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Route

The 282-kilometre (175 mi) long Amaravati River begins at the Kerala/Tamil Nad border at the

 bottom o! "an#am$atti %alle& bet'een the Annamalai ills and the alni ills in *ndira +andhi

,ildli!e an.tar& and National ark  in Tir$r distri.t *t des.ends in a northerl& dire.tionthrogh Amaravathi Reservoir  and Amaravathi 0am at Amaravathinagar  *t is #oined b& the

Kalla$ram River  at the moth o! the A#anda valle& in dmalai$ettai *t #oins 'ith the Kaveri at

Thirmkkdal abot 13 kilometres (4 mi) !rom Karr  The an.ient name o! the river is Anporunai and lo.als still se the name amrandhu a derivative

Use

This river irrigates over 43333 a.res (23 km2) o! agri.ltral lands in Tir$$r  and Karr  

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 The Amaravathi 0am has "ega'atts ele.tri. generating .a$a.it& installed TheAmaravathi River and its basin es$e.iall& in the vi.init& o! Karr are heavil& sed !or indstrial

 $ro.essing 'ater and 'aste dis$osal and as a reslt are severel& $ollted de to large amont o!

te9tile d&eing and blea.hing nits

History

Amaravathi 'hi.h invokes the greener& and Kal$avriksha tree o! :ord *ndra;s heaven The

name Amaravathi e.hoes the indism/

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Amaravathi River

Rivers in *ndia have ver& beati!l names >ne o! the most en.hanting is Amaravathi 'hi.h

invokes the greener& and Kal$avriksha tree o! :ord *ndra;s heaven The name Amaravathi e.hoesthe indism/