Sabari

(in the upper course called Kolab), a river in southern India, a left tributary of the Godavari River. The Sabari is 418 km long and drains an area of 20,400 sq km. It originates on the western slopes of the Eastern Ghats and for most of its length flows along the eastern rim of the Deccan Plateau. The regime is monsoonal; high water occurs from June through October. The mean flow rate near the mouth is 437 cu m per sec. The Sabari River valley is irrigated.