Mahanadi River Basin
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The Mahanadi River Basin is the extensive drainage region in eastern-central India that collects and channels the waters of the Mahanadi River and its tributaries across several states before reaching the Bay of Bengal.
Observed surface forms (2)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mahanadi River basin | 3 |
| Mahanadi basin | 3 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
drainage basin
ⓘ
river basin ⓘ |
| climateType | tropical monsoon climate ⓘ |
| country | India ⓘ |
| drainageDirection | generally eastward ⓘ |
| drainagePattern | dendritic drainage pattern ⓘ |
| drainedBy |
Hasdeo River
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ib River NERFINISHED ⓘ Jonk River NERFINISHED ⓘ Mahanadi River NERFINISHED ⓘ Mand River NERFINISHED ⓘ Ong River NERFINISHED ⓘ Seonath River NERFINISHED ⓘ Tel River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| emptiesInto | Bay of Bengal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| floodProne | yes ⓘ |
| flowsThroughRegion |
Chhattisgarh Plain
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Odisha Coastal Plain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDelta | Mahanadi Delta NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEcosystem |
estuarine ecosystem
ⓘ
riparian ecosystem ⓘ |
| hasLandUse |
cropland
ⓘ
forest ⓘ urban settlements ⓘ |
| hasMajorDam | Hirakud Dam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMajorReservoir | Hirakud Reservoir NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasWetlands | coastal wetlands ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
central India
ⓘ
eastern India NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInState |
Bihar
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Chhattisgarh NERFINISHED ⓘ Jharkhand NERFINISHED ⓘ Madhya Pradesh NERFINISHED ⓘ Maharashtra NERFINISHED ⓘ Odisha NERFINISHED ⓘ Uttar Pradesh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| majorCityInBasin |
Bhubaneswar
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cuttack NERFINISHED ⓘ Raipur NERFINISHED ⓘ Sambalpur NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Indian subcontinent river systems ⓘ |
| primaryWaterSource | southwest monsoon rainfall ⓘ |
| receivesTributariesFrom |
Chhota Nagpur Plateau
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Eastern Ghats NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supportsActivity |
fisheries
ⓘ
hydropower generation ⓘ irrigated agriculture ⓘ |
Referenced by (7)
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