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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Other uses|Ken (disambiguation)}}<br />
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| name = Ken River<br />
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| image = Raneh falls, Madhya Pradesh 17.jpg<br />
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| image_caption = Ken river<br />
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| subdivision_type1 = Country<br />
| subdivision_name1 = [[India]]<br />
| subdivision_type2 = State<br />
| subdivision_name2 = [[Madhya Pradesh]], [[Uttar Pradesh]]<br />
| subdivision_type3 = Region<br />
| subdivision_name3 = [[Bundelkhand]]<br />
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| subdivision_name5 = <!---------------------- PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS --><br />
| length = {{convert|427|km|mi|abbr=on}}<br />
| discharge1_avg = {{convert|310|m3/s|cuft/s|abbr=on}}<ref>{{cite web |url= http://nwda.gov.in/writereaddata/linkimages/3750199679.PDF|title= Hydrology |publisher= National Water Development Authority|website=nwda.gov.in |access-date=22 April 2014}}</ref><br />
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| source1 = Ahirgawan<br />
| source1_location = Kaimur Range, [[Katni district]], [[Madhya Pradesh]]<br />
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| source1_elevation = {{cvt|550|m}}<br />
| mouth = [[Yamuna River]]<br />
| mouth_location = Chilla Ghat, [[Banda District, India|Banda district]], [[Uttar Pradesh]]<br />
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The '''Ken River''' is one of the major [[river]]s in the [[Bundelkhand]] region of central [[India]] and flows through the states of [[Madhya Pradesh]] and [[Uttar Pradesh]]. It is a tributary of the [[Yamuna]].<br />
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==Course==<br />
The Ken River originates near the village Ahirgawan on the north-west slopes of [[Barner Range]] in [[Katni district]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://nwda.gov.in/writereaddata/sublink2images/17.pdf |title=Chapter 2 – Physical Features |access-date=2010-07-15 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071107185934/http://nwda.gov.in/writereaddata/sublink2images/17.pdf |archive-date=7 November 2007}}</ref> After {{cvt|427|km}}, it merges with [[Yamuna]] river at Chilla village in [[Banda district, India|Banda district]] in Uttar Pradesh at {{coord|25|46|N|80|31|E|region:IN_type:river_source:GNS-enwiki}}.<br />
It flows for {{cvt|292|km}} in Madhya Pradesh, {{cvt|84|km}} in Uttar Pradesh, and {{cvt|51|km}} forms the boundary between the two states.<ref name=hy>{{cite book |title=Hydrology and water resources of India |volume=((57 of water science and technology library)) |chapter=Tributaries of Yamuna river |author1=Jain, S. K.|author2=Agarwal, P. K. |author3=Singh, V. P. |year=2007 |publisher=Springer |isbn=978-1-4020-5179-1 |page=354 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZKs1gBhJSWIC&q=Yamuna+River&pg=RA1-PA345}}</ref><ref name=envis>{{cite web |title=A Watershed |publisher=Envis Madhya Pradesh |url=http://www.mpenvis.nic.in/newsletter%5CENVIS-NW-JAN-MAR%2008.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721172403/http://www.mpenvis.nic.in/newsletter%5CENVIS-NW-JAN-MAR%2008.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date =2011-07-21 |access-date=2010-07-15}}</ref><br />
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Crossing the [[Bijawar-Panna Plateau]], the Ken River cuts a {{cvt|60|km}} long, and {{cvt|150–180|m}} deep gorge. Several streams join in this gorge making waterfalls. The Ken valley separates the [[Rewa Plateau]] from the Satna Plateau.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nkPUnn3HiZoC&q=Satna+plateau&pg=PA22 |title=Spatial framework and economic development |first=S. K. |last=Sharma |year=2000 |publisher=Northern Book Centre |isbn=9788172111113 |access-date=2010-07-11}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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{{Hydrography of Madhya Pradesh}}<br />
{{Hydrography of Uttar Pradesh}}<br />
{{Authority control}}<br />
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[[Category:Rivers of Madhya Pradesh]]<br />
[[Category:Rivers of Uttar Pradesh]]<br />
[[Category:Tributaries of the Yamuna River]]</div>Safetechgroupin