{{short description| River in Pune District, Maharashtra, India}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Use Indian English|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox river | name = Welu River | native_name = | name_other = Vel River | name_etymology = <!---------------------- IMAGE & MAP --> | image = | image_size = | image_caption = | map = | map_size = | map_caption = | pushpin_map = | pushpin_map_size = | pushpin_map_caption= <!---------------------- LOCATION --> | subdivision_type1 = Country | subdivision_name1 = India | subdivision_type2 = State | subdivision_name2 = Maharashtra | subdivision_type3 = | subdivision_name3 = | subdivision_type4 = District | subdivision_name4 = Pune | subdivision_type5 = Taluka | subdivision_name5 = Khed <!---------------------- PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS --> | length = {{convert|68|km|mi|abbr=on}} | width_min = | width_avg = | width_max = | depth_min = | depth_avg = | depth_max = | discharge1_location= | discharge1_min = | discharge1_avg = | discharge1_max = <!---------------------- BASIN FEATURES --> | source1 = Sahyadris | source1_location = Satgaon Platue ,Ambegaon taluka, Pune District, Maharashtra | source1_coordinates= {{coord|19|2|5|N|73|50|11|E|display=inline}} | source1_elevation = | mouth = Bhima River | mouth_location = Near Talegaon Damdhere, Taluka Shirur , Pune, Maharashtra | mouth_coordinates = {{coord|19|10|46|N|73|02|24|E|display=inline,title}} | mouth_elevation = | progression = | river_system = | basin_size = 297.31 Sq.km | tributaries_left = | tributaries_right = | custom_label = | custom_data = | extra = }}
'''Welu River''' or '''Vel River''' is a tributary of Bhima River in Pune district, Maharashtra, India. It originates and flows through the Ambegaon, Khed, Shirur talukas of Pune district.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ijfans.org/uploads/paper/eea70bc36b11cf2921a8e7cddd253a66.pdf|title="Geographical Characteristics of Vel River Basin"|work=International Journal of Food and Nutritional Sciences}}</ref>
== Origin and course == The Welu rises in the Sahyadris to the north-east of Ambegaon Taluka<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Location-map-of-Vel-River-basin-showing-the-village-with-road-connectivity-of-area_fig1_367088807|title=Location Map of Vel River|work=Research Gate }}</ref> and crosses Ambegaon from north-west to south-east.
==See also== *List of rivers of India *Rivers of India
==References== {{Reflist}} {{Wikivoyage|Maharashtra}}
{{Hydrography of Maharashtra}} {{Western Ghats}}
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