Moyar River

{{short description|River in India}}

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The Moyar River (also Mayar){{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bWcmAQAAMAAJ&q=136&pg=PA136|title=The Indian Forester|date=1902|publisher=R.P. Sharma|language=en}} is one of the tributaries of the Bhavani in Tamil Nadu, South India.

The Moyar river originates from a small town called Mayar off the Masinagudi–Ooty road. This is a natural line of separation between the state of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu and a separation between the forest of Bandipur National Park and the Mudumalai sanctuary to the south.[http://www.ijaunt.com/bandipur-national-park/rivers-and-reservoirs Bandipur National Park] The Moyar River Gorge is {{convert|20|km|mi|abbr=on}} long. The river flows into the gorge below Theppakadu in a roaring waterfall called Moyar Falls.[http://www.tamilselvi.com/Visitors-information-Mudhumalai.html Mudhumalai visitor information] The Moyar meets the Bhavani River at the Bhavanisagar reservoir on the plains of Tamil Nadu near Satyamangalam.{{Cite web |date=2 December 2024 |title=Bhavanisagar Lake |url=https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/1701437 |access-date=2 December 2024 |website=OpenStreetmap}}