One of the confluent of the Krishna River is the Malaprabha River, which flows through the state of Karnataka. The river originates in the Western Ghats at an elevation of 792 metres above the mean sea level. This part of the Western Ghats is located in the west of Jamboti village at a distance of sixteen kilometers in Khanapur taluk in the Belgaum district of Karnataka After flowing in the east and then in the northeast direction, the river finally joins the Krishna River at Kudala Sangama in Bagalkot district of Karnataka at a height of 488 meters above mean sea level.

The river flows for three hundred and four kilometers before merging with the Krishna River. The river has a total catchment area of nearly 11,549 square kilometers. The Bennihalla, Hirehalla and the Tuparihalla are the main tributaries of the Malaprabha. A dam is built across this river near Munavalli in Belgaum district, which irrigates more than two thousand square kilometers. This dam is called Renukasagar.