Thottumukkam River is one of the many tributaries of
Chaliyar
Chaliyar River () is the fourth longest river in Kerala at 169 km in length. The Chaliyar is also known as Chulika River, Nilambur River or Beypore River as it is near the sea. Pothukal, Chungathara, Nilambur, Mampad, Edavanna, Kavano ...
river. It originates from Ambumala near
Kakkadampoyil
Kakkadampoyil, is a small village in Urangattiri Grama Panchayat of Nilambur Taluk, Malappuram District, Kerala, India bordering Chaliyar and Koodaranji Grama Panchayats of Kozhikode district, Kozhikode district.
Location
Kakkadampoyil is s ...
and meets Chaliyar at
Areacode. It separates
Kozhikode
Kozhikode (), also known as Calicut, is a city along the Malabar Coast in the state of Kerala in India. Known as the City of Spices, Kozhikode is listed among the City of Literature, UNESCO's Cities of Literature.
It is the nineteenth large ...
and
Malappuram
Malappuram (also Malapuram) () is a municipality and town in Kerala and the headquarters of the Malappuram district in Kerala, India. It is the List of most populous urban agglomerations in Kerala, 4th largest urban agglomeration in Kerala and ...
districts of Kerala in
Thottumukkam
Thottumukkam is a border village in the districts of Kozhikode and Malappuram Kerala, India, under the administration of Kodiyathur Gram Panchayat on the banks of Thottumukkampuzha, a major tributary of Chaliyar. It is bordered by Karassery ...
region, hence earning the name Thottumukkampuzha. One branch from Mysoremala and another branch from Odakkayam join at Thottumukkam.
Rivers of Malappuram district
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