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{{Infobox river
| name              = Amaravathi River 
| image             = Map River Amaravathi EN.svg 
| image_caption     = River Amaravathi and its tributaries 
| source1_location  = [[Anamalai Hills]],<br />[[Chinnar River]], [[Pambar River (Kerala)|Pambar River]] at
| source1_coordinates= {{coord|10|21|2|N|77|14|14|E}}
| mouth_location    = [[Karur]] at 
| mouth_coordinates = {{coord|10|57|36|N|78|4|53|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type1 = Country 
| subdivision_name1 = [[India]] 
| subdivision_type2 = Location
| subdivision_name2 = [[Udumalaipettai]]- [[Dharapuram]]-[[Karur]], [[Tamil Nadu]]
| length            = {{convert|282|km|mi|sp=us}} 
| source1_elevation = {{convert|473|m|ft|sp=us}} 
| mouth_elevation   = {{convert|360|ft|m}} 
| discharge1_avg    = 
| basin_size        = {{convert|8380|km2|mi2|sp=us}}<ref name="cwcmowr">{{cite web|url=http://www.cwc.nic.in/main/downloads/Combined%20Final_HDD_09042012.pdf|title=Integrated Hydrological Data Book|pages=76|access-date=25 March 2014|location=India|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140520215958/http://www.cwc.nic.in/main/downloads/Combined%20Final_HDD_09042012.pdf|archive-date=20 May 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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The '''Amaravati River''' is the longest tributary of [[Kaveri|Kaveri River]] in the fertile districts of [[Karur district|Karur]] and [[Tirupur district|Tirupur]], [[Tamil Nadu]] state, [[South India]].

== Route ==
The {{convert|282|km|mi|adj=on}} long Amaravati River begins at the [[Kerala]]/[[Tamil Nadu]] border at the bottom of [[Manjampatti Valley]] between the [[Anaimalai Hills]] and the [[Palni Hills]] in [[Indira Gandhi Wildlife Sanctuary and National Park]] in [[Tirupur district]]. It descends in a northerly direction through [[Amaravathi Reservoir]] and [[Amaravathi Dam]] at [[Amaravathinagar]]. It is joined by the  Kallapuram River at the mouth of the Ajanda valley in [[Udumalaipettai]]. Through [[Dharapuram]] and [[Aravakurichi]] it joins with the Kaveri at Thirumukkudal, about {{convert|10|km|mi|0}} from [[Karur]].{{cn|date=July 2020}}

Nanganji, Kudavanar, Shanmuga nadhi, Uppar, Kudumiar, Thenar and so many tributaries are joint with the Amravati river.  It has the Tributary of the [[Pambar River (Kerala)|Pambar]] and [[Chinnar River|Chinnar]] rivers from [[Kerala]] also.

== Use ==
This river irrigates over {{convert|60000|acre|km2}} of agricultural lands in [[Tiruppur District|Tiruppur]] and [[Karur District|Karur]] districts.<ref>The Hindu, M. Gunasekaran [https://web.archive.org/web/20080917013805/http://www.hindu.com/2007/04/02/stories/2007040206940300.htm To assess water loss in Amaravathi basin] 2 April 2007</ref> The [[Amaravathi Dam]] has 4 megawatts of electricity generating capacity installed. The Amaravathi River and its basin, especially in the vicinity of [[Karur]], are heavily used for industrial processing water and waste disposal and as a result are severely polluted due to large amount of textile dyeing and bleaching units. But nowadays in karur, the changes are vicinity by seeing Amaravati river on its clean surface because of pollution controlled by government.<ref>Marcus Moench, Rethinkng the Mosaic, Investigations into Local Water Management, Addressing Constraints in Complex Systems, Chapter 1: [http://www.i-s-e-t.org/Rethinking%20Mosaic%20low%20res.pdf#page=12 ''Meeting the Water Management Needs of South Asia in the 21st Century''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081121193659/http://www.i-s-e-t.org/Rethinking%20Mosaic%20low%20res.pdf#page=12 |date=21 November 2008 }}, pub: Nepal Water Conservation Foundation, Kathmandu, and the Institute for Social and Environmental Transition, Boulder, Colorado, U.S.A., 1999, pp 145-146</ref>

== History ==

The ancient names of the river is ''Aanporunai'' and ''Aambravathi''. Amaravathi, invokes the greenery and Kalpavriksha tree of Lord Indra's heaven. The name Amaravathi echoes the Hindu past and present of southern India. By Hindu religion, river is from the grace of goddess Ambaal form the heaven.  The Amaravathi river swells into life in the Anjanad valley (Anaimalai, Kerala state) of the Western Ghats, whose slopes are awash with Kurinji blossoms once every 12 years, descends to the plains near Udumalaipettai, Tamil Nadu, and flows to make the rich plains of Dharapuram and Karur . It is one of the longest rivers (282&nbsp;km) in Tamil Nadu,  which join with the river Cauvery, near Karur.{{cn|date=July 2020}}

==Gallery==
<gallery mode="packed" heights="180">
File:Amaravathy River Kadathur.JPG|The view of Amaravathy River near the Arjuneswarar Temple in Kadathur
File:Dry-Amaravathi-at-Karur.JPG|The wide Amaravathi River bed at Karur
File:Defunct-Amaravathi-Toll-Plaza-Karur.jpg|Toll plaza near Karur on [[National Highway 67 (India)|NH7]]
</gallery>

== Notes ==
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{{commons category|Amaravati River}}

{{Hydrography of Tamil Nadu}}
{{Kaveri River}}

[[Category:Rivers of Tamil Nadu]]
[[Category:Tributaries of the Kaveri River]]
[[Category:Geography of Coimbatore]]
[[Category:Rivers of India]]