About Pampa River<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_368857\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-368857\" style=\"width: 532px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-368857\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Location-map-of-the-Pamba-River-basin-Note-The-region-is-categorized-into-highland-and.png?resize=532%2C305&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Pampa river\" width=\"532\" height=\"305\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Location-map-of-the-Pamba-River-basin-Note-The-region-is-categorized-into-highland-and.png?resize=300%2C172&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Location-map-of-the-Pamba-River-basin-Note-The-region-is-categorized-into-highland-and.png?resize=768%2C440&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Location-map-of-the-Pamba-River-basin-Note-The-region-is-categorized-into-highland-and.png?w=850&amp;ssl=1 850w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 532px) 100vw, 532px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-368857\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: ResearchGate<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>It is the <strong>third longest west flowing river of Kerala<\/strong> (after<strong> Periyar &amp; Bharathapuzha).<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>It is also known as <strong>Pamba River.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It is known as the <strong>\u2018Dakshina Bhageerathi\u2019 or the Ganga of Kerala.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Origin and course of the river:<\/strong> It\u00a0originates at an elevation of <strong>1,650 m<\/strong> in the <strong>Pulachimalai Hills<\/strong> on the <strong>Peerumedu Plateau<\/strong> of the <strong>Western Ghats<\/strong>.\n<ul>\n<li>It flows westward and empties into the <strong>Arabian Sea<\/strong> through multiple distributary channels.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>River basin:<\/strong> The river basin is <strong>bounded by the Western Ghats in the east and the Arabian Sea in the west<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Catchment area:<\/strong> Its <strong>entire catchment basin lies within Kerala<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tributaries:<\/strong> Its main tributaries are <strong>Kakki Ar, Azhuta Ar, Kakkad Ar, Kallar, Manimala, and Achenkovil.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Dam constructed on river: Pamba Dam<\/strong> was constructed in Pampa River in <strong data-start=\"179\" data-end=\"187\">1967<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Religious significance:<\/strong> <strong>Sabarimala temple<\/strong> is located on the upper catchment area of the Pamba River.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: Torrential rainfall in Kerala&#8217;s Pathanamthitta district caused the Pampa River to overflow its banks, leading to widespread flooding in Ranni, Aranmula, Kozhencherry and Cherukolpuzha. About Pampa River It is the third longest west flowing river of Kerala (after Periyar &amp; Bharathapuzha). It is also known as Pamba River.\u00a0 It is known as the \u2018Dakshina&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/pampa-river\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Pampa 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":[1566,4182,11209,12039],"tags":[11872,11318],"class_list":["post-368856","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-environment","category-geography-in-news","category-knolls","tag-9pm-daily-factly","tag-the-new-indian-express","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368856","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=368856"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368856\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=368856"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=368856"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=368856"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}