The Chambal (length 960 km)

Tlie Chambal River rises near Mhow CantL—south-west of Indore in Malwa Plateau from the Vindhyan Range—and flows towards the north in a gorge upto the city of Kota. Below Kota, it turns to the north-east, and after passing Bundi, Sawai-Madhopur and Dhulpur, it finally joins the Yamuna about 40 km to the west of Etawah, The Banas River, rising from the Aravalli Range is its main left bank tributary. Kali Sind and Parbali Originating from tile Malwa Plateau arc the right bank tributaries of Chambal, The Chambal River is famous for its extensive ravines which il has carved all along in the Lower Chambal Valley. The ravines of the Chanibal Basin are attributed to a slight uplift during the recent geological times, and they merge into the Yamuna alluvial plain when’ tin- landscape is extensively etched out by other tributaries of tin: Yamuna to the east anti west of Chambal. Multipurpose projects have been constructed across the river. The main dams across the river are Gandhi Sagar, Rana Pratap Sagar (Rawatbhata) and Jawahar Sagar.