The Mand River is a tributary of the

Mahanadi The Mahanadi is a major river in East Central India. It drains an area of around and has a total length of . Mahanadi is also known for the Hirakud Dam. The river flows through the states of Chhattisgarh and Odisha and finally merged with Bay o ...

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

. It joins the Mahanadi in Chandarpur, in

Chhattisgarh Chhattisgarh (, ) is a landlocked state in Central India. It is the ninth largest state by area, and with a population of roughly 30 million, the seventeenth most populous. It borders seven states – Uttar Pradesh to the north, Madhya Prade ...

, 28 km from the

Odisha Odisha (English: , ), formerly Orissa ( the official name until 2011), is an Indian state located in Eastern India. It is the 8th largest state by area, and the 11th largest by population. The state has the third largest population of ...

border and before the river reaches the

Hirakud Dam Hirakud Dam is built across the Mahanadi River, about from Sambalpur in the state of Odisha in India. It is the longest earthen dam in the world. Behind the dam extends a lake, Hirakud Reservoir, long. It is one of the first major multipurpos ...

. The river, whose total length is 241 km, rises to an elevation of about 686 m in

Surguja district Surguja district is a district of the Indian state of Chhattisgarh. The district is one of the oldest districts of Chhattisgarh. The headquarters of the district is Ambikapur. The district lies in its eponymous Surguja dialectal region (where ...

. It receives the drainage of the southern part of the

Mainpat Plateau Mainpat is a hill station and small village in the Surguja district in the northern part of the state of Chhattisgarh, India. It lies about by road from Ambikapur. This hill station is 50 km south of divisional headquarter of Ambikapur, 160 k ...

, an area of about 5200 km².Hydrology and Water Resources of India by Sharad K. Jain, Pushpendra K. Agarwal, Vijay P. Singh
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{{Mahanadi Basin Rivers of Chhattisgarh Tributaries of the Mahanadi River Rivers of India