The major tributaries of the Penna River are the Jayamangali, Kunderu and Sagileru from the north, and Chitravathi, Papagni and Cheyyeru from the south.
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10 Facts About Penna River
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The Penna River turns east at Penna River Ahobilam and flows through Marutla and Katrimala forest reserves and near towns like Tadipatri.
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The Penna river meets Cheyyeru at Boyanapalli and Gundlamada near the Sidhout on the right bank.
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The Kolar Plateau forms the divide between the Penna watershed and those of the Kaveri, Ponnaiyar, and Palar rivers to the south.
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The upper watershed of the Penna River includes Cuddapah District, central and eastern Anantapur District, the southern part of Kurnool District, northwestern Chittoor District.
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Upper basin of the Penna River is largely made up of ancient Archean rocks, principally granite and schist.
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The Penna basin suffered from a prolonged drought in the 1990s, which caused much misery among the regions farmers and generated political demands to build an aqueduct to bring water from the Krishna River to Rayalaseema.
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Buckingham Canal, a navigable man-made waterway that runs just behind the coast, allows small boats from the Penna to get to Chennai in the south and the Krishna River delta to the north.
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Vidhwan Viswam's penneti paata which means "a song of River Penna" is very popular in Andhra Pradesh and in Raayala Seema in particular, it is a topic of study in graduation course Telugu language paper.
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However the future development of Penna basin depends on Interstate water sharing agreements of Krishna river.
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