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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
The Hirakud Dam is a man-made structure of earth, concrete and masonry. 10 km (6.2 mi) north of Sambalpur, it is the longest major earthen dam in the world, measuring 25.8 km (16.0 mi) including dykes, and stands across the river Mahanadi. The main dam has an overall length of 4.8 km (3.0 mi) [5] spanning between two hills; the Laxmidungri on ...
Dam Height Length Type Storage capacity Reservoir Area Year of Completion Arpa: Khutaghat Reservoir: 1930 Mahanadi: Dudhawa Dam: 24.53 m 2,906.43 m 1964 Mahanadi: Gangrel Dam: 30.4 5 m 1,800 m Embankment, earth-fill 910,500,000 m³ 95 km 2: 1979 Hasdev: Minimata Hasdeo Bango: 87 m (285 ft) 2,509.5 m (8,233 ft) Earth-fill & Gravity ...
Pages in category "Dams on the Mahanadi River" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. ... Sondur Dam This page was last ...
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 river channel that changes its course.
Gangrel Dam officially the Pandit Ravishankar Sagar is located in Chhattisgarh, India. It is built across the Mahanadi River . It is located in Dhamtari district , about 17 km from Dhamtari and about 90 km from Raipur .
Map of the major rivers, lakes and reservoirs in India. This is a list of largest reservoirs in India, including all artificial lakes with a capacity greater or equal to 1,000,000 acre-feet (1.2 km 3).
The Mand River is a tributary of the Mahanadi in India. It joins the Mahanadi in Chandarpur, in Chhattisgarh, 28 km from the Odisha border and before the river reaches the Hirakud Dam. The river, whose total length is 241 km, rises to an elevation of about 686 m in Surguja district in Chhattisgarh.