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Kathajodi river is the main southern distributary of Mahanadi river branching off at Cuttack, Odisha. [1] Kathajodi river later acquires the name Devi as it flows further east. The river flows through Alipingal, Macchagaon and Naugaon blocks in Jagatsinghpur district and Astaranga and Kakatpur blocks in Puri district . [ 2 ]
The Mahanadi River is a major river in East Central India. It drains an area of around 132,100 square kilometres (51,000 sq mi) and has a total length of 900 kilometres (560 mi). Mahanadi is also known for the Hirakud Dam [1] which was the first major multipurpose river valley project after India's independence in 1947.
Interstate River Water Disputes Act. The Interstate River Water Disputes Act, 1956 (IRWD Act) is an Act of the Parliament of India enacted under Article 262 of Constitution of India on the eve of reorganization of states on linguistic basis to resolve the water disputes that would arise in the use, control and distribution of an interstate ...
Mahanadi River Delta. Coordinates: 20.440685°N 85.928511°E. Mahanadi River Delta - NASA satellite view. Mahanadi delta with nearby reservoirs. Mahanadi River Delta in India is a basin of deposit that drains a large land mass of the Indian subcontinent into the Bay of Bengal. The alluvial valley is wide and relatively flat with a meandering ...
The Himalayan watershed is the source of majority of the major river systems in India including the three longest rivers–the Ganges, the Brahmaputra and the Indus. [3][4] These three river systems are fed by more than 5000 glaciers. [5] The Aravalli range in the north-west serves the origin of few of the rivers such as the Chambal, the Banas ...
It is about 851 km long (494 km in Odisha) and its catchment area spreads over 141,600 km 2, [19] out of which 65,580 km 2 (42% of area of the state) lies in Odisha. The river carries on an average about 92,600 million m of water. [20] [21] [22] Inside Odisha boundaries, Mahanadi's Tributaries include the Ib, The Ong, and the Tel.
The Barnawapara Wildlife Sanctuary is located in Mahasamund district. The reserve is about 100 km from Raipur and about 45 km from Mahasamund city. It was established in 1976 under the Wildlife Protection Act. [1] The Jonk River flows through the sanctuary, which is a tributary of the Mahanadi river. The sanctuary lies 25 km to the east of ...
Eastern Ghats. The Eastern Ghats are a discontinuous range of mountains along India 's eastern coast. The Eastern Ghats pass through the states of Odisha and Andhra Pradesh to Tamil Nadu by, passing parts of Karnataka and Telangana on the way. They are eroded and cut through by four major rivers of peninsular India, namely, the Mahanadi ...