Nerbudda

Nerbudda (more correctly NARBADA), a river of India, rises on the Amarkantak plateau, 3493 feet above sea-level, in 22° 41' N. lat., 81° 49' E. long., and flows west, through the Central Provinces, past Jabalpur (190 miles from its source), through the great depression between the Vindhya Mountains on the north and the Satpura Mountains on the south, known as the Valley of the Nerbudda, and reaches the Gulf of Cambay half-way between Baroda and Surat. It has a total length of 800 miles, and drains 36,400 sq. m. It is navigable as far as Broach, 30 miles from its mouth. The river ranks as a sacred stream in the eyes of the Hindus; some have held it likely to supersede the Ganges in sanctity. It is regarded as a meritorious act to walk from the sea to its source and back again alongside the river.