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Mahanadi

American  
[muh-hah-nuh-dee] / məˈhɑ nə di /

noun

  1. a river in central India, flowing N and E to the Bay of Bengal. 550 miles (885 km) long.


Mahanadi British  
/ məˈhɑːnədɪ /

noun

  1. a river in E India, rising in Chhattisgarh and flowing north, then south and east to the Bay of Bengal. Length: 885 km (550 miles)

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BG, the U.K.’s third-largest natural-gas producer, is withdrawing from the KG-OSN-2004/1 and KG-DWN-2009/1 permits in the Krishna Godavari block, and the MN-DWN-2002/02 license in the Mahanadi basin.

From BusinessWeek • Jan. 4, 2012

The area of greatest suffering was a heavily populated 15-mile stretch of coastline between the Mahanadi and Baitarani rivers.

From Time Magazine Archive

The city is situated at the head of the delta of the Mahanadi.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" by Various

It forms the upper half of the basin of the river Mahanadi.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" by Various

Bastar and Kanker States and parts of Chanda and Drug Districts on the hill-ranges south of the Mahanadi Valley to the south-east.

From The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV) by Russell, R. V. (Robert Vane)