Bhadra River:
Two youths from Rajasthan drowned in the Bhadra River recently.
- Bhadra River is the east-flowing river in Karnataka.
- It begins at the Western Ghats range and flows across the Deccan Plateau.
- The tributaries Somavahini, Thadabehalla, and Odirayanahalla join it.
- The river flows across the Bhadra Wildlife Sanctuary.
- The Bhadra meets the Tunga River at Koodli, a small town near Shivamogga.
- The combined river continues east as the Tungabhadra, a major tributary of the Krishna River.
- Tungabhadra joins Krishna at Sangamaleshwaram in Andhra Pradesh.
- The Krishna River finally ends in the Bay of Bengal.
- The total length of Bhadra is 178 km, and it is sub-montane in character.
- Bhadra Dam is a dam built across the Bhadra River near Lakkavalli village.
