Chambal river in Central India region is popular for its water cleanliness, gharials, scenic gorges and rich bio-diversity. We can call it as river of Madhya Pradesh because its origin point lies in state, at Singar Chouri peak which is also referred as Janapav, close to Mhow region at western part of state. This region is part of famous Vindhya region northern slopes and lies in Indore district of Madhya Pradesh. This region is basically a hilly terrain and was a popular military base since Colonial India period. At present, when we talk about the word Chambal, first image comes in our mind is Chambal region of Madhya Pradesh, full of ravines, sand dunes, arid region thus river Chambal is a symbol of hope and life to this region with religious significance. In ancient history of India, it is said that Chambal river old name was Charmanavati river whose reference comes in epic Mahabharata. It is believed that this river is about 10000 to 15000 years old.
Chambal river has its origin from Mhow (near Indore city) and flows towards north-east direction and finally meets Yamuna river in Uttar Pradesh state. It covers approx. 965 kms distance in its flow path. In this course of flowing, it also forms inter-state border between Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan states thus we can say that it also flows through Rajasthan state. Thus it has an inter-state flow path in which 3 states are covered. Majority of its flow route falls in Madhya Pradesh where as minor portion of route falls in Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh states. During this route, it passes from Malwa plateau region to Bundelkhand plateau region. During its flow route, their is no big industrical city due to which it doen't get polluted and thus river is still retaining its precious bio-diversity and this can be witnessed while visiting the famous National Chambal sanctuary in which we can find endangered species like red-crowned roof turtle, Ganges river dolphins, healthy population of Gharials, mugger crocodiles, smooth coated otter and large number of birds.
Just like any other large river, Chambal river also have its own river system in which it acts as a tributary river to Yamuna river and at the same time have its own tributary rivers. Here Right bank tributaries for Chambal river are Parbati river, Kali Sindh river and famous Shipra river (flows through Ujjain). Its left bank tributaries are Banas river and Mej river (from Rajasthan). All these tributary rivers helps in maintaining healthy water supply to Chambal river and thus it remains a active river, throughout the year, in all seasons.
Famous Gandhi Sagar dam lies in Chambal river. Now a days, Madhya Pradesh Tourism Department has developed its backwater as popular water tourism site and its surrounding forest has been declared as Gandhi Sagar wildlife sanctuary. Similarly we can find dams like Rana Pratab sagar, Jawahar sagar and Kota Barrage.
If you are interested to directly see the Chambal river then you can plan a tour for tourist destinations like Gandhi Sagar Dam or Gandhi Sagar wildlife sanctuary and Chambal wildlife sanctuary. Even when we take a train ride from Madhya Pradesh to Delhi, railway line crosses this river while passing through Morena district in which we get a glimpse of this historical river.
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