Jam River
| Author:Laxman Burdak, IFS (Retd.) |
Jam River is a river in central India originating in the Betul District and flows through Chhindwara Madhya Pradesh. A gotmar fair (stone Througing on one village to another) is organized every year on its bank.
Variants
Jat Gotras Namesake
- Jam (Jat clan) = Jam River. Jam River originates in the Betul District and flows through Chhindwara Madhya Pradesh.
Origin
The river originates through a convergence of several rivulets and streams flowing down the hill slopes situated around Chilhati village in the Betul District in Madhya Pradesh at an altitude of 762m.
It flows through several villages and towns during its short run, ultimately draining itself off in Kanhan River. This confluence is located at the border with Maharashtra.
Course
Snaking along south east the river enters the Chhindwara District and hits flatter terrain where it collects two rivers, each of them being spill offs from dams. The first one is the overflow stream from an earthen dam located near Mandvi. The other, longer of the two streams, flows out from the Borgaon Dam, runs parallel to NH69, and merges with Jam river at Teegaon. Here the river widens out and continues its run southeast of the town receiving another tributary on its left bank near the village Chichkheda. It travels through the outskirts of the town Pandhurna changing course to run in an eastward fashion. Just before reaching the village Jam, Jam River receives its largest tributary Sarpini River. From here the river again flows southeast-ward passing the town Lodhikheda and ends its course by draining off in Kanhan River at Razadi Borgaon, Madhya Pradesh.
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