Tapti
a river of Bombay, India; rising in the Betus district of the Central Provinces, and flowing 450 miles W. through the Sátpura uplands and the districts of Candeish and Surat to the Gulf of Cambay; 17 miles below the town of Surat. Even small vessels of 40 to 50 tons burden cannot ascend higher than Surat. The port of Suwali at the mouth is now deserted, and the lower channels of the river are being silted up.