Origin and Flows
The river Indravati rises at an altitude of 914 m in the Kalahandi district of Orissa on the western slopes of the Eastern Ghats. It flows west-ward through the Kalahandi, Nabarangapur and Koraput districts for a length of 164 km and after forming the boundary between Orissa and Chhattisgarh states for a length of 9.5 km, enters the Bastar district of Chhattisgarh. After flowing 233 km in Chattisgarh, it turns south and flows along the boundary of Chhattisgarh and Maharashtra for about 129 km and joins Godavari River at the junction of the boundaries of Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh and Andhra Pradesh states.
The Indravati sub-basin covers a total area of about 40625 km2. Indravati has a catchment area of 7435 km2 in Orissa. The length of river is about 535.80 km.and starting from the hills of Kalahandi, it join the Godavari river near village Bhadrakali in Bijapur district of Chhattisgarh. It has a well defined course from its origin to its confluence with the Godavari River. Starting in a South-East direction as a small rivulet in Orissa, it later runs in western direction through Bastar district of Chhattisgarh until it is deflected and runs North West and then again takes a turn to South-West direction. During its total course of 535.80 km the river drops by 832.10m. Its bed level at its junction with the Godavari River is of the order of R.L. 82.3 m compared to the level in Kalahandi from where it takes off is 914.4m.
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