Jonk River: Difference between revisions

'''Jonk River''' is a [[tributary]] of [[Mahanadi River]] that flows for approximately 210 kilometers through the [[Nuapada District]] and [[Bargarh District]] in the state of [[Odisha]]; and the [[Mahasamund District]] and [[Raipur District]] in the state of [[Chhattisgarh]] in [[India]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.academia.edu/10285464/Stone_Age_Archaeology_of_Jonk_River_Basin_in_Western_Odisha_and_Eastern_Chhattisgarh|title=Stone  Age  Archaeology  of  Jonk  River  Basin  in  Western  Odisha  and  Eastern  Chhattisgarh|last=Padhan|first=Tosabanta|date=25 November 2014|work=Postdoctoral thesis|publisher=[[Deccan College Post-Graduate and Research Institute]]|access-date=27 August 2015}}</ref> The river starts from the [[Sunabeda Tiger Reserve|Sunabeda plateau]] and enters Maraguda valley where it is joined by a stream called Gaidhas-nala near Patora village. The river forms Beniadhas fall (80 feet) and Kharaldhas Fall (150 feet) before entering the valley.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=xEtVtSED0u0C&pg=PA359&dq=Jonk+river&lr= Cultural profile of south Kōśala by Jitāmitra Prasāda Sim̄hadeba, J. Prasad Singh Deo]</ref> It joins Mahanadi at   [[Shivrinarayan]].