Ahamadnagar

Ahamadnagar

Rainfall:
The average annual rainfall in the district is 501.8 mm. (19.76"). Though heavy near the Sahyadris in Akola & plentiful in the hilly parts of Sangamner, Rahuri, Shevgaon & Jamkhed , the rainfall is uncertain. In the plains the early rains are often scanty and the late rains capricious , so that droughts, especially in the Bhima basin, appear to form the rule and good year the exception.

Dams
Adhala Dam Dhoki Dam Ghatghar Dam Ghod Dam Hanga Dam Khairi Dam Lonimavla Dam Mandohol Dam Mula Dam Nilwande Dam Palashi Dam Rui Chatrapati Dam Sina Dam Tikhol Dam Visapur Dam

Rivers

The district is drained by two chief rivers ,the Godavari and the Bhima a tributary of the Krishna. The Water-shed line is the great spur of the Sahyadris which branches off at Harichandragad and stretches completely across the district from west to east. The important rivers flowing through the district are Paravara,Mula,Sina and Dhora. Pravara is tributary of the river Godavari. Waters of the river Pravara fall from a great height, creating the Randha Falls.

The Godavari, which drains by far the larger part of the district, including the tahsils of Kopargaon,Sangamner,Akole,Rahuri, Newasa,Shevgaon the northern half of  Parner and parts of Nagar and Jamkhed ,rises near Trimbak in Nashik on the eastern slope of the Sahyadris. After  passing the town of Nashik it receives the Banganga and the Kadva from the north and Darna from the south and is already a considerable stream,when ,after course of about sixty miles ,it enters north-west corner of the Kopargaon tahsil. It then flows south-east through rich alluvial plain past  Kopargaon to the town  of  Puntamba,which is situated on the Nizam’s frontier ,where it receives from the south  the combined water of Kat and Khara rivers.From Puntamba to a point beyond Paithan,a distance of sixty miles ,the godavari forms almost continuously the boundary between Ahmednagar and the Nizam’s dominions. At the village to Toka it receives on its right bank the combined waters of  the Pravara and the Mula.A few miles below ,the Shiva and Ganda join it from the left and the Dhora from the right. Two miles east of Mungi the river enters the Nizam’s dominions, and hence, flowing across the peninsula ,it empties itself  into the bay of Bangal after the total course of 900 miles.

          The Pravara rises on the eastern slopes of the Sahayadris between Kulang and Ratangad. After the sinuous course of twelve miles in an easterly direction, near the village Ranad, it falls into rocky chasm 200 feet deep,and then winds for eight miles through a deep narrow glen which opens wider valley east  of and below  the central plateau on which the town of Rajur stands.  Total Length of Pravara is 120 miles. The Dam Bhandardara is constructed across the river at Bhandardara, near by are the Randha falls.  

The Adhula rises in north of Akole on the Slopes of Patta and Mahakali.It flows for fifteen miles in an easterly direction between two ranges of hills which encloses the Samsherpur valley ;then falling into the rocky chasm some 150 feet deep it winds between rugged and precipitous hill-sides for couple of miles,when ,debounching  in to the plain of Sangamner,it turns south and falls into the Pravara three miles west of the town of Sangamner.

The Mahalungi rises on the southern and eastern slopes of Patta and Aundha.After the course of three miles it passes east into the Sinnar subdivision of Nashik.It reenters Ahmendagar after taking bend to south.

The Mula rises on the eastern slopes of the Sahaydris between Ratangad and Harichandragad.for first twenty miles it flows parallel to Pravara draining the southernmost or Kotul valley of Akole subdivision.Passing the town of Kotul it takes a bend to Baleshvar.It then crosses through Sangamner ,Parner . The Dam Mula is constructed across the river at Baragaon Nandur.

The Dhora rises on the slopes of the hills east of the town of  Ahmendagar.It flows north-easterly ,draining Shevgaon and part of Newasa.

The Bhima river drains the whole of the southern portion of the district ,comprising the greater part of the Parner and Nagar subdivisions,the whole Shrigonda and Karjat ,and nearly the whole of Jamkhed.

The Sina has two chief sources ,one near Jamgaon fourteen miles west of the town of Ahmendagar, near, Jeur ten miles to the north-east. The town of Ahmednagar is built on left bank of the river ,which there takes south-easterly course .Leaving the district boundary it enters Solapur and ultimately falls into the Bhima .  

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