Baitarani
Baitarani is a mapped river in the YearMaps hydrographic index. River courses organise settlement, agriculture and frontier-making more durably than any political boundary, and this reach is indexed against the dams, lakes and cities within its catchment.
- Feature Class
- River
- Coordinates
- 21.40°, 86.03°
About Baitarani
The Baitarani (also spelled Vaitarani, Odia: ବୈତରଣୀ) is one of six major rivers of Odisha, India. Venerated in popular epics and legends, the Baitarani River is a source of water for agricultural irrigation. The coastal plain of Odisha has the name of Hexadeltaic region (i.e., the 'Gift of Six Rivers'). These deltas divide the coastal plain into three regions from north to south. The Baitarani, the Mahanadi and the Brahmani rivers form the Middle Coastal Plain, with evidence of past "back bays" and present lakes.
Encyclopedic summary adapted from Wikipedia: Baitarani River (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Baitarani in Depth
Course
The river enters a plain at Anandapur and creates a deltaic zone at Akhuapada. The river is 360 kilometres (220 mi) in length and drain into the Bay of Bengal after joining of the Brahmani at Dhamra mouth near Chandabali. The river has 65 tributaries, of which 35 join from the left side and 30 from the right. The river basin in Odisha is spread among 42 blocks of eight districts. Budhi, Kanjori, Ambajhara, Mushal, Kusei, Salandi are some of the tributaries of Baitarani.
Location
A major portion of the river basin lies within the state of Odisha, while a small patch of the upper reach lies in Jharkhand state. The upper Baitarani basin on the western slopes of the Eastern Ghats, comprising the Panposh-Keonjhar-Pallahara plateau, is one of the two plateaus forming "The Central Plateaus"—one of Odisha's five major morphological regions.
Sections adapted from Wikipedia: Baitarani River (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Baitarani: Key Facts
| Length | 260 km |
|---|---|
| Drainage basin | 14,218 km² |
| Mouth | Bay of Bengal |
Facts from Wikidata Q3773157 (CC0).
Major River Dossiers
Hand-written studies of the great river systems of history.
Connected Reaches
Nearby watercourses in the same drainage network.
Water Bodies in the Catchment
Settlements Along the Reach
Hydraulic Infrastructure Nearby
Surrounding Terrain
Baitarani: Quick Answers
- Where is Baitarani?
- Baitarani is located in India, at 21.4009° N, 86.0319° E.
- Are there dams on the Baitarani?
- No dam on the Baitarani is recorded in the YearMaps dam index, which covers major structures only.