River
Chambal River
960 km from source to mouth · India.
IndiaFlows into Yamuna8th longest in India
In numbers
Length
960km
Average flow
600m³/s
Basin
135,000km²
Drop
434m
from 537 m to 103 m
Country
1
The journey
From source to mouth
960 km of river and 19 stops on the way: 8 towns and cities on its banks, dams, bridges and the tributaries that feed it.
- 0 kmVindhya Rangeat 537 m
- 18 kmDehri8,606 people
- 58 kmGautampura14,584 people
- 117 kmNagda103,501 people
- 148 kmTāl14,913 people
- 193 kmShipra Rivertributary
- 302 kmGāndhi Sāgar524 km²
- 338 kmRāna Pratāp Sāgar171 km²
- 339 kmRāwatbhāta37,699 people
- 340 kmChulia Falls
- 381 kmKota Chambal Bridge
- 386 kmKota1,001,694 people
- 388 kmKishore Sagar Talab0.7 km²
- 403 kmKeshorai Pātan24,627 people
- 474 kmKali Sindh Rivertributary
- 492 kmMej Rivertributary
- 528 kmParbati Rivertributary
- 552 kmBanas Rivertributary
- 716 kmChambal bridge, National Highway 44
- 787 kmPināhat19,511 people
- 960 kmYamunaat 103 m
Water level along the river (RiverATLAS; the height is exaggerated). Towns: GeoNames and Wikidata; bridges, dams and tributaries: Wikidata.
River in India
At the mouth it carries 600 m³/s on average: an Olympic pool every 4.2 seconds. It drops from 537 m to 103 m, 0.5 m per kilometre on average. Its basin covers 135,000 km², about the size of GR. 37.5 million people live in it. Highest water: September; lowest: from February to May. It is heavily dammed: reservoirs can hold 54% of a year's flow.
Where to start
- KotaLargest city on its banks · 1,001,694 people
- Jaipur International Airport (JAI)Nearest airport with scheduled flights, 183 km from the cityCar hire at JAI airport (Jaipur)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- On the water1 ferry piers, marinas, boat rentals and boat ramps along the river (OpenStreetMap)
- From November to MarchThe best months to visit
Chambal River, month by month
Highest water: September
Lowest water: from February to May. Best months to visit: from November to March.
From about 66 m³/s in the lowest month to 3,100 m³/s in the highest. An estimate: the monthly flow is modelled from the lowest and highest months of WaterGAP (RiverATLAS, 1971–2000) and the rain and snow along the river (WorldClim). Dams change the real rhythm. The chip is the average air temperature; below it, the month's rain.
Plan the trip
Plan the trip: boat trips, a bed by the river, a car
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The basin
Chambal River: the basin in numbers
136,196 km² of land send their water to this river. This is what lives on it.
- 37.5millionpeople live in the basin
- 276/km²people per km²
- 403maverage altitude of the basin
- 780mmof rain a year (basin average)
- 25.5°Caverage air temperature
- 3%protected areas
- 0.8%covered by lakes
- 12km³held in reservoirs
What covers the basin
- 13% Forest
- 57% Cropland
- 8% Pasture
- 7% Towns and cities
RiverATLAS (HydroATLAS v1.0, CC BY 4.0): land cover, people, protected areas, glaciers and dams over the whole basin upstream of the mouth.
Along the river
Chambal River: what you find on the way
- 18Weirs
- 1WaterfallsChudiya Falls
- 1Ferry piers
From OpenStreetMap, within 2.5 km of the river. Not mapped is not the same as not there.
Cross-checked with our atlases
Chambal River in our other atlases
What our sister atlases know about the waterfalls on this river, the lakes it flows through, the beaches at its mouth, the mountains where it rises and the islands off its mouth.
1waterfall on the riverCascadyas
3lakes on its wayLakeyas
2mountains at the sourcePeakyas
Waterfalls (1)
On the river, by Cascadyas
- Chulia Fallskm 343
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Lakes and reservoirs (3)
Lakes it flows through, by Lakeyas
- Gāndhi Sāgarkm 304524km²
- Rāna Pratāp Sāgarkm 340171km²
- Kishore Sagar Talabkm 3900.7km²
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Mountains at the source (2)
Within 15 km of the source, by Peakyas
- Ashapuri14 km away
- Lamtiya15 km away
From space
The source and the mouth, seen from orbit
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH (contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016), CC BY 4.0. The glowing line is the river as drawn by RiverATLAS.
Photos
Chambal River in pictures
Tributaries
Where it flows, and what flows into it
It flows into
YamunaIndia1,376 km3,500 m³/sTributaries (6)
Also: Shipra River, Parbati River, Kali Sindh River, Mej River, Gunjali River
In the same basin
India2,525 km12,000 m³/sBrahmaputra RiverIndia2,900 km19,500 m³/sPadma River
Bangladesh120 km32,000 m³/sGandaki RiverIndia630 km1,800 m³/sJamuna RiverBangladesh245 km20,100 m³/sGhaghara RiverIndia1,080 km3,300 m³/sTeesta RiverBangladesh470 km1,300 m³/sGomti RiverIndia900 km230 m³/sKosi RiverIndia729 km2,300 m³/sSon RiverIndia780 km1,200 m³/sNearby
Rivers nearby
India600 km940 m³/s98 km awayBetwa RiverIndia590 km500 m³/s116 km awaySharda RiverIndia350 km2,300 m³/s231 km awayBanas RiverIndia512 km34 m³/s259 km awayGomti RiverIndia900 km230 m³/s373 km awayBhagirathi RiverIndia205 km260 m³/s411 km awayAlaknanda RiverIndia190 km320 m³/s411 km awayWest Rapti RiverIndia600 km580 m³/s441 km awayWhere these numbers come from
| Name, length, places | Wikidata (Q1060631) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Course, profile, basin | RiverATLAS v1.0 (HydroATLAS, Linke et al. 2019) · CC BY 4.0 — followed from the source to the mouth given by Wikidata |
| Flow | WaterGAP (RiverATLAS), 1971–2000 · CC BY 4.0 |
| Climate along the river | WorldClim (RiverATLAS), 1970–2000 · CC BY 4.0 |
| Towns, bridges, dams | Wikidata · CC0; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0 |
| Along the river | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Our other atlases | Cascadyas, Lakeyas, Peakyas — Wikidata · CC0; © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0; HydroLAKES · CC BY 4.0; NOAA OISST |
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