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Mahanadi River near Satkosia Tiger Reserve, Odisha. Plum-headed parakeet at Tikrapara on the bank of river Mahanadi. The Mahanadi was notorious for its devastating floods for much of recorded history. Thus it was called 'the sorrow of Orissa'. However the construction of the Hirakud Dam has greatly altered the situation. Today a network of ...
The alluvial valley is wide and relatively flat with a meandering river channel that changes its course. [1] The Mahanadi River flows slowly for 900 kilometres (560 mi) and has an estimated drainage area of 132,100 square kilometres (51,000 sq mi). [2] It deposits more silt than almost any other river in the Indian subcontinent. [3]
The Mathara territory stretched from Mahanadi, which is believed to be Badanadi or Bara river in Southern Ganjam(literally meaning "big river", same as Mahanadi, Badanadi or Badanai was also locally called Mahanadi until 20th century [16]) in the north to Godavari in south along the east coast, since all the inscriptions by them and the ...
[8] [9] The Mahananda divides the district into two regions — the eastern region, consisting mainly of old alluvial and relatively infertile soil is commonly known as Barind (Barendrabhumi), and the western region, which is further subdivided by the river Kalindri into two areas, the northern area is known as "Tal". It is low-lying and ...
The Birupa River is a river which flows through the Indian states of Chhattisgarh and Odisha. [1] [2] It is a distributary of the Mahanadi River.It originates from the Mahanadi's upper reaches and joins the Brahmani River at Krushnanagar before emptying into the Bay of Bengal at Dhamra. [3]
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The old traditions are still celebrated in the annual Boita Bandana festival including its major celebration at Cuttack on the banks of Mahanadi river called Bali Jatra, and are held for seven days in October-November at various coastal districts, most famous at Cuttack though.
The Joint River Commission was a bilateral working group established by India and Bangladesh in the Indo-Bangla Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Peace that was signed on March 19, 1972, and came into being in November 1972. As per the treaty, the two nations established the commission to work for the common interests and sharing of water ...