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Presently, only 169 square kilometres (65 sq mi) basin area of Hasdeo River in Anuppur District lies in Madhya Pradesh. Before the construction of the dam in 1953, the Mahanadi was about a mile wide at Sambalpur and carried massive amounts of silt, especially during the monsoon.
5 days ago · The Mahanadi Basin, a product of rifting and break up of Gondwana Land, situated on the East Coast of India (Figs.1 & 2) is a basin with significant unexplored hydrocarbon potential. Like its immediate neighboring, Krishna-Godavari Basin, Mahanadi Basin also has a geological extension into offshore.
The Mahanadi basin is the 8th largest basin in the country having total catchment area of 139681.51 sq. km which is nearly 4.28% of the total geographical area of the country. It lies between east longitudes 80° 30' to 86° 50' and north latitudes 19° 21' to 23° 35'.
The Mahanadi basin extends over states of Chhattisgarh and Odisha and comparatively smaller portions of Jharkhand, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh, draining an area of 1,41,589 Sq.km which is nearly 4.3% of the total geographical area of the country.
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).
Mar 13, 2020 · Mahanadi is one of the important Rivers of India. The river lies in east central India. The length of the river is 559 miles or 900 km. The river has a catchment basin of approximately...
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).
Sep 14, 2023 · The five major river basins, namely Mahanadi Basin, Godavari Basin, Ganga Basin, Narmada Basin and Brahmani basin, meet the water requirements of the entire state with a geographical area of ...
As the waters of the Mahanadi basin are not yet allocated or abstracted completely, the basin provides ample scope for evolving an integrated approach for equitable, democratic and sustainable management of its resources.
Jan 3, 2018 · The Mahanadi basin is physiographically divided into four regions, namely (i) Northern Plateau, (ii) Eastern Ghats, (iii) erosional plains of central table land and (iv) Deltaic and coastal plain. The Mahanadi originates from small hills in Chhattisgarh and is a narrow river at its early stage.
