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{{About||the river flowing west through Rajasthan|West Banas River|other uses|Banas (disambiguation)}}
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| name = Banas River
| native_name = {{native name|hi|बनास नदी}}
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| image = Banas River Near Kota 2.jpg
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| image_caption = Banas River near [[Kota, Rajasthan]]
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| subdivision_name2 = [[Rajasthan]]
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| subdivision_name5 = [[Kumbhalgarh]] in [[Rajsamand district]], [[Mewar]], Chambal near the village of Rameshwar in [[Sawai Madhopur]]
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| mouth = Chambal-Banas sangam confluence
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The '''Banas''' is a river which lies entirely within the state of [[Rajasthan]] in western [[India]]. It is a [[tributary]] of the [[Chambal River]], itself a tributary of the [[Yamuna]], which in turn merges into the [[Ganga]]. The Banas is approximately 512 kilometres in length.<ref name="RAJGOV">{{cite web|title=Rivers - Banas Basin |url=http://waterresources.rajasthan.gov.in/3rivers2.htm |publisher=Department of Water Resources, Government of Rajasthan |access-date=7 April 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130325002537/http://waterresources.rajasthan.gov.in/3rivers2.htm |archive-date=25 March 2013 }}</ref>

The name "Banaas" literally translates as "forest-hope" (Ban-aas) meaning "Hope-of-the-forest" or 'Van Ki Aasha.' The river originates in the Veron ka Math situated in Khamnor Hills of the [[Aravalli Range]], about 5 km from [[Kumbhalgarh]] in [[Rajsamand district]]. It flows northeast through the [[Mewar]] region of Rajasthan, then across [[Hadavati]] before meeting the Chambal near the village of Rameshwar in [[Sawai Madhopur]] District.<ref name="RAJGOV" />

The Banas drains a basin of 45,833 km<sup>2</sup>, and lies entirely within Rajasthan. It drains the east slope of the central portion of the Aravalli Range, and the basin includes all or part of [[Ajmer]], [[Bhilwara]], [[Bundi]], [[Chittorgarh]], [[Dausa]], [[Jaipur]], [[Pali, Rajasthan|Pali]], [[Rajsamand]], [[Sawai Madhopur]], [[Sirohi]], [[Tonk, India|Tonk]], and [[Udaipur District|Udaipur]] districts.<ref name="RAJGOV" /> The cities of [[Nathdwara]], [[Jahazpur]], and [[Tonk, India|Tonk]] lie on the river. Major tributaries include the right bank tributaries of [[Berach River|Berach]] and [[Menali River|Menali]] and the left bank tributaries of [[Kothari River|Kothari]], [[Khari River|Khari]], [[Dai River (India)|Dai]], [[Dheel River]], Sohadara River, [[Morel River|Morel]] and [[Kalisil River|Kalisil]]. ''This river is known as the Virgin River'' because it merges into the desert instead of the sea.<ref>{{cite book|last=Jain|first=S. Sharad Kumar|title=Hydrology and water resources of India|year=2007|publisher=Springer|location=The Netherlands|pages=352, 353|isbn=9781402051807|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZKs1gBhJSWIC&q=banas+&pg=PA352}}</ref>

The Banas is a seasonal river that dries up during the summer, but it is nonetheless used for irrigation.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Banas River|encyclopedia=Encyclopædia Britannica}}</ref> The Bisalpur-Jaipur project (a dam across the Banas at [[Deoli, Rajasthan|Deoli]], about 40 km from [[Tonk, India|Tonk]]) was completed by the [[Government of Rajasthan]] in 2009 and it provides drinking water from the Banas to [[Jaipur|Jaipur city]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Banas river water flows into Jaipur|url=http://www.hindu.com/2009/03/04/stories/2009030451750300.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140304150929/http://www.hindu.com/2009/03/04/stories/2009030451750300.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 March 2014|access-date=7 April 2013|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=4 March 2009}}</ref> [[Isarda Dam]] is an under construction dam on the Banas River.<ref>{{cite news|title=Om Metals bags ₹615-cr Rajasthan dam project|url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/companies/om-metals-bags-615-cr-rajasthan-dam-project/article25790821.ece}}</ref>

== References ==
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{{EB1911 poster|Banas}}
{{Commons category|Banas River}}
{{Hydrography of Rajasthan}}
{{Hydrography of Madhya Pradesh}}
{{Hydrography of Uttar Pradesh}}
{{Waters of South Asia}}

[[Category:Chambal River]]
[[Category:Rivers of Rajasthan]]
[[Category:Rivers of Madhya Pradesh]]
[[Category:Rivers of Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:Tributaries of the Yamuna River]]

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