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[[File:Krishna River.jpg|thumb|Krishna river near [[Vijayawada]]]]

The '''Krishna River''' (krɪʃnə) named after Hindu god [[Krishna]], is a river in the Deccan plateau and is the third-longest river in India, after the [[Ganges]] and [[Godavari]]. It is also the fourth-largest in terms of water inflows and river basin area in India, after the Ganges, [[Indus]] and Godavari.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://indiawris.gov.in/wiki/doku.php?id=river_basins |title=River Basins of India |access-date=7 May 2022 |archive-date=27 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220627204314/https://indiawris.gov.in/wiki/doku.php?id=river_basins |url-status=live }}</ref> The river, also called Krishnaveni, is {{convert|1400|km}} long and its length in Maharashtra is 282 kilometres.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Havale |first=Professor Baliram |title=Lakshyawedha Samany dnyan/ G.K part – 1 |publisher=Sahyadri Publication |location=[[Aurangabad]], India |pages=72 |language=mr}}</ref> It is a major source of irrigation in the Indian states of [[Maharashtra]], [[Karnataka]], [[Telangana]] and [[Andhra Pradesh]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Map of Krishna River basin |url=http://www.kgbo-cwc.ap.nic.in/About%20Basins/Krishna.pdf |access-date=27 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170806181213/http://www.kgbo-cwc.ap.nic.in/About%20Basins/Krishna.pdf |archive-date=6 August 2017 |url-status=live}}The Krishna is the second largest east flowing peninsular river. It originates near Mahabaleshwar, Jor village (Sahayadri), Maharastra. It flows through Karnataka before entering Telangana.</ref>

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