Mapping:
Luni River
▪️Luni is an endorheic river.
▪️The Luni or the Salt River (Lonari
or Lavanavari in Sanskrit) is named
so because its water is brackish
below Balotra.
▪️It is also known as the Sagarmati.
▪️It originates from Western slopes of
the Aravalli ranges near Ajmer.
▪️Its total catchment area falls in
Rajasthan
▪️Luni is the only river basin of any
significance in Western Rajasthan, which form the bulk of arid zone.
▪️Luni originates from western slopes of the Aravalli ranges at an elevation of 772 m
near Ajmer flowing in South West
direction and traversing a course of 511
km in Rajasthan, it finally flow into the
Rann of Kachchh (it gets lost in the
marsh).
▪️Most of its tributaries drain the steep north west of Aravalli hills and join it on left side.