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{{Infobox river<br />
| name = Mahé River (Mayyazhipuzha)<br />
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| source1_location = [[Western Ghats]]<br />
| mouth_location = [[Arabian Sea]]<br />
| subdivision_type1 = Country<br />
| subdivision_name1 = [[India]]<br />
| length = {{convert|54|km|mi|abbr=on}} <br />
| source1_elevation = <br />
| discharge1_avg = <br />
| basin_size = {{convert|394|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ces.iisc.ernet.in/biodiversity/documents/rivers.htm|title=Rivers of Western Ghats|publisher=ernet.in|access-date=18 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180625023704/http://ces.iisc.ernet.in/biodiversity/documents/rivers.htm|archive-date=25 June 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> <br />
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'''Mahé River''' (also known as '''Mayyazhipuzha or the English Channel of India''') is a [[river]] in [[South India]]. It flows through the [[states and territories of India|state]] of [[Kerala]] and the coastal exclave of [[Mahé, India|Mahé]] in [[Puducherry (union territory)|Puducherry]].<br />
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==Course==<br />
The Mahé River originates in the slopes of the [[Western Ghats]] part of the [[Wayanad district]]. Initially the river flows through the hilly eastern towns of the [[Kozhikode district]] like [[Vilangad]], [[Vanimal|Vanimel]], [[Valayam]], [[Vilangad|Avolam]] and [[Nadapuram]]. Then the river enters into the [[Malabar Coast|Malabar plains]] where it flows through several towns namely, [[Kodencheri|Mudavanthery]], [[Kadavathur]], [[Peringathur]], [[Eramala]], [[Kunnukara|Kunnumkara]], [[Kariyad]] and [[Peringandoor|Peringandi]].<ref>{{cite web<br />
|publisher = Government of Kerala<br />
|work = Kozhikode<br />
|url = http://www.kkd.kerala.gov.in/resource.htm<br />
|title = Official website of Kozhikode<br />
|access-date = 2006-08-06<br />
|url-status = dead<br />
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070709035857/http://www.kkd.kerala.gov.in/resource.htm<br />
|archive-date = 2007-07-09<br />
}}</ref> Then the river flows through the northern boundary of the Union Territory of [[Mahé, India|Mahé]] and empties into the [[Arabian Sea]].<br />
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==Economy==<br />
The influence on the economy of the region traversed by the river is very little. The river has been used for inland navigation and transportation of articles from interior villages to Mahé and back, in olden days. The government of Puducherry has planned to build a fishing [[harbour]] at the estuary of the river. However owing to technical reasons the harbour, which is under construction, is on the beach adjacent to the estuary. To enhance tourist potential of Mahé a Riverside Walkway, originating from the Water Sports Complex at Manjakkal, Mahé, on the banks of the river stretching out to the breakwater of the [Fishing Harbour]is also being built by the government of Puducherry.<ref>{{cite web<br />
| publisher=onlypunjab.com<br />
| work=Works for Mahé fishing harbour project inaugurated<br />
| url=http://onlypunjab.com/fullstory2k5-insight-news-status-5-newsID-85424.html<br />
| title=South Asia News<br />
| access-date=2006-08-06<br />
| archive-url=https://archive.today/20070927213351/http://onlypunjab.com/fullstory2k5-insight-news-status-5-newsID-85424.html<br />
| archive-date=27 September 2007<br />
| url-status=dead<br />
}}</ref><br />
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==Trivia==<br />
[[M. Mukundan]]'s magnum opus novel ''[[Mayyazhippuzhayude Theerangalil]]'' (P. 1974 ; [[Malayalam language|Malayalam]] for "On the banks of the Mahé River"), celebrates this river. Mayyazhi river known as the "English channel" in India during the period of British rule, because it separated British-ruled Tellicherry from French-ruled Mahé.{{citation needed|date=March 2013}} It is the most polluted river in God's Own Country.{{citation needed|date=March 2013}}<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[List of rivers in Kerala]]<br />
* [[List of dams and reservoirs in Kerala]]<br />
* [[List of rivers in India]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
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[[Category:Rivers of Kannur district]]<br />
[[Category:Rivers of Puducherry]]<br />
[[Category:Rivers of Kozhikode district]]<br />
[[Category:Rivers of Wayanad district]]<br />
[[Category:Rivers of the Western Ghats]]<br />
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