->The Anomebot2 at 13:11, 9 August 2021

2021-08-09T13:11:00Z

New page

{{Short description|River in Kerala, India}}

'''Mamam River''' is a small river located in the [[Thiruvananthapuram district|Thiruvananthapuram]] district. of [[Kerala]], [[India]].<ref>http://www.neptjournal.com/upload-images/NL-36-23-(23)-B-176.pdf</ref> Malayalam: മാമം പുഴ. It originates from the Pandalakode hills <ref>http://cgwb.gov.in/AQM/NAQUIM_REPORT/Kerala/KR_NAQUIM%20Report%20-%20Thiruvananthapuram.pdf</ref> in Thiruvananthapuram and flows 27 km <ref>http://www.kerenvis.nic.in/Database/Ayroor_1843.aspx</ref> westwards into the [[Anchuthengu lake]].<ref>Rajesh Reghunath, Nokoshini, Shoby Sankar, Rohini.G.R. and Binoj Kumar R.B. 2006. Anomalous spatial variation of water pH in the Mamam river basin, South Kerala, India. Fourth Indian Environmental Congress-2006, Amritha Vishwa Vidya Nilayam, Kollam</ref> The river basin is 144 km long. One side of [[Attingal]] is surrounded by this river. [[Vamanapuram]], Mamom and Ayirur rivers form the Vamanapuram drainage basin with a total catchment area of 867 sq.km <ref>http://cgwb.gov.in/District_Profile/Kerala/Trivandrum%20.pdf</ref>

This river flows along the southern part of [[Mudakkal panchayath]] and splits at [[Andoorkonam]] in [[Attingal]]. This branch flows westwards and joins the Vamanapuram river. The other branch flows south, crosses [[Enchakal]], turns west and joins [[Anchuthengu|Anchuthengu Lake]]. The [[Changanam checkdam]] is located on this branch.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Waters of Kerala}}

{{coord missing|India}}

[[Category:Rivers of Thiruvananthapuram district]]

{{India-river-stub}}

Mamam River - Revision history

->The Anomebot2 at 13:11, 9 August 2021