Orissa belongs to which zone

The Odisha Coastal Plains are the depositional landforms of recent origin and geological belong to the Post-Tertiary Period. The 75 meter contour line delimits their western boundary and differentiates them from the Middle Mountainous Region.

This region stretches from the West Bengal border, i. This region is the combination of several deltas of varied sizes and shapes formed by the major rivers of Odisha, such as the Subarnarekha, the Budhabalanga, the Baitarani, the Brahmani, the Mahanadi, and the Rushikulya. Therefore, the coastal plain of Odisha is called the "Hexadeltaic region" or the "Gift of Six Rivers".

The North Coastal Plain comprises the deltas of the Subarnarekha and the Budhabalanga rivers and bears evidences of marine transgressions. The Middle Coastal Plain comprises the compound deltas of the Baitarani, Brahmani and Mahanadi rivers and bears evidences of past 'back bays' and present lakes. The region covers about three-fourth of the entire State. Geologically it is a part of the Indian Peninsula which as a part of the ancient landmass of the Gondwanaland.

The major rivers of Odishawith their tributaries have cut deep and narrow valleys. This region mostly comprises the hills and mountains of the Eastern Ghats which rise abruptly and steeply in the east and slope gently to a dissected plateau in the west running from north-east Mayurbhanj to north-west Malkangirig.

This region is well marked by a number of interfluves or watersheds. The Eastern Ghats is interrupted by a number of broad and narrow river valleys and flood plains.

The average weight of this region is about meters above the mean seal level. The plateaus are mostly eroded plateaus forming the western slopes of the Eastern Ghats with elevation varying from meters. There are two broad plateaus in Odisha : i the Panposh - Keonjhar -Pallahara plateau comprises the Upper Baitarani catchment basin, and ii the Nabrangpur - Jeypore plateau comprises the Sabari basin. There are four groups of rivers which flow through Odisha into the Bay of Bengal Table They are :.

It is the major river of Odisha and the sixth largest river in India. It is about kms. Long kms. In Odisha and its catchment area spreads over , sq. The river carries on an average about 92, million m of water. It is the second largest river in Odisha. The Brahmani is kms.

In Odisha and its catchment area spreads over 39, sq. It originates from the Gonasika hills of the Keonjhar districts. It is kms long and its catchment area spread over 12, sq. It originates from the Chhotnagpur plateau of Bihar. It is kms 70kms in Odisha and has a catchment area of 19, kms 3,kms in Odisha with a mean annual flow of 7, million. It originates from the easterns slops of the Similipala massif.

It is about kms long having a total catchment area of sq. It is major tributaries are the Sone, the Gangadhar, the Catra etc. It originates from the Rushyamala hills of the eastern ghats in Phulbani district. It is kms long with sq. It's tributaries are the Baghua the Dhanei Badanadi etc. It has no delta at its mouth. It originates from the Ramgiri hills of the eastern ghats in Gajapati districts and joins the bay of Bengal in Andhra Pradesh. Its length 73 kms having a catchment area of sq.

It originates from the Flanks of the Durgakangar hills Lingaraj hills of the eastern ghats in Kalahandi districts. It is kms long out of which only kms in Odisha.

It has a catchment area of sq. It originates from the Bijipur Hills of the eastern ghats near Lanjigarh. It is kms long out of which kms is in Odisha. It has a total catchment area of about sq. It originates from the Meghasani Hills of the Similipal massif in Keonjhar district.

It is kms long with a catchment areas of sq. It originates from the eastern ghats in Kalahandi districts. It is kms long with a catchment area of sq. It originates from the Sinkaran hills of the eastern Ghats in Koraput districts.

It has catchment areas of sq. There are a number of Mountain springs and hot spring in Odisha. The Badaghagara and Sanaghagara in Keonjhar districts Satpasajya in Denkanal districts the Chandikhole in Cuttack districts the Barunei in Khorda districts, the Narayani and Nirmalajhar in Ganjam and Puri districts, the Patalaganga in Kalahandi districts, the Nursinghanath in Sambalpur districts and the Harisankar in Bolangir districts and some of the important mountain springs in Odisha.

Most of the rivers, either at the point of origin or over the mountainous bed, have waterfalls. Information Technology Department is the nodal department, respective departments are responsible for their information. The content of this website is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.

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