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Belan River

The 883rd longest river in the world

km

Belan river is a river in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It originates from Western part of Sonbhadra district, Uttar Pradesh. Later merges with Tons river. Is famous for prehistoric sites and existence since Paleolithic and Neolithic past periods of history. The valley in which this flows is named as Belan Valley. It is also famous for domesticated rice. The rives flow from major cities such as Sonbhadra dist- Mirzapur and Prayagraj. It is also known and famous for panchmukhi cave paintings in Subhadra.

Flows through: India.

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

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