Chalippuzha River
The 883rd longest river in the world
Chaliyar River (Malayalam: [tʃaːlijaːr]) is the fourth longest river in Kerala, India, at 169 km in length. The Chaliyar is also known as Chulika River, Nilambur River or Beypore River as it is near the sea. Its tributaries flow through both the districts of Malappuram and Kozhikode. Its banks in the Nilambur region is also known for its gold fields. Explorations done at the valley of the river Chaliyar in Nilambur have shown reserves of the order of 2.5 million cubic meters of placers with 0.1 gram per cubic meter of gold. It originates at the Ilambaleri hills of Nilgiri Mountains in Nilgiris district (Ooty district), which is also near Wayanad-Malappuram district border. It flows mainly through the erstwhile region of Eranad (present-day Malappuram district), and empties into the Arabian Sea at Beypore port, opposite to Chaliyam harbour.
Flows through: India.
River data from Wikidata (CC0); lengths normalised to a common unit.