Dnyanganga River

Dnyanganga^[3] (Marathi: ज्ञानगंगा नदी) is a minor river in Buldhana district of Maharashtra, India. It is a tributary of the Purna River, which itself is a tributary of the Tapti River.

Dnyanganga River
Dnyanganga at Nandura
Native name	ज्ञानगंगा नदी (Marathi)
Location
Country	India
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Near Dongarshevali, Taluka Chikhli, Dist. Buldhana[1]
Mouth
• location	Falls into river Purna on south bank near Yerli, Ta. Nandura.
Length	50.5 miles (81.3 km)[2]
Basin features
River system	Tapti River

See also

• Environment portal
• Ecology portal

• List of rivers of India
• Rivers of India

External links

References

1. The Buldana District Gazetteer (1910) particularly notes that the river takes its source from a spring of water under an umar (ficus glomerata) near the temple of Mahadeo at Dongarshevali.
2. Central Provinces District Gazetteer: Buldana District. Vol. A. 1979. p. 421. (originally printed in 1910)
3. also sometimes spelt as "Gyanganga" as the Marathi consonant 'ज्ञ' is pronounced differently in Marathi and other Indian languages. Ganga is used as a suffix in the name of several other rivers in India.

20°55′46″N 76°29′21″E