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Krishna River
- Origin: Near Mahabaleshwar in Maharashtra (Western Ghats).
- Length: ~1,400 km.
- Drainage Basin: Covers Maharashtra, Karnataka, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh.
- Major Tributaries:
- Left bank: Bhima, Dindi, Peddavagu, Musi, Paleru, Munneru.
- Right bank: Ghataprabha, Malaprabha, Tungabhadra.
- Mouth: Bay of Bengal, flows into Andhra Pradesh’s coast.
- Important Projects:
- Almatti Dam (Karnataka)
- Nagarjuna Sagar Dam (Telangana/Andhra Pradesh)
- Srisailam Dam (Andhra Pradesh/Telangana)
- Polavaram Project (diversion linkages with Godavari).
