Amba River (India)

Amba River
Amba River in Ratnagiri district
Location
Country	India
State	Maharashtra, India
Physical characteristics
Mouth
• coordinates	18°38′43.13″N73°3′37.09″E / 18.6453139°N 73.0603028°E / 18.6453139; 73.0603028

Amba River is a river in Ratnagiri district, Maharashtra. ^[1] The River comes from the Borghat mountain range in the Sahyadris at around 554 meters above sea level on the Khopoli-Khandala road. ^[2] The river initially flows southward and then northwestward until it joins the Arabian Sea at Dharamtar Bay near the village of Rewas. ^[3] The total length of the river before it joins the sea is about 76 kilometers. ^[4]

References

1. Smith, George (1882). The Geography of British India, Political & Physical. J. Murray.
2. "Two days later, dolphin gets stranded once again in Amba river near Alibaug". The Indian Express. 2015-07-03. Retrieved 2025-04-12.
3. Hunter, William Wilson (1886). The Imperial Gazetteer of India. Trübner & Company.
4. Karthik, R.; Robin, R. S.; Anandavelu, I.; Purvaja, R.; Singh, Gurmeet; Mugilarasan, M.; Jayalakshmi, T.; Deepak Samuel, V.; Ramesh, R. (2020-03-01). "Diatom bloom in the Amba River, west coast of India: A nutrient-enriched tropical river-fed estuary" . Regional Studies in Marine Science. 35: 101244. Bibcode:2020RSMS...3501244K. doi:10.1016/j.rsma.2020.101244. ISSN   2352-4855.