Wakal River
{{short description|River in India}}
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| subdivision_name1 = India
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| subdivision_name2 = Rajasthan and Gujarat
| subdivision_type3 = Udaipur district and Sabarkantha district
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| source1 = Udaipur district, Rajasthan{{cite book |title=Surface Water Resources Assessment Report - Wakal River Basin, Rajasthan, India |date=2008 |publisher=Global Water Sustainability Program |url=https://archive.org/details/wakalsurfacewaterassessmentreport}}
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| mouth = Sabarmati River
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| basin_size = 1851 square kilometres{{cite book |title=Planning of Water Resources of Rajasthan State, Report 4.2 - Basin-Wise Water Availability |date=2014 |publisher=Tahal Group |url=https://archive.org/details/tahalrajasthanwaterreport2of9wateravailability_201906/}}
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The Wakal River is a tributary to the Sabarmati River in Rajasthan and Gujarat states of India.
Course
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The river originates in the south-western spurs of the Aravalli range, and meets the Sabarmati River after traversing a distance of 158 kilometres. Mansi and Parvi are two main tributaries of the Wakal River.{{cite book |last1=Biswas |first1=Himadri |title=Numerical groundwater flow modeling in the Wakal River basin, India |date=2008 |publisher=Florida International University |location=Miami |url=https://archive.org/details/wakalriverbiswasgroundwater}}
Watershed
The area of the Wakal River's watershed is 1851 square kilometres, and is spread out over Udaipur district of Rajasthan and Sabarkantha district of Gujarat.{{cite book |last1=Jain |first1=Sharad K |last2=Agarwal |first2=Pushpendra K |last3=Singh |first3=Vijay P |title=Hydrology and Water Resources of India |date=2007 |publisher=Springer |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZKs1gBhJSWIC|isbn=9781402051807 }} 98% of the basin area lies in Rajasthan, the remainder in Gujarat.{{cite book |title=Wakal Hydrogeology Assessment Report - Wakal River Basin, Rajasthan, India |date=2008 |publisher=Global Water Sustainability Program |location=Miami |url=https://archive.org/details/wakalhydrogeologyassessmentreport}}{{cite book |last1=Sinha |first1=A. K. |title=An Integrated Approach of Groundwater Management in Wakal River Basin using Remote Sensing and Geographical Information System |date=2012 |location=Udaipur |url=http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/5810013487}}
The mean annual surface water yield for the basin is 319.4 million cubic metres.
There are 24 minor irrigation projects in the watershed, with a total live storage capacity of 65.98 million cubic metres.{{cite book |title=Planning of Water Resources of Rajasthan State, Report 4.3 - Detailed Study of Catchment Area |date=2014 |publisher=Tahal Group |url=https://archive.org/details/TahalRajasthanWaterReport3of9Catchment}} The Mansi Wakal Dam is the largest dam in the basin.