Mand River

This article is about the river in India. For the river in Iran, see Mond River.

Mand River is a tributary of Mahanadi and joins it in Chandrapur 28 km before Orissa border and before the river reaches Hirakud dam. The river rises at an elevation of about 686 m in Surguja district of Chhattisgarh and the total length of the river is 241 km. The Mand River receives the drainage of the southern part of the Mainpat Plateau.[1] It drains an area in the range of 5200 km2[2]

References

  1. ↑ Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 24, p. 83.
  2. ↑ Hydrology and Water Resources of India by Sharad K. Jain, Pushpendra K. Agarwal, Vijay P. Singh

Coordinates: 21°42′04″N 83°15′03″E / 21.70111°N 83.25083°E / 21.70111; 83.25083

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