A report on Narmada River and Nimar

The River Narmada flows through a gorge of Marble rocks in Bhedaghat

Side view of the Dhuandhar Falls seen during the monsoon season.

Narmada River at full flow during monsoon in Bhedaghat.

Railway Bridge on river Narmada at Bharuch, Gujarat

A scenic view of Maheshwar on the banks of Narmada

Omkareshwar temple on the banks of Narmada river

Tigress with her two cubs in Kanha National Park

Layout of Water Resources Development Projects in the Narmada Basin in Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh

Indirasagar Dam partially completed in 2008

The region lies south of the Vindhya Range, and consists of two portions of the Narmada and Tapti river valleys, separated by a section of the Satpura Range, about 15 miles (24 km) in breadth.

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They are:(1) The upper hilly areas covering the districts of Shahdol, Mandla, Durg, Balaghat and Seoni, (2) The upper plains covering the districts of Jabalpur, Narsinghpur, Sagar, Damoh, Chhindwara, Hosangabad, Betul, Raisen and Sehore, (3) The middle plains covering the districts of Khandwa, part of Khargone, Dewas, Indore and Dhar, (4) The lower hilly areas covering part of the west Nimar, Jhabua, Narmada and parts of Vadodara, and (5) the lower plains covering mainly the districts of Narmada, Bharuch, and parts of Vadodara district. The hill regions are well forested. The upper, middle and lower plains are broad and fertile areas, well suited for cultivation. The Narmada basin mainly consists of black soils. The coastal plains in Gujarat are composed of alluvial clays with a layer of black soils on the surface.

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Khandwa district

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District of the Madhya Pradesh state in central India.

Khandwa District lies in the Nimar region, which includes the lower valley of the Narmada River, Kherkhali River, Choti Tawa River, Shiva River.

Madhya Pradesh

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State in central India.

Physical map of Madhya Pradesh village Tumen Ashoknagar

Matang was completely developed and manufactured by Vehicle Factory Jabalpur

Mesolithic rock painting, Bhimbetka rock shelters, a UNESCO World Heritage Site

Bateshwar temple complex, Padavli, Morena

Brahma statue with various deities at Amarkantak.

Langur monkey (Semnopithecus dussumieri), Orchha

Tigress with cubs in Kanha Tiger Reserve

Tickell's blue flycatcher, Bandhavgarh National Park

Male nilgais fighting, Lakeshwari, Gwalior district

The River Narmada flows through a gorge of marble rocks in Bhedaghat, Jabalpur

The Shri Ram Ghat on the Shipra River in Ujjain

Betwa in the Ashoknagar District of Madhya Pradesh

Bagh Print Traditional hand block print craft in Bagh.

A man playing flute in Orchha, with a white tilak on his forehead, and holy saffron-coloured clothes.

Sand sculpture by Sudarshan Pattnaik at Bandrabhan near Hoshangabad

Rajiv Gandhi Technical University's main gate

St. Aloysius Senior Secondary School, Jabalpur, established in the year 1868 is among the oldest schools in India

Isolated remains of Homo erectus found in Hathnora in the Narmada Valley indicates that Madhya Pradesh might have been inhabited in the Middle Pleistocene era.

Nimar Plateau

Khandwa

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Ganguli House (Gauri Kunj), Kishoreda's ancestral home

Khandwa is a city and a nagar nigam in the Nimar region of Madhya Pradesh, India.

Recent explorations in the beds/tributaries of Narmada have revealed traces of the Paleolithic men in East Nimar district.

Barwani

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Narmada River View with Satpura Mountain Ranges in the backdrop

Vaishno Devi Mandir during festival, Barwani

84 feet tall, huge statue of Bhagwan Rishabhadeva at Bawangaja

Barwani or Badwani (Baḍwāni) is a municipal town in Barwani district of Madhya Pradesh, India, that is situated near the left bank of the Narmada River.

The city is also called the "Paris of Nimar" ("area beyond Neem trees").