Kistna River

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major river of India river

The Kistna River, more commonly known as the Krishna River, is a major river in southern India that flows through the states of Maharashtra, Karnataka, Telangana, and Andhra Pradesh before emptying into the Bay of Bengal.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Kistna 1
Krishna drainage basin 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf major river of India ⓘ
river ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Krishna River ⓘ
basinCountry India ⓘ
country India ⓘ
crosses Deccan Plateau ⓘ
dam Almatti Dam ⓘ
Nagarjuna Sagar Dam ⓘ
Narayanpur Dam ⓘ
Srisailam Dam ⓘ
delta Krishna River delta ⓘ
deltaState Andhra Pradesh ⓘ
drainageBasinState Andhra Pradesh ⓘ
Karnataka ⓘ
Maharashtra ⓘ
Telangana ⓘ
emptiesInto Bay of Bengal ⓘ
flowsThrough Andhra Pradesh ⓘ
Karnataka ⓘ
Maharashtra ⓘ
Telangana ⓘ
geographicalRegion Deccan Plateau ⓘ
hasEstuary Bay of Bengal ⓘ
historicalNameVariant Kistna River self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Kistna

Krishna ⓘ
surface form: Krsna
importance major source of irrigation for Andhra Pradesh and Telangana ⓘ
length about 1400 km ⓘ
locatedIn South India ⓘ
mentionedIn ancient Indian texts ⓘ
mouth Bay of Bengal ⓘ
namedAfter Krishna ⓘ
surface form: Hindu deity Krishna
partOf East-flowing peninsular rivers of India ⓘ
passesNear Nagarjuna Sagar Dam ⓘ
surface form: Nagarjuna Sagar

Vijayawada ⓘ
rankByLengthInIndia one of the longest rivers in India ⓘ
religiousSignificance sacred river in Hinduism ⓘ
riverSystem Krishna River basin ⓘ
sourceLocation Western Ghats ⓘ
sourceState Maharashtra ⓘ
supports agriculture in Deccan Plateau ⓘ
tributary Bhima River ⓘ
Ghataprabha River ⓘ
Malaprabha River ⓘ
Munneru River ⓘ
Musi River ⓘ
Tungabhadra River ⓘ
usedFor drinking water supply ⓘ
hydroelectric power generation ⓘ
irrigation ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Krishna → alsoKnownAs → Kistna River ⓘ
subject surface form: Krishna River
Paleru River → drainageBasin → Kistna River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Krishna drainage basin
Kistna River → historicalNameVariant → Kistna River self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kistna