Gwalior National Chambal Sanctuary (Morena) Gwalior TOUR PACKAGE 1 DAY

National Chambal Sanctuary (Morena)

Chambal is one of the few Indian rivers, which flows from south to north. Chambal River is perennial with its origin in Vindhyan Range near Mhow (Indore Districs) of Madhya Pradesh. It flows in northeastern direction passing through Rajasthan up to the point where it meets its major tributary Parbathi near pall in sheopur/Sawai Madhopur district of Rajasthan. From this point onwards it forms interstate boundary between Rajsthan and Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh and later on joins river Yamuna near Barhe (district Itawa) in U.P. Kallsindh, Mej, Banas, Kuno and Parbathi are its main tributarles. A series of multi-purpose dams at Gandhisagar M.P. (a declared protected area), Ranapratapsagar, Jawaharsagar and kota Barrage all in the state of Rajasthan have been erected in the upper reaches of Chambai River And Chambai riveris the lifeline of the region and it is also named after the river .

The deep and fast flowing chambal River varies considrably. At places the river is shallow and fast and there are many shallow riffle areas. The substrate ranges from mud and silt to sand and rock. During the summers (April to June) the river is 150-250 meters vide and has maximum depth of 20 meters, during wet season (July to September) the river floods naturally and severe erosion of the alluvial banks results in high loads of silt and sand deposition in the river. This particular erosion of alluvial banks resulted in special topographical/geological features known 'ravines on both sides of chambal, which is a specific feature Chambal .During wet season the river flows up to the brim and maximum depth of water around 50 meters. The water temperture of the river ranges from 150 C. to 340 C. during the summer. The National Chambal Sanctuary was set up in 1979 as a riverine sanctuary along an approximately 425 km length of the Chambal River and its ravines stretching over 2-6 km wide along the river.