Sabari River

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title: "Sabari River" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["rivers-of-odisha", "rivers-of-chhattisgarh", "rivers-of-andhra-pradesh", "tributaries-of-the-godavari-river"] topic_path: "general/rivers-of-odisha" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabari_River" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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Field	Value
name	Sabari River
image	Sabari river near Kunavaram 01.jpg
image_size	300
image_caption	Sabari river merging into Godavari near Kunavaram
map	Sabari.png
map_caption	Path of The Sabari http://u.osmfr.org/m/372826/
subdivision_type1	Country
subdivision_name1	India
subdivision_type2	State
subdivision_name2	Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh
length	418 km
source1	Sinkaram hill ranges
source1_location	Odisha, India
source1_coordinates
source1_elevation	1370 m
mouth	Godavari River
mouth_location	Kunavaram, Andhra Pradesh
mouth_coordinates
mouth_elevation	25.3 m
basin_size	20427 km2
tributaries_left	Sileru River, Pateru River
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Sabari River is one of the main tributaries of the Godavari. It originates from the western slopes of Eastern Ghats in Odisha state from Sinkaram hill ranges at 1374 m MSL. It is known as Kolab River in Odisha. The Sabari river basin receives nearly 1250 mm annual average rainfall. It forms common boundary between Chhattisgarh and Odisha states. It later enters into Andhra Pradesh to merge with River Godavari. Upper Kolab project, located in Odisha across the Sabari is a major dam project supplying water for irrigation and Hydro power generation.

The 200 km long stretch of the river forming boundary between Chhattisgarh and Odisha drops by 2.25 meters per km length on average. This stretch of the river has substantial hydro electricity generation potential by building medium head (

Sileru River (known as Machkund in its upper reaches) is the major tributary of Sabari which joins Sabari river at tri-junction boundary point of Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Odisha. Sileru river has huge potential of hydro electricity generation which has been substantially harnessed by constructing Machkund, Balimela, upper Sileru, Donkarayi and lower Sileru hydro power projects.

References

References

1. ""Godavari river basin map"".
2. (1 July 2007). "Sabari in spate". The Hindu.
3. "Middle Kolab project, Odisha state".
4. "PFR studies of Lower Kolab HE project".
5. "CDM application for 25 mw Middle and 12 mw Lower Kolab Hydroelectric Projects".

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