Pindar River

Pindari river from Dwali

Pinder River (far right) in the map showing The Himalayan headwaters of the Ganges river in Uttarakhand, India.

The Pindar River is a river in Uttarakhand, India.

Pindar or Pindari River originates from Pindari Glacier in Bageshwar. It passes small towns and villages like Devaal, Tharali, Kulsari, Harmani, Meeng, Narain Bagar, Nalgaon, Simli inhabited in Pindar Valley and finally merges with Alaknanda River at Karanprayag and thereafter flows as Alaknanda.

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Bridge on the Pindari river near Dwali
Another bridge on the Pindari river

Meaning of River Ganga which is now consider National River Ganga as declared by Government of India(citation needed)

Uttarakhand is the motherland of National River Ganga. In Uttarakhand, the Ganga gets its name at Devprayag where ‘Bhagirathi Ganga’ and ‘Vishnupadi Alaknanda Ganga’ meet with all their tributaries. Viashnupadi Alaknandaganga has 5 PRAYAGs/ confluences named- Vishanuprayag (Dhouli-Alaknanda); Nandaprayag (Nandakini-Alaknanda);Karnaprayag (Pinder-Alaknanda); Rudraprayag (Mandakini-Alaknanda) and Devprayag (Alaknanda-Bhagirathi)

River Pinder is the only free flow tributary of National River Ganga.

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Hydrography of Uttarakhand

Rivers	Alaknanda Bhagirathi Bhilangna Darma Dhauliganga Ganges Gaula Gori Ganga Gori Gorigar Kali Lakshman Ganga Mandakini Pindar Pushpawati Ramganga Sarju Sarda Tons Yamuna

Lakes	Bhimtal Deoria Tal Dodital Kedartal Lakes of Kumaon hills Nainital Naukuchiatal Pannatal or Garudatal Roopkund Satopanth Tal Sattal Sri Hemkunt Sahib

Dams/ Barrages	Asan Barrage Bhali Dam Bhimgoda Barrage Dakpathar Barrage Ichari Dam Koteshwar Dam Lakhwar Dam Maneri Dam Pashulok Barrage Ramganga Dam Tehri Dam

Glaciers	Gangotri Kafni Kalabaland Meola Milam Namik Panchchuli Pindari Ralam Satopanth Sona

Related topics	Gomukh

Hydrography of surrounding areas	Himachal Pradesh Uttar Pradesh Nepal

Coordinates: 30°16′N 79°13′E / 30.267°N 79.217°E / 30.267; 79.217

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