Narmada

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River that rises in the Maikala range in Madhya Pradesh state, central India, and flows 1,245 km/778 mi west and southwest to the Gulf of Khambat, an inlet of the Arabian Sea. Forming the traditional boundary between Hindustan and Deccan, the Narmada is a holy river of the Hindus. The Narmada Valley Project involves the building of over 3,000 dams, many of them multi-purpose for water supply, flood control, and the generation of hydroelectricity, along the length of the Narmada River.

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