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[[File:Mahanadi-river-delta.jpg|thumb|250px|Mahanadi River Delta - NASA satellite view]]<br />
[[File:Mahanadi Delta.jpg|thumb|250px|Mahanadi delta with nearby reservoirs]]<br />
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'''Mahanadi River Delta''' in [[India]] is a basin of deposit that drains a large land mass of the Indian subcontinent into the [[Bay of Bengal]]. The alluvial valley is wide and relatively flat with a meandering river channel that changes its course.<ref>{{cite web<br />
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The [[Mahanadi River]] flows slowly for {{convert|900|km|mi}} and has an estimated drainage area of {{convert|132100|km2|sqmi}}.<ref name=EB>{{cite web |title=Mahanadi River (river, India) |url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Mahanadi-River |website=britannica.com |publisher=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=27 October 2021 |language=en}}</ref> It deposits more silt than almost any other river in the Indian subcontinent.<ref>{{cite web<br />
|url = http://orissagov.nic.in/cmccuttack/mahanadi%20river.htm<br />
|title = Mahanadi River<br />
|access-date = 2006-09-22<br />
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|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20061124093136/http://orissagov.nic.in/cmccuttack/mahanadi%20river.htm<br />
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The area of the drainage basin is 141,464&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>. The interior coastal plain has a relatively low elevation. The average elevation of the drainage basin is 426&nbsp;m, with a maximum of 877&nbsp;m and a minimum of 193&nbsp;m.<br />
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==Population density==<br />
The upper part of the [[river delta|delta]] plain is heavily populated. The population density exceeds 36 people per square kilometre, although moving toward the coast the population density falls.<br />
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The climate in the area is primarily sub-tropical.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.geol.lsu.edu/WDD/ASIAN/Mahanadi/mahanadi.htm|title=WWD Continents|website=www.geol.lsu.edu|access-date=2019-03-14}}</ref> Rainfall comes predominantly from the summer monsoon (June through September). The average annual rainfall in the basin is 1,463&nbsp;mm. Rainfall is extremely low during the rest of the year, rarely exceeding 30&nbsp;mm per month.<ref>{{cite web<br />
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==Notes==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20051029225951/http://www.megadelta.ecnu.edu.cn/main/upload/mahanadi.pdf Mahanadi River Delta on East Coast of India]<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080215015059/http://www.usaid.gov/in/Pdfs/mahanadi.pdf Flood Forecasting and Inundation Mapping in the Mahanadi River Basin: A Collaborative Effort between India and the United States]<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20061009145031/http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/sseop/EFS/lores.pl?PHOTO=STS087-757-70 Nasa view of Mahanadi River Delta]<br />
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[[Category:River deltas of Asia]]<br />
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