Daman Ganga River

Daman Ganga
River
Damanganga river in Silvassa, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, India
Country	India
States	Maharashtra, Gujarat
Source	Ambegaon in Dindori taluka of Nasik district
- location	Maharashtra, India
- elevation	950 m (3,117 ft)
- coordinates	20°19′N 72°50′E / 20.317°N 72.833°E / 20.317; 72.833
Mouth	Daman Estuary
- location	Arabian Sea, India & India
- elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Length	131.30 km (82 mi)

The Daman Ganga also called Dawan River is a river in western India. The river's headwaters are on the western slope of the Western Ghats range, and it flows west into the Arabian Sea. The river flows through Maharashtra and Gujarat states, as well as the Union territories of Daman and Diu and Dadra and Nagar Haveli. The industrial towns of Vapi, Dadra and Silvassa lie on the north bank of the river, and the town of Daman occupies both banks of the river's estuary.

The major development project on the river is the Daman Ganga Multipurpose project completed which benefits the state of Gujarat and the Union Territories of Dadra Nagar Haveli and Daman. In 2015, a major river interlinking project involving inter-basin transfer of surplus water from the Daman Ganga called the "Daman Ganga-Pinjal River Linking Project" has been approved for implementation.

The two historical forts on either side of the river at Daman, are the Moti Daman ('Moti' means "big") on the southern bank and the Nani Daman ('Nani' means "small"), on the northern bank.

The Daman Ganga, also known as Dawan River, rises in the Sahyadri hills close to Ambegaon village in Dindori taluka of Nasik district of Maharashtra State. It raise at an elevation of 950m. It raise at an elevation of 980.5 metres (3,217 ft). The major tributaries of Daman and Vag run a course of 79 kilometres (49 mi) and 61 kilometres (38 mi) respectively before joining at Matunji to become the Daman Ganga River. Major part of the river lies in Maharashtra. Its total length from source to the Arabian Sea is 131.30 kilometres (81.59 mi). Some of major tributaries which originate and flow through the mountainous region of the states of Maharashtra, Gujarat and the Union Territories of Dadara and Nagar Haweli and Daman are Dawan, Shrimant, Val, Rayate, Lendi, Wagh, Sakartond, Roshni, Dudhni, and Piperiya. As the river joins the sea at Daman, it is named Daman Ganga. At the estuary there is heavy sedimentation and hence the depth of water is shallow. Daman is located on both banks of the river (Portuguese name: Rio Sandalcalo). At the mouth of the river the bar is level bed made of hard sand, except for the North of the North point where the river enters the sea.