River
Narmada
1,315 km from source to mouth · India.
IndiaFlows into Arabian Sea6th longest in India
In numbers
Length
1,315km
Average flow
1,200m³/s
Basin
100,000km²
Drop
767m
from 767 m to 0 m
Country
1
The journey
From source to mouth
1,315 km of river and 29 stops on the way: 19 towns and cities on its banks, dams, bridges and the tributaries that feed it.
- 0 kmAmarkantakat 767 m
- 70 kmDindori21,323 people
- 247 kmMandlā55,133 people
- 249 kmDeodora10,008 people
- 324 kmBargi Dam
- 324 kmBargi Dam Reservoir153 km²
- 330 kmBargi17,588 people
- 360 kmDhuandhar Falls
- 360 kmDhuāndhār Falls
- 362 kmMarble Rocks
- 379 kmShāhpura13,601 people
- 454 kmBarmhān Kalān8,143 people
- 620 kmTawa Rivertributary
- 627 kmNarmadapuram117,988 people
- 630 kmBudhni16,808 people
- 760 kmMandhār Falls
- 837 kmOmkareshwar10,063 people
- 849 kmBarwāh26,459 people
- 891 kmMāndleshwar12,343 people
- 898 kmMaheshwar24,411 people
- 923 kmDharampuri16,363 people
- 1,158 kmSinor11,267 people
- 1,220 km3rd Narmada Bridge
- 1,221 kmJhadeshwar28,148 people
- 1,223 kmBholav24,605 people
- 1,224 kmMaktampur10,704 people
- 1,224 kmNandelav13,583 people
- 1,225 kmGolden Bridge
- 1,227 kmBharūch169,007 people
- 1,241 kmBhadbhut barrage
- 1,315 kmArabian Seaat 0 m
Water level along the river (RiverATLAS; the height is exaggerated). Towns: GeoNames and Wikidata; bridges, dams and tributaries: Wikidata.
5th longest river of India
At the mouth it carries 1,218 m³/s on average: an Olympic pool every 2.1 seconds. It drops from 767 m to 0 m, 0.6 m per kilometre on average. Its basin covers 100,000 km², about the size of KR. 20.8 million people live in it. Highest water: from August to September; lowest: from January to February and from April to May. Dams and reservoirs hold back a large share of its water (36% of a year's flow).
Where to start
- BharūchLargest city on its banks · 169,007 people
- Surat International Airport (STV)Nearest airport with scheduled flights, 69 km from the cityCar hire at AMD airport (Ahmedabad)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- On the water14 ferry piers, marinas, boat rentals and boat ramps along the river (OpenStreetMap)
- From October to FebruaryThe best months to visit
Narmada, month by month
Highest water: from August to September
Lowest water: from January to February and from April to May. Best months to visit: from October to February.
From about 48 m³/s in the lowest month to 7,100 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
Narmada: the basin in numbers
96,002 km² of land send their water to this river. This is what lives on it.
- 20.8millionpeople live in the basin
- 218/km²people per km²
- 414maverage altitude of the basin
- 1,107mmof rain a year (basin average)
- 25.5°Caverage air temperature
- 4%protected areas
- 0.6%covered by lakes
- 17km³held in reservoirs
What covers the basin
- 34% Forest
- 51% Cropland
- 5% Pasture
- 5% 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
Narmada: what you find on the way
- 13Weirs
- 5WaterfallsLakshman Mandap, Sahastradhara, Ghughra Falls and 2 more
- 14Ferry piersKabirvad Boat Point and 13 more
From OpenStreetMap, within 2.4 km of the river. Not mapped is not the same as not there.
Cross-checked with our atlases
Narmada 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.
4waterfalls on the riverCascadyas
1lake on its wayLakeyas
1mountain at the sourcePeakyas
Waterfalls (4)
On the river, by Cascadyas
- Dhuandhar Fallskm 365
- Dhuāndhār Fallskm 365
- Marble Rockskm 367
- Mandhār Fallskm 772
Cascadyas is coming soonOpen Cascadyas ↗
Lakes and reservoirs (1)
Lakes it flows through, by Lakeyas
- Bargi Dam Reservoirkm 329153km²
Lakeyas is coming soonOpen Lakeyas ↗
Mountains at the source (1)
Within 15 km of the source, by Peakyas
- Rajmergarh5.8 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
Narmada in pictures
Tributaries
Where it flows, and what flows into it
Tributaries (3)
Also: Tawa River, Kolar River, Hiran River (Madhya Pradesh)
Where these numbers come from
| Name, length, places | Wikidata (Q234004) · 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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