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Bavali River

The 883rd longest river in the world

km

The Bavali River is an 84 km long river that flows from the Chekuthan thodu, in Wayanad in the South Indian state of Kerala which goes to Valapattanam River at Munambu Kadavu, Kannur. The famous Shiva temple Kottiyoor Temple is located in the middle of a small river known as Thiruvanchira on the north bank of the Bavali River. Kottiyoor Vaisakha Festival is held on the banks of Bavalipuzha. It is also known as Vavu Balippuzha (Vavali river).

Flows through: India.

River data from Wikidata (CC0); lengths normalised to a common unit.

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