Where do Meenachal River finally meets?
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The Meenachil River (Malayalam: മീനച്ചിലാർ) flows through the heart of Kottayam district, Kerala state in southern India. 78km long, the river originates in the Western Ghats near Poonjar, flowing westward through the city of Kottayam and other towns like Poonjar, Teekoy, Erattupetta, Bharananganam, Pala, Mutholy, Cherpunkal, Punnathura and Kumarakom before emptying into the Vembanad Lake on the shore of the Indian Ocean.[1][2]
Meenachil River
Meenachil River, view from Erattupetta
LocationCountryIndiaPhysical characteristicsSource • locationWestern Ghats • elevation1,156 m (3,793 ft)Mouth
• location
Vembanad LakeLength78 km (48 mi)
General elevation ranges from 77 m to 1156 m in the highlands and less than 2 m in the lowlands and 8 to 68 m in the midlands. The Meenachil has a watershed area of 1208.11 km². The river has a total annual yield of 2,349 million cubic metre and an annual utilizable yield of 1110 million cubic metre. The river has 38 tributaries including major and minor ones.
The river finds mention in Arundhati Roy's Booker Prize-winning novel, The God of Small Things.[3]