▪️The Mahanadi River system is the third largest of peninsular India and the largest river of Odisha state.
▪️Its basin extends over states of Chhattisgarh and Odisha and comparatively smaller portions of Jharkhand, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh
▪️ The river originates from Sihawa in Chattisgarh and Drains near False point in Odisha, Bay of Bengal