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The Mahanadi River ranks second to the Godavari River among the peninsular rivers in respect of water potential. The Mahanadi rises in a pool, 6 km from Pharsiya village near Nagri Town in Raipur district of Chhattisgarh state at an elevation of 457 m. The total length of the river form origin to its outfall into Bay of Bengal is 851 km of ...
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The Mahanadi River system is the third largest of peninsular India after Godavari and Krishna, and the largest river of Odisha state. The catchment area of the river extends to Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Jharkhand and Maharashtra.
The Mahanadi is an important river in the state of Odisha. This river flows slowly for about 900 kilometres (560 mi) and deposits more silt than any other river in the Indian subcontinent. The cities of Cuttack and Sambalpur were prominent trading places in the ancient world and the river itself has been referred to as the Manada in Ptolemy's ...
Mahanadi River, river in central India, rising in the hills of southeastern Chhattisgarh state. The Mahanadi (“Great River”) follows a total course of 560 miles (900 km) and has an estimated drainage area of 51,000 square miles (132,100 square km).
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The River Basin Atlas of India has been prepared under the joint project Generation of Database and Implementation of Web Enabled Water Resources Information System (India-WRIS) in the Country by the Central Water Commission (CWC) and Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).
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Sep 14, 2023 · The Mahanadi River Basin (MRB) in Chhattisgarh covers an area of 75,136 km2.This paper provides a detailed database on water demand and use, LULC changes, biodiversity, pollution status, and...
