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{{Infobox river<br />
| name = Machchhu River<br />
| subdivision_type1 = Country<br />
| subdivision_name1 = [[India]]<br />
| subdivision_type2 = State<br />
| subdivision_name2 = [[Gujarat]]<br />
| subdivision_type3 = Districts<br />
| subdivision_name3 = [[Surendranagar district|Surendranagar]], [[Rajkot district|Rajkot]], [[Morbi district|Morbi]]<br />
| subdivision_type4 = Taluk<br />
| subdivision_name4 = [[Wankaner]] ([[Morbi district|Morbi]]), [[Morbi]] ([[Morbi district|Morbi]]), [[Maliya, Morbi|Maliya]] ([[Morbi district|Morbi]])<br />
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| source1_location = Mandav hills chotila<br />
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| mouth_location = in the Ran of kutchh near Maliya<br />
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| basin_size = {{convert|2,515|km2|sqmi+acre|abbr=on}}<br />
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| tributaries_left = Beti, Asoi<br />
| tributaries_right = Jamburi, Benia, Machchhori, Maha<br />
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''' Machchhu River''' ({{lang-gu|મચ્છુ નદી|translit=Machchhu nadi}}) is a river in western [[India]] in [[Gujarat]] whose origin is Madla hills. Its basin has a maximum length of 130&nbsp;km. The total catchment area of the basin is 2515&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>.<ref>{{cite web|title=Machchhu River|url=http://guj-nwrws.gujarat.gov.in/showpage.aspx?contentid=1647&lang=English|publisher=Narmada, Water Resources and Water Supply Department, [[Government of Gujarat]]|accessdate=28 December 2017}}</ref> The river is also occasionally transliterated as '''Machhu River'''.<br />
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==In popular culture==<br />
In 1984, a Gujarati film named ''Machchu Tara Vaheta Pani'' starring [[Upendra Trivedi]], [[Arvind Trivedi]], Chandrakant Pandya, Narayan Rajgor, Minal Patel, Kamini Bhatia was released which was directed by Vibhakar Mehta.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Machchu Tara Vaheta Pani (1984) - Review, Star Cast, News, Photos|url=https://www.cinestaan.com/movies/machchu-tara-vaheta-pani-30088|access-date=2020-12-11|website=Cinestaan}}</ref> <br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[1979 Machchhu dam failure]]<br />
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==References==<br />
{{Commons category|Machhu River}}<br />
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[[Category:Rivers of Gujarat]]<br />
[[Category:Rivers of India]]<br />
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