What is Chambal River?
{{Unreferenced|date=May 2020}} The '''Chambal River''' is a tributary of the [[Yamuna River]] in central [[India]]. It forms a significant portion of the Greater Gangetic drainage arrangement.The river passes through the states of [[Madhya Pradesh]], [[Rajasthan]], and [[Uttar Pradesh]]. Major tributaries of the Chambal River include Mej, Banas, Kali Sindh, Parbati, and Shipra. The river flows north-northeast through Madhya Pradesh. It is a perennial river, which originates from a place near Manspura in Janapao Hills in Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India. It is 1,024 [[km]] long, and its [[Drainage basin|basin]] size is 143,219 [[Square kilometre|square km]]. The Gandhi Sagar Dam is the first of the four dams built on the Chambal River, located on the Rajasthan-Madhya Pradesh border. It is a 64 [[metre]] high masonry gravity dam, with a live storage capacity of 6,920 MCM (million cubic metres) and a catchment area of 22,584 square km, of which only 1,537 square km is in Rajasthan. {{Asia-stub}} [[Category:Rivers of India]]