Abstract
The legendary river Saraswati, which flowed from the Himalaya and emptied finally into the Gulf of Kachchh, has vanished. Tectonic movements change river courses, behead streams and sometimes even make large rivers such as the Saraswati disappear.
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Valdiya, K.S. River piracy. Reson 1, 19–28 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02835165
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