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Ponnani River, India
Ponnani River, India

Ponnani River

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Ponnani River
Ponnani RiverPonnani River near Shoranur, Kerala, India.

Ponnani River, river in central Kerala state, southwestern India. The Ponnani rises in the Western Ghats range northeast of Palakkad. Flowing first southwest and then west across the coastal plain, the river empties into the Arabian Sea at Ponnani after a course of about 100 miles (160 km).

The Editors of Encyclopaedia BritannicaThis article was most recently revised and updated by Maren Goldberg.