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{{Primary sources|date=March 2009}}
{{Infobox river
| name = Rushikulya River
| name_native = ଋଷିକୁଲ୍ୟା ନଦୀ
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| name_etymology = From [[Odia language|Odia]]

| image = Rushikalya River in Brahampur, Orissa.JPG
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| image_caption = The Rushikulya River
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| subdivision_type1 = Country
| subdivision_name1 = [[India]]
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| subdivision_name2 = [[Odisha]]
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| subdivision_name4 = [[Kandhamal district|Kandhamal]], [[Ganjam District|Ganjam]]
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| length = {{convert|165|km|mi|abbr=on}}
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| source1_location = [[Daringbadi]], [[Kandhamal]], [[Odisha]], [[India]]
| source1_coordinates= {{coord|19.07|N|84.01|E|display=inline}}
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| mouth = Puruna Bandha, [[bay of Bengal]]
| mouth_location = [[Chhatrapur]], [[Ganjam]], [[Odisha]], [[India]]
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The '''Rushikulya River''' is one of the major rivers in the state of [[Odisha]] and covers entire catchment area in the districts of [[Kandhamal]] and [[Ganjam]] of Odisha. The Rushikulya originates at an elevation of about 1000 metres from [[Daringbadi]] hills of the [[Eastern Ghats]] range. The place from where the river originates, [[Daringbadi]] is called the ' [[Kashmir]] of [[Odisha]] '. The river lies within the geographical coordinates of 19.07 to 20.19 north latitude and 84.01 to 85.06 east longitude. It meets the [[Bay of Bengal]] at Puruna Bandha in Ganjam. Its tributaries are the Baghua, the Dhanei, the Badanadi etc. It has no delta as such at its mouth.

==River course==
The river flows from the [[Daringbadi]] hill station in [[Kandhamal]] district. In the [[Ganjam district]] it flows through [[Surada]], [[Dharakote]], [[Asika]], Pitala, [[Purusottampur]], [[Taratarini]], Pratappur, [[Alladigam]], [[Brahmapur, Odisha|Brahmapur]], [[Ganjam]] and the [[Chhatrapur]] block. The river is 165 km long with a total catchment area of 7700 km<sup>2</sup>.

==Survey for olive ridley turtles==
In 1993, biologists from the Odisha Forest Department and the [[Wildlife Institute of India]] learned that large scale nesting of [[olive ridley sea turtle]]s was taking place near the mouth of the Rushikulya River. This area is the location of one of the largest mass nesting (''arribada'') sites of olive ridley sea turtles in India.<ref>http://world-turtle-trust.org World Turtle Trust</ref> The villages near the mouth are Pali Bandha, Puruna Bandha, Gokhara Kuda and Kantia Pada, where one can find the nesting sites of the olive ridley turtles. These are fishermen's villages.

==Urban centres==
[[File:Rushikulya.jpg|thumb|View of the Rushikulya River from the Ganjam fort]]
The city of [[Brahmapur, Odisha|Brahmapur]] is situated in the basin and other important towns are [[Chhatrapur]], [[Ganjam]], [[Asika|Aska]], [[Bhanjanagar]] , [[Belaguntha|Bellaguntha]] and [[Surada]].

==Industries==
A number of large scale industries have been set up in the basin. Among them are Grasim Industries Ltd-Ganjam Chemical Division (formerly Jayashree Chemical Ltd). Aska Co-operative Sugar Industries Ltd. Nuagam, Aska Spinning Mills, Monorama Chemical Works Ltd., Orissa Tubes Pvt. Ltd., etc. There are about 3360 numbers of small scale industries of different categories mainly food and allied, forest & wood based, rubber and plastic products and [[glass]] and [[ceramics]]. There is enough scope for setting up forest based industries. The basin is rich in mineral wealth. The major economic minerals are [[clay]], limestone, manganese, sand talc, black sand and grinding materials.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Rushikulya}}
* [http://orissagov.nic.in Government of Orissa]

{{Hydrography of Odisha}}
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{{Coord|19|55|N|84|08|E|source:kolossus-cawiki|display=title}}

[[Category:Rivers of Odisha]]
[[Category:Rivers of India]]

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