Mahanadi Delta

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The Mahanadi Delta is a fertile, densely populated alluvial region in eastern India formed by the Mahanadi River as it empties into the Bay of Bengal.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region
river delta
administrativeRegion Cuttack
surface form: "Cuttack district"

Jagatsinghpur
surface form: "Jagatsinghpur district"

Kendrapara district
Puri district
borderedByWaterBody Bay of Bengal
climate humid
tropical
coast east coast of India
country India
drainageBasin Mahanadi River
surface form: "Mahanadi River basin"
economicActivity fishing
inland navigation
rice cultivation
emptiesInto Bay of Bengal
formedByRiver Mahanadi River NERFINISHED
hasCharacteristic densely populated
fertile
hasLandform distributary channels
floodplain
marshes
natural levees
hasPopulationDensity high
hasSoilType alluvial soil
locatedIn Odisha NERFINISHED
eastern India
locatedOn India Plate
surface form: "Indian Plate"
mainCrop oilseeds
pulses
rice
majorCityInRegion Cuttack
Jagatsinghpur
Paradip Port
surface form: "Paradeep"
partOf Indian coastal deltas
Mahanadi River
surface form: "Mahanadi River basin"
receives southwest monsoon rainfall
regionType coastal plain
riverMouthType multiple distributary mouths
sedimentSource Mahanadi River NERFINISHED
state Odisha NERFINISHED
supports intensive agriculture
susceptibleTo cyclones
flooding
storm surges
usedFor agriculture

Referenced by (1)

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Bay of Bengal hasMajorRiverDelta Mahanadi Delta