Mahi River, Major river in Western India.
Mahi River is a watercourse in Western India that starts in the Vindhya hills of Madhya Pradesh and then flows through Rajasthan and Gujarat before reaching the Arabian Sea at the Gulf of Khambhat. The river runs over plateaus, through narrow gorges, and then into wide agricultural valleys that use its water for irrigation.
Greek travelers in antiquity knew the river by the name Mais when they described the region. British administrators later named an administrative territory Mahi Kantha after the river name, marking the area.
Villages along the banks keep fishing methods that generations have known, and pilgrims arrive on certain days to visit shrines. Women wash clothes on the stones while fishermen cast their nets in the early morning.
The river can be seen from roads at many points, and bridges connect the towns on either side. During the monsoon season between June and September, the water level rises sharply and the flow becomes much stronger.
This watercourse crosses the Tropic of Cancer twice on its way to the sea, something rare among Indian rivers. The second crossing lies in the plains of Gujarat before the water reaches the gulf.
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