Choti Saryu or Tamasa River is a

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that starts in Ambedkar Nagar,

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, and passes through Mau and joins another river in Phephna. The joint stream joins the Ganga at Anjorpur. It is a perennial river – in the dry season only sluggish black water remains, but in the rainy season it can cause floods such as the one in 2005. It should not be confused with the

Tamsa River The Tamsa River (also called as Tons river) is a tributary of the Ganges flowing through the Indian states of Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh. Course The Tamsa rises in a tank at Tamakund in the Kaimur Range at an elevation of . It flows ...

which originates in the

Kaimur Range Kaimur Range (also spelt Kymore) is the eastern portion of the Vindhya Range, about long, extending from around Katangi in Jabalpur district of Madhya Pradesh to around Sasaram in Rohtas district of Bihar. It passes through the Rewa and Mirzap ...

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and joins the Ganga at Sirsa.

Route

# Tanda # Baskhari # Neoriye # Atoliya #

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# Mahrajganj # Bilariyaganj # Latghat # Doharighat # Maduwan

Towns and ghat

* Tanda (Rajghat, Nizamghat) *

(Kamhariyaghat, Baluaghat, Chadipurghat) * Doharighat (Muktidham)

References

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