Sahibi River
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| Native name | साहिबी नदी |
| Country | India |
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| Main source | Aravalli Range, From Jitgarh, Manoharpur, and the district of Jaipur in Rajasthan |
| River mouth | Delhi |
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The Sahibi river (Hindi: साहिबी नदी), also called the Sabi River (Hindi: सीबी नदी), is an ephemeral, rain-fed river flowing through Rajasthan, Haryana and Delhi states in India. In Delhi, it is called the Najafgarh drain or Najafgarh Nallah.
The Sahibi River originates from the eastern slopes of the Saiwar Protected Forest hills in Aravalli Range near Jitgarh and Manoharpur in Sikar district of Rajasthan state. After covering about 157 km distance in the Rajasthan state. After gathering volume from a hundred tributaries, the Sahibi River forms a broad stream around Alwar and Kotputli. The main tributaries of Sahibi are Sota river, Kotkasim drain and Indori river (Indori Nallah). In some of its reaches, from Mandawar and Kotkasim to Haryana border, meandering of the river causes bank erosion.
It leaves Rajasthan state beyond Kotkasim in Alwar district near village Ujauli and covers a total distance of about 222 km up to Dhasa Bund.
It enters Haryana state at Jhabua, near the city of Rewari in Rewari district, after which it re-enters first Rajasthan state near Kotkasim, and then Haryana again near the village of Jarthal. The dry riverbed near Jarthal is 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) wide. During light monsoon rainfall, the river's flat and sandy bottom absorbs all rainwater. During heavy rains, the river has defined course up to Pataudi railway station and branches off into two smaller streams to Jhajjar, finally reaching the outskirts of Delhi through Najafgarh drain and ending at the Yamuna River.
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