Mogral River
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The Mogral River is a west-flowing river in the Kasaragod district
in the Indian state of Kerala
. It gets its name from Mogral
, a coastal village on its northern banks. The river empties into the Arabian Sea
in Mogral Puthur
. It has a length of 34 kilometers and a drainage area of 132 square kilometers.
The river originates in Kanathur in the Karadka Reserve Forest, in Kasargod. After flowing in a north-westerly direction through Bettipadi and Muliyar, it is joined by another stream rising from the northern part of Karadka Reserve Forest. From Yedhir, the river takes a meandering course and flows through the fairly flat regions of Madhur and Patla. Toward the end of its course, it forms a long stretch of backwaters several kilometers long.
Kasaragod district
Kasaragod District is one of the districts of the Indian state of Kerala. Kasaragod District was organised as a separate district on 24 May 1984...
in the Indian state of Kerala
Kerala
or Keralam is an Indian state located on the Malabar coast of south-west India. It was created on 1 November 1956 by the States Reorganisation Act by combining various Malayalam speaking regions....
. It gets its name from Mogral
Mogral
-Demographics: India census, Mogral had a population of 7449 with 3647 males and 3802 females.website= www.mogralonline.com...
, a coastal village on its northern banks. The river empties into the Arabian Sea
Arabian Sea
The Arabian Sea is a region of the Indian Ocean bounded on the east by India, on the north by Pakistan and Iran, on the west by the Arabian Peninsula, on the south, approximately, by a line between Cape Guardafui in northeastern Somalia and Kanyakumari in India...
in Mogral Puthur
Mogral Puthur
Mogral Puthur is a gram panchayat in Kasaragod District in the southern Indian state of Kerala. Located to the north of the town of Kasaragod, it consists of two villages, Puthur and Kudlu. The village of Puthur encompasses the northern half of the roughly circular panchayat, and Kudlu the lower...
. It has a length of 34 kilometers and a drainage area of 132 square kilometers.
The river originates in Kanathur in the Karadka Reserve Forest, in Kasargod. After flowing in a north-westerly direction through Bettipadi and Muliyar, it is joined by another stream rising from the northern part of Karadka Reserve Forest. From Yedhir, the river takes a meandering course and flows through the fairly flat regions of Madhur and Patla. Toward the end of its course, it forms a long stretch of backwaters several kilometers long.