Betwa River
| Betwa River Vetravatī | |
|---|---|
Betwa River near Orchha | |
| Location | |
| Country | India |
| State | Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh |
| Cities | Vidisha, Sanchi, Ganj Basoda, Kurwai, Orchha, Hamirpur |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Vindhya Range |
| • location | Near Obedullaganj, Vindhya Range north of Hoshangabad |
| Mouth | Yamuna |
• location | Hamirpur, Uttar Pradesh, India |
• coordinates | 25°55′03″N 80°12′45″E / 25.91750°N 80.21250°E |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Rajghat Dam{{https://iwai.nic.in/sites/default/files/NW-19%20Final%20FR%20BETWA.pdf}}|date=November 2019}} |
| • average | 658 m3/s (23,200 cu ft/s){{https://iwai.nic.in/sites/default/files/NW-19%20Final%20FR%20BETWA.pdf}}|date=November 2019}} |
| • maximum | 3,178 m3/s (112,200 cu ft/s) |
| Basin features | |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Halali, Kaliyasoth, Urwashi |
| • right | Bina, Dhasaan, Jamni |
The Betwa (Sanskrit: वेत्रावती) is a river in central and northern India, and a tributary of the Yamuna. It rises in the Vindhya Range (Raisen) just north of Hoshangabad (Narmadapuram) in Madhya Pradesh and flows northeast through Madhya Pradesh before entering Uttar Pradesh after flowing through Orchha. Nearly half of its course, which is not navigable, runs over the Malwa Plateau. The confluence of the Yamuna and the Betwa rivers is in Hamirpur district in Uttar Pradesh, where Yamuna flows northward and Betwa approaches from south of Hamirpur.
The Indian Navy named one of its frigates INS Betwa in honour of the river.