Key Facts about Subarnarekha River

About Subarnarekha River:

• It is one of the longest east-flowing interstate rivers.
• ‘Subarnarekha’ means ‘Streak of Gold.’ The river is known as the storehouse of gold.
• It flows through the states of Jharkhand, West Bengal, and Odisha.
• Course:
  • Origin: It rises near Nagri village in the Ranchi District of Jharkhand at an elevation of 600 m. 
  • It flows east through a copper-mining region and leaves the Chota Nagpur plateau by the Hundrugbagh waterfall.
  • Continuing eastward, it flows across West Bengal state.
  • It runs through some major industrial towns and cities, i.e., Jamshedpur, Chaibasa, Ranchi, and Bhadrak, before joining the Bay of Bengal at Kirtania port in Odisha. 
• It flows for a length of 395 km.
• The basin is bounded on the north-west by the Chhotnagpur Plateau, in the south-west by the Brahmani basin, in the south by the Burhabalang basin and in the south-east by the Bay of Bengal.
• The principal tributaries of the river are Kanchi, Kharkai, and Karkari.

Q1: What is Chota Nagpur Plateau?

Chota Nagpur is a plateau in eastern India, in northwestern Chhattisgarh and central Jharkhand states. The plateau is composed of Precambrian rocks (i.e., rocks more than about 540 million years old). Chota Nagpur is the collective name for the Ranchi, Hazaribagh, and Kodarma plateaus, which collectively have an area of 25,293 square miles (65,509 square km). The Chota Nagpur plateau in its entirety lies between the basins of the Ganges (Ganga) and Son rivers to the north and the Mahanadi River to the south. Through its centre, from west to east, runs the coal-bearing, faulted Damodar River valley. 

Source: Villagers Find 10-Foot Python Near Subarnarekha River In Bengal's Jhargram