Denwa River

Author:Laxman Burdak, IFS (R)

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Denwa River

Denwa River (देनवा नदी) is a river originating around Dhupgarh in Pachmarhi, Hoshangabad in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. Denwa is a tributary of the Tawa River, which is the largest tributary of Narmada River.

Variants

• Denwa

Jat Gotras Namesake

• Denwia (देनविया) (Jat clan) → Denwa River (देनवा नदी) is a river originating around Dhupgarh in Pachmarhi, Hoshangabad in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh.

Course

Among the complex of hills around Pachmarhi plateau a line of hills extends from Dhupgarh (1350 m.) to Burimal (1088 m.) located about 15 km in the south. The Denwa river rises at the Denwa Khud south of the plateau and circuits it flowing to the south, east, north and the west.

The Denwa joins the Tawa near Bagra and is an equally important stream.

Satpura National Park

Denwa River is a lifeline river of Satpura National Park. This river originates from south-eastern part of the Hoshangabad district in Madhya Pradesh State and flows from east to west direction before joining the Tawa river at south of Rainpur. Location of Denwa river is Latitude: 22.746128 & Longitude: 77.719356. At the confluence of Tawa & Denwa river, Tawa dam has been constructed. River offers number of activities to visitors. While boating on Denwa River one can enjoy the scenic beauty of Satpura National Park with bird-watching and sighting of marsh crocodiles. In order to do Satpura National Park Safari, tourists have to cross the river through motorboats. All these rivers are tributaries of holy Narmada river known as lifeline of Central India. It is a ever-green river assuring availability of water to wildlife nestling in this forest.

देनवा

देनवा एक नदी है जो भारत के मध्य प्रदेश राज्य के धूपगढ़ के आसपास से निकलती है। देनवा तवा की एक सहायक नदी है , जो नर्मदा नदी की सबसे बड़ी सहायक नदी है । पचमढ़ी पठार के आसपास की पहाड़ियों के समूह में धूपगढ़ (1350 मीटर) से लेकर बुरीमल (1088 मीटर) तक पहाड़ियों की एक पंक्ति फैली हुई है जो दक्षिण में लगभग 15 किमी दूर स्थित है। देनवा नदी पठार के दक्षिण में देनवा खड्ड से निकलती है और दक्षिण, पूर्व, उत्तर और पश्चिम की ओर बहती हुई इसकी परिक्रमा करती है। देनवा बागरा के पास तवा से मिलती है और यह भी उतनी ही महत्वपूर्ण धारा है।

References

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