The Chinnar River originates in the

Annaimalai Hills The Anamala or Anaimalai, also known as the Elephant Mountains, are a range of mountains in the southern Western Ghats of central Kerala ( Idukki district, Ernakulam district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district) and span the border of we ...

below a grassy pass between the hills

Kumarikkal Mala Kumarikkal Mala (Malayalam :കുമരിക്കല്‍ മല) is a peak situated in the Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary ( Western Ghats) in Kerala at an altitude of above sea level. It is the highest peak in the Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary a ...

(8,275 ft) and Kaladekatti Malai In Idukki District,

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state

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. The 18 km long Chinnar river defines the East-West

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/Kerala state boundary along the northern edge of the Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary and the southern edge of the Indira Gandhi Wildlife Sanctuary. Several adult crocodiles were reported in the Chinnar river in 1992.

Route

The river first proceeds through a large

shola Sholas are the local name for patches of stunted tropical montane forest found in valleys amid rolling grassland in the higher montane regions of South India, largely in Kerala, Karnataka and Tamilnadu. These patches of shola forest are foun ...

then past the Muthuvar settlement of Olikkudi at . There is another small village #2 at . There are Kerala and Tamil Nadu border checkpoints on either side of the river where a SH 17 road bridge crosses the river at . 2 km east it is joined from the south by the Pambar River at Koottar where a comfortable tree house accommodation is available.Blue Yonder Holidays Pvt Ltd, Chinnar, the real treasure trove, retrieved 8/30/200
Koottar Tree House
. Here it crosses into Indira Gandhi Wildlife Sanctuary in Tamil Nadu and becomes the

Amaravati River The Amaravati River is the longest tributary of Kaveri River in the fertile districts of Udumalpet, Dharapuram and Karur Tamil Nadu state, South India. Notes The long Amaravati River begins at the Kerala/Tamil Nadu border at the bottom ...

Tributaries

The river is joined by a small stream from the south at a small village, 2. 2 km east of the NH 17 road bridge, while the river is joined from the south by the Pambar River at Koottar. The western part of the

Manjampatti Valley Manjampatti Valley is a protected area in the eastern end of Indira Gandhi Wildlife Sanctuary and National Park (IGWS&NP) in Tirupur District, Tamil Nadu, South India. It is a pristine drainage basin of shola and montane rain forest wit ...

catchment basin drains into the end of the Chinnar River. This Valley is drained by the stream Ten Ar and a smaller unnamed stream 2 km to its west. The unnamed stream is the N-S political boundary between Tamil Nadu and Kerala. The top of the ridge above this stream to the west is the western limit of the catchment. This unnamed stream joins the Pambar River at the point they both join the Chinnar River at the north west corner of the Valley.

Notes

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