Nira River

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Nira River
नीरा नदी
Nira river flowing near sangvi,phaltan.jpg
neera river near phaltan
Nira River
Location
Country India
State Maharashtra
District Pune
Physical characteristics
Source 
  locationShirgaon ,bhor
  elevation750m
Mouth Bhima river
  location
Nira narsingpur India
Discharge 
  location mouth
Basin features
Tributaries 
  leftKarha Purnaganga Velvandi Gunjavani
  rightBanganga khemwati

Nira is a river flowing through the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is a tributary of the Bhima river and flows through Pune and Solapur districts of Maharashtra. Karha is a tributary of Nira.

This river originates in western ghats in pune district and flows from Bhor taluka, Shirwal Taluka Satara District, Solapur District and then meets Bhima Basin at Nira Narsingpur near Akluj. It then flows with the Bhima water to Solapur District. The Nira river meets the Bhima between Nira Narsingpur in Pune District and Malshiras Taluka in Solapur district. The dams built on the Nira river are Devdhar dam and Veer dam in Satara and Pune District.

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