Editing Chaliyar (section)

==Name==
[[File:Chaliyar - Areekode Bridge.jpg|thumbnail|Chaliyar at [[Areekode]]]]
The river has three names - Chaliyar, Nilambur River, and [[Beypore river|Beypore puzha]], of which the first one is more popular. The river meets the [[Lakshadweep Sea]]<ref name="shodhganga">{{cite web |url=http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/5850/14/14_chapter%206.pdf |title=Evolution of Chaliyar River Drainage Basin Insights from Tectonic Geomorphology |publisher=Cochin University of Science and Technology |pages=220|access-date=2014-03-25 }}</ref> at an 'azhi' ([[estuary]]), the southern part of which is known as [[Chaliyam]] and northern part as [[Beypore]]. Unlike many other rivers in Kerala, Chaliyar does not dry up during the dry season in December and March.

Chaliyar is also the name of a place and a [[Grama panchayat]] in [[Nilambur]] [[Tehsil|Taluk]], which is located near the [[Nilambur]] Municipality, where Conolly's plot, the oldest manmade teak plantation in the world is located.<ref>{{cite web |title = Villages in Malappuram |url = https://dop.lsgkerala.gov.in/en/node/1030 |website = lsgkerala.gov.in}}</ref>