MAHI RIVER

stream in western India, rising in the western Vindhya Range, just south of Sardarpur, and flowing northward through Madhya Pradesh state. Turning northwest, it enters Rajasthan state and then turns southwest to flow through Gujarat state and enter the sea by a wide estuary past Cambay after about a 360-mile (580-kilometre) course. The silt brought down by the Mahi has contributed to the shallowing of the Gulf of Cambay and the abandonment of its once-prosperous ports. The riverbed lies considerably lower than the land level and is of little use for irrigation.