Pennar River
• The Pennar (also known as Uttara Pinakini) is one of the major rivers of the peninsula.
• Pennar rises in the Chenna Kasava hill of the Nandidurg range, in Chikkaballapura district of Karnataka and flows towards east eventually draining into the Bay of Bengal.
• The total length of the river from origin to its outfall in the Bay of Bengal is 597 km.
• Located in peninsular India, the Pennar basin extends over states of Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka having an area of ~55 thousand Sq.km
The fan shaped basin is bounded by the Erramala range on the north, by the Nallamala and Velikondaranges of the Eastern Ghats on the east, by the Nandidurg hills on the south and by the narrow ridge separating it from the Vedavati valley of the Krishna Basin on the west.
• The other hill ranges in the basin to the south of the river are the Seshachalam [famous for Red Sanders] and Paliconda ranges.
• The major part of basin is covered with agriculture accounting to 58.64% of the total area.
Left Bank: the Jayamangali, the Kunderu and the • Right bank: the Chiravati, the Papagni etc.
Tributaries of Pennar River
Projects on Pennar River
• Tungabhadra high level canal in Krishna basin irrigated areas in Pennar basin also.
• The only major project in the basin is the Somasila Project.
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