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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}}. It deposits more silt than almost any other river in the Indian subcontinent.<ref>{{cite web		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
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{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=November 2018}}
[[File:Mahanadi-river-delta.jpg|thumb|250px|Mahanadi River Delta - NASA satellite view]]
[[File:Mahanadi Delta.jpg|thumb|250px|Mahanadi delta with nearby reservoirs]]

'''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
|url = http://www.megadelta.ecnu.edu.cn/main/upload/mahanadi.pdf
|title = Mahanadi River Delta on East Coast of India
|access-date = 2006-09-22
|url-status = dead
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20051029225951/http://www.megadelta.ecnu.edu.cn/main/upload/mahanadi.pdf
|archive-date = 2005-10-29
}}</ref>

The [[Mahanadi River]] flows slowly for {{convert|900|km|mi}} and has an estimated drainage area of {{convert|132100|km2|sqmi}}. It deposits more silt than almost any other river in the Indian subcontinent.<ref>{{cite web
|url = http://orissagov.nic.in/cmccuttack/mahanadi%20river.htm
|title = Mahanadi River
|access-date = 2006-09-22
|url-status = dead
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20061124093136/http://orissagov.nic.in/cmccuttack/mahanadi%20river.htm
|archive-date = 2006-11-24
}}</ref>

The area of the drainage basin is 141,464 km<sup>2</sup>. The interior coastal plain has a relatively low elevation. The average elevation of the drainage basin is 426 m, with a maximum of 877 m and a minimum of 193 m.

==Population density==
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.

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 mm. Rainfall is extremely low during the rest of the year, rarely exceeding 30 mm per month.<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.geol.lsu.edu/WDD/ASIAN/Mahanadi/mahanadi.htm
|title=Mahanadi River Delta
|access-date=2006-09-22
}}</ref>

==Notes==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20051029225951/http://www.megadelta.ecnu.edu.cn/main/upload/mahanadi.pdf Mahanadi River Delta on East Coast of India]
* [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]
* [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]

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[[Category:Landforms of Odisha]]
[[Category:River deltas of Asia]]
[[Category:Geography of Bhubaneswar]]

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