Bhima
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Overview
The Bhima rises at Bhimashankar in Maharashtra and flows into Karnataka to join the Krishna. The pilgrim town of Pandharpur stands on its banks.
It rises at Bhimashankar in the Sahyadri hills of Pune district and joins the Krishna near Raichur.
Pandharpur, the Vitthal pilgrimage town of the Warkari tradition, stands on its banks, where it is called the Chandrabhaga.
The Ujani dam on the Bhima is the largest reservoir in its basin and supplies Solapur district.
The river flows through drought-prone areas.
It is part of the Krishna basin.
Sugarcane is widely grown in its basin.
The river can flood in heavy rain.
Geography and key facts
- Rises at Bhimashankar
- Krishna tributary
- Pandharpur on its banks
- Ujani dam
Why it matters for UPSC
Krishna tributaries are a staple map question.
Note for UPSC
Rises at Bhimashankar; Pandharpur stands on it.
Prelims asks about tributaries, the states a river flows through, its basin and the projects on it, so trace the course on the map.
Asked in PYQs
- UPSC Prelims 2008 · Q128With which one of the following rivers is the Omkareshwar Project associated?…
Questions from our Prelims bank whose text names Bhima.
Key facts
- Type
- River
- States / UTs on its course
- Maharashtra, Karnataka
- River system
- Peninsular
- Basin
- Krishna
- Extent on map
- 16.4°–19.0°N, 73.6°–77.3°E
- Asked in Prelims
- 1 question · 2008
From the Map Explorer data; positions are for orientation.