Editing Godavari River (section)

==Tributaries==
The major left bank [[Tributary|tributaries]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cwc.nic.in/main/webpages/hba.pdf |last=Central Water Commission |title=Integrated Hydrological Data Book (Non-classified river basins) |year=2012 |access-date=15 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304192920/http://www.cwc.nic.in/main/webpages/hba.pdf |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> include the [[Purna River (tributary of Godavari)|Purna]], [[Pranhita]], [[Indravati]], and [[Sabari River]], covering nearly 59.7% of the total catchment area of the basin. The right bank tributaries [[Pravara River|Pravara]], [[Manjira River|Manjira]], and [[Manair River|Manair]] contribute 16.1% of the basin.

The Pranhita River is the largest tributary of the Godavari River, covering about 34% of its drainage basin.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Jain |first1=S. K. |title=Hydrology and water resources of India |last2=Agarwal |first2=Pushpendra K |last3=Singh |first3=V. P. |publisher=Springer |year=2007 |location= |pages=676|bibcode=2007hwri.book.....J }}</ref> Though the river proper flows only for {{convert|113|km|mi|abbr=on}}, by virtue of its extensive tributaries [[Wardha River|Wardha]], [[Wainganga]], [[Painganga River|Penganga]], the sub-basin drains all of [[Vidharba]] region as well as the southern slopes of the [[Satpura Range]]s. Indravati is the 2nd largest tributary, known as the "lifeline" of the [[Kalahandi]], [[Nabarangapur]] of [[Odisha]] and [[Bastar district]] of [[Chhattisgarh]]. Due to their enormous sub-basins both Indravati and Pranhita are considered rivers in their own right. Manjira is the longest tributary and holds the [[Nizam Sagar]] reservoir. Purna is a prime river in the water scarce [[Marathwada]] region of [[Maharashtra]].{{citation needed|date=December 2022}}

{{Pie chart
|thumb = right
|caption = '''Drainage basin of the Godavari'''<ref name="Godavari Basin">{{cite web|title=Hydrology and water resources information for India|url=http://www.nih.ernet.in/rbis/basin%20maps/godavari_about.htm|website=www.nih.ernet.in|publisher=National Institute of Hydrology, India|access-date=19 October 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150421200558/http://nih.ernet.in/rbis/basin%20maps/godavari_about.htm|archive-date=21 April 2015}}</ref>
|label1 = Upper, middle, and lower basins of the Godavari|color1 = #FF6600
|value1 = 24.2
|label2 = [[Pranhita River|Pranhita]]|color2 = #FFFF00
|value2 = 34.87
|label3 = [[Indravati River|Indravati]]|color3 = DodgerBlue
|value3 = 12.98
|label4 = [[Manjira River|Manjira]]|color4 = Green 
|value4 = 9.86
|label5 = [[Sabari River|Sabari]]|color5 = Gold
|value5 = 6.53
|label6 = [[Purna River (tributary of Godavari)|Purna]]|color6 = Pink
|value6 = 4.98
|label7 = [[Maner River|Manair]] |color7 = Black
|value7 = 4.18
|label8 = [[Pravara River|Pravara]]|color8 = Gray
|value8 = 2.08
}}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Major tributaries of the Godavari river
|- 
! Tributary !! Bank !! Confluence location !! Confluence elevation !! Length !! Sub-basin area
|-
| [[Pravara River|Pravara]] || Right || Pravara Sangam, [[Nevasa taluka|Nevasa]], [[Ahmednagar district|Ahmednagar]], [[Maharashtra]] || align="right" |{{convert|463|m|ft|abbr=on|disp=br()}} || align="right"|{{convert|208|km|mi|abbr=on|disp=br()}}  ||  align="right"|{{convert|6,537|km2|sqmi|abbr=on|disp=br()}}
|-
| [[Purna River (tributary of Godavari)|Purna]] || Left || Jambulbet, [[Parbhani district|Parbhani]], [[Marathwada]], [[Maharashtra]] || align="right" |{{convert|358|m|ft|abbr=on|disp=br()}} || align="right"|{{convert|373|km|mi|abbr=on|disp=br()}}  || align="right"|{{convert|15,579|km2|sqmi|abbr=on|disp=br()}}
|-
| [[Manjira River|Manjira]] || Right || Kandakurthi, Renjal, [[Nizamabad, Telangana]] || align="right"|{{convert|332|m|ft|abbr=on|disp=br()}} || align="right"|{{convert|724|km|mi|abbr=on|disp=br()}} || align="right"|{{convert|30,844|km2|sqmi|abbr=on|disp=br()}}
|-
| [[Manair River|Manair]] || Right || Arenda, [[Manthani]], [[Peddapalli district|Peddapalli]], [[Telangana]]|| align="right" |{{convert|115|m|ft|abbr=on|disp=br()}} || align="right"|{{convert|225|km|mi|abbr=on|disp=br()}} || align="right"|{{convert|13,106|km2|sqmi|abbr=on|disp=br()}}
|-
| [[Pranhita]] || Left || Kaleshwaram, [[Mahadevpur]], [[Jayashankar Bhupalpally]], [[Telangana]]|| align="right" |{{convert|99|m|ft|abbr=on|disp=br()}} || align="right"|{{convert|113|km|mi|abbr=on|disp=br()}} || align="right"|{{convert|109,078|km2|sqmi|abbr=on|disp=br()}}
|-
| [[Indravati]]  || Left || Somnoor Sangam, [[Sironcha]], [[Gadchiroli district|Gadchiroli]], [[Maharashtra]] || align="right" |{{convert|82|m|ft|abbr=on|disp=br()}} || align="right"|{{convert|535|km|mi|abbr=on|disp=br()}} || align="right"|{{convert|41,655|km2|sqmi|abbr=on|disp=br()}}
|-
| [[Sabari River|Sabari]] || Left ||Kunawaram, [[Alluri Sitharama Raju district]], [[Andhra Pradesh]] || align="right" |{{convert|25|m|ft|abbr=on|disp=br()}}  || align="right"|{{convert|418|km|mi|abbr=on|disp=br()}} || align="right"|{{convert|20,427|km2|sqmi|abbr=on|disp=br()}}
|}

Other than these seven principal tributaries, it has many smaller but significant ones draining into it. Indravati river floodwaters overflow into the Jouranala which is part of Sabari basin. A barrage at {{Coord|19|7|19|N|82|14|9|E|name=Jouranala barrage}} is constructed across the Indravati river to divert Indravati water in to Sabari river for enhanced hydropower generation.

=== Seven mouths of Godavari ===
Before merging into the Bay of Bengal, the Godavari has seven mouths in total and is considered sacred by local Hindus.<ref name="GodavariReferenceBritish">{{cite web|url= https://archive.org/download/godavaridistrict01frhe/godavaridistrict01frhe.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220707025121/https://archive.org/download/godavaridistrict01frhe/godavaridistrict01frhe.pdf |archive-date=7 July 2022 |url-status=live|title=Godavari District Gazetteer (reprint), Volume 1|publisher=Asian Educational Services|author=William F. R. Hemingway|year=1915|pages=6}}</ref> As per their traditional belief, the holy waters of the Godavari are said to have been brought from the head of [[Shiva]] by the ''Rishi [[Gautama Maharishi|Gautama]]'', and the seven branches by which it is traditionally supposed to have reached the sea are said have been made by seven great rishis known as [[Sapta Rishis]]. Thus, they are named after these seven great rishis<ref name="sevenRishis">{{cite book | author=Baidyanath Saraswati | title=The Spectrum of the Sacred: Essays on the Religious Traditions of India | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HazzvPDMgz8C| date=1984| publisher=Concept Publishing Company | pages=41}}</ref> and are named as '''Tulyabhāga''' (Tulya or [[Kaśyapa]]), '''Ātreya''' ([[Atri]]), '''Gautamī''' ([[Gautama Maharishi|Gautama]]), '''[[Jamadagni]]''' (now replaced by '''Vṛddhagautamī''' i.e. Old Gautami), '''Bhardvāja''' ([[Bharadwaja|Bharadvaja]]), '''Kauśika''' ([[Viswamitra|Visvamitra]]) and '''Vaśișțha''' ([[Vasishtha]]).<ref>{{cite book | author=E. Keys | title=Manual of the Administration of the Madras Presidency, in Illustration of the Records of Government & the Yearly Administration Reports, Volume 2 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hJ8IAAAAQAAJ| date=1885| publisher=Madras (India: Presidency) | pages=79}}</ref> So bathing in these mouths are considered an act of great religious efficacy by native Hindus. These mouths are remembered by a Sanskrit sloka as follow:
{{blockquote|''{{IAST|tulyātreyī bharadvāja gautamī vṛddhagautamī<br />kauśikīca vaśiṣṭhaaca tathā sāgaraṃ gataḥ}}''<br /><br />(Godavari becomes) Tulya, Ātreyi, Bharadvāja, Gautamī, Vṛddhagautamī,<br />Kauśikī and Vaśiṣṭhaa and then passes into sea.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.sakshi.com/news/funday/godavari-pushkaralu-2015-256535|title = సప్త గోదావరీ ప్రస్థానం|language=Telugu|date=12 July 2015|access-date=30 July 2022}}</ref>{{refn|group=note|{{lang|sa|तुल्यात्रेयी भरद्वाज गौतमी वृद्धगौतमी । कौशिकीच वशिष्ठाच तथा सागरं गतः॥}}}}}}
Together they are referred as ''Sapta Godavari'' and the Godavari river before splitting is referred as ''Akhanda Godavari''.<ref name="sevenRishis"/> However, there exists another eight mouth named as '''Vainateyam''', which is not one of these traditional seven mouths and is supposed to have been created by a rishi of that name who stole a part of Vasisththa branch. Godavari was frequently referred as '''Ganga''' or '''Ganges''' by ancient Indian writings.<ref name="GodavariReferenceBritish"/> However, the original branches of ''Kauśika'', ''Bhardwaja'' and ''Jamadagni'' does not exist any longer and the pilgrims bathe in the sea at the spots where they are supposed to have been. The traditional Bharadwāja mouth is in ''Tirthālamondi'' (now bordering Savithri Nagar of [[Yanam]] and before a Hamlet of [[Guttenadeevi|Guttenadivi]]) and the traditional Kauśika mouth is located at Rameswaram, a hamlet of Samathakurru village in Allavaram Mandal of Konaseema district. Traditional mouth of Jamadagni is not known and people instead take bath in the Vriddha Gautami branch at Kundaleswaram village in [[Katrenikona Mandal]] of Konaseema district. There is a local legend saying the ''[[Injaram]]'' and ''Patha (Old) Injaram'' (now on the other bank of Gautami river within Island Polavalam mandal of [[Konaseema district]]) were split by Godavari river. Thus the Godavari passing between these two now referred as Gautami and the old passage being referred as Vriddha Gautami. In early British records, the Injaram ''Paragana'' (district) was counted along with Muramalla village (now located on the other side of Gautami within Island Polavalam mandal) and said to have comprised 22 villages.<ref name="IngeramParagana">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=coIfAAAAYAAJ|title=Madras Presidency|author=Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Select Committee on the East India Company|publisher=J. Higginbotham|year=1966|page=214|via=Google Books}}</ref>