Hindon River

Hindon River
Hindon River
	Aerial view of river Hindon, Ghaziabad
Location
Country	India
Region	Uttar Pradesh
Physical characteristics
Source	Rajaji Range, Sivalik Hills
• location	Saharanpur district, Uttar Pradesh
• coordinates	35°05′N 77°08′E / 35.083°N 77.133°E
Mouth	Yamuna river
• location	Sector-150, Noida, India
• coordinates	28°24′50″N 77°29′46″E / 28.41389°N 77.49611°E
Length	400 km (250 mi)
Basin size	7,083 km2 (2,735 sq mi)

Hindon River is an Indian river in that originates from the Shakumbhari devi range (Upper Sivaliks) in Saharanpur district of Uttar Pradesh and falls into Yamuna river in Noida. Hindon is a tributary of Yamuna and is entirely rainfed, having an approximate catchment area of 7,083 square kilometres (2,735 sq mi).

It flows between Ganges and Yamuna rivers for 400 kilometres (250 mi) through Muzaffarnagar district, Meerut district, Baghpat district, Ghaziabad district and Gautam Buddh Nagar district before it joins Yamuna river at Sector-150, Noida.^[1] The Hindon Air Force Base of the Indian Air Force also lies on its bank in the Ghaziabad district on the outskirts of Delhi.^[2]

^ Jain, Sharad K.; Pushpendra K. Agarwal; Vijay P. Singh (2007). "8. Ganga basin". Hydrology and water resources of India- Volume 57 of Water science and technology library - Tributaries of Yamuna river. Springer. p. 350. ISBN 978-1-4020-5179-1.
^ Hindon Air Base GlobalSecurity.org

[hy-1] Jain, Sharad K.; Pushpendra K. Agarwal; Vijay P. Singh (2007). "8. Ganga basin". Hydrology and water resources of India- Volume 57 of Water science and technology library - Tributaries of Yamuna river. Springer. p. 350. ISBN 978-1-4020-5179-1.

[2] Hindon Air Base GlobalSecurity.org

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