Purna Mouth

The Purna reaches the Arabian Sea on the coast of southern Gujarat, west of Navsari. Rising in the hills inland, the river carries water and sediment down to a tidal estuary before entering the sea. Mudflats and mangroves line parts of this low coast, where fresh river water meets the salt water brought in by the tide. The river mouth forms one of several openings in the shore between the Gulf of Khambhat and the northern Konkan.