{"id":51335,"date":"2026-09-04T11:24:20","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T05:54:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=51335"},"modified":"2026-09-04T14:50:19","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T09:20:19","slug":"subarnarekha-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/subarnarekha-river\/","title":{"rendered":"Subarnarekha River"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Subarnarekha River Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Over 45,000 people in 22 gram panchayats across three blocks of Balasore were affected by floods as the Subarnarekha river breached its banks again recently.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Subarnarekha River<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is an important <\/span><b>east-flowing river<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in India, flowing through <\/span><b>Jharkhand, Odisha, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><b>West Bengal.\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Subarnarekha means<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> a <\/span><b>&#8220;streak of gold&#8221;<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in English. The name is associated with the <\/span><b>traditional presence of gold particles in its riverbed,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> particularly near its source.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Course<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It <\/span><b>originates <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">near Nagri village in the Ranchi district of <\/span><b>Jharkhand<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, at an elevation of 600 meters above sea level.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From here, it <\/span><b>flows eastward through<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the <\/span><b><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/upsc-exam\/chota-nagpur-plateau\/\" target=\"_blank\">Chhotanagpur Plateau<\/a>,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> a region rich in mineral resources like copper.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As it moves across this plateau, the river <\/span><b>passes through Hundrugbagh Waterfall, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">which<\/span><b> marks its exit from the plateau.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After covering a distance of <\/span><b>395 kilometer<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">s, the Subernarekha finally <\/span><b>drains into the Bay of Bengal <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at Kirtania port in <\/span><b>Odisha<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Tributaries<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Along the way, it is joined by several important tributaries, including the <\/span><b>Kanchi, Kharkai, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><b>Karkari <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">rivers.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Basin<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Geographically, the Subarnarekha Basin <\/span><b>lies between the Damodar River to the north<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the<\/span><b> Brahmani and Baitarani rivers to the south.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>To the west<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, it\u2019s bordered by the <\/span><b>Chhotanagpur Plateau,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>to the southeast<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, it <\/span><b>flows into the Bay of Bengal.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The basin extends over S<\/span><b>tates of Jharkhand, Odisha, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and a comparatively <\/span><b>smaller part in West Bengal.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The basin is generally<\/span><b> influenced by the Southwest monsoon,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which onsets in the month of June and extends up to October.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Dams and Reservoirs: Getalsud Reservoir, Chandil Dam, Galudih Barrage, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><b>Icha Dam.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Cities along its course:<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Ranchi (Jharkhand)<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Jamshedpur (Jharkhand)<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chaibasa (Jharkhand)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bhadrak (Odisha)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Kirtania Port (Odisha)<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>News: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newindianexpress.com\/states\/odisha\/2026\/Sep\/03\/subarnarekha-river-breaches-banks-again-45k-affected-in-odishas-balasore\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><b>NIE<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Subarnarekha River originates near Nagri village in the Ranchi District of Jharkhand at an elevation of 600 m. 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