{"id":361474,"date":"2026-04-24T15:18:48","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T09:48:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=361474"},"modified":"2026-04-24T15:18:48","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T09:48:48","slug":"subarnarekha-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/subarnarekha-river\/","title":{"rendered":"Subarnarekha River"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>News: <\/b>The Indian Army defused a high-risk, World War II-era bomb recovered from the Subarnarekha River near Baharagora in East Singhbhum.<\/p>\n<h2>About Subarnarekha River<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_361475\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-361475\" style=\"width: 444px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-361475 \" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Screenshot_24-4-2026_12124_appforest.jharkhand.gov_.in_.jpeg?resize=444%2C339&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Subarnarekha River\" width=\"444\" height=\"339\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Screenshot_24-4-2026_12124_appforest.jharkhand.gov_.in_.jpeg?resize=300%2C229&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Screenshot_24-4-2026_12124_appforest.jharkhand.gov_.in_.jpeg?w=596&amp;ssl=1 596w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 444px) 100vw, 444px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-361475\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Jharkhand gov<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Subarnarekha River <strong>originates in Jharkhand<\/strong> and <strong>flows through Jharkhand, West Bengal, and Odisha.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>rain-fed river <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and is<\/span><b> ranked as the smallest river basin <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">among the fourteen major river basins of India.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is one of the<\/span><b> longest east-flowing inter-state rivers.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Origin and Course: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It originates <\/span><b>near Nagri village in the Ranchi district of Jharkhand<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at an elevation of 600 m.\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On the <\/span><b>Ranchi Plateau, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">it meanders gently for about 60 km before plunging over a 74-meter-high cliff, forming the picturesque <\/span><b>Hundru Falls.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It flows <\/span><b>for a length of 395 km before outflowing into the Bay of Bengal.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is bounded on the <\/span><b>North-West<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by the<\/span><b> Chhotnagpur Plateau, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in the <\/span><b>South-West by the Brahmani basin,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the <\/span><b>South by the Burhabalang basin<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and in the <\/span><b>South-East by the Bay of Bengal.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Total length: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The total length of the river is<\/span><b> about 395 km.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Tributaries: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Its principal tributaries are <\/span><b>Kanchi, Kharkai and Karkari.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>Subernarekha and the Burhabalang<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> form the major river systems in the basin.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The basin is <\/span><b>generally influenced by the South-West monsoon,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which onsets in the month of June and extends up to October.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Total catchment area: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The total catchment area of the basin i<\/span><b>s 29196 sq.km.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Rich in mineral resources: <\/b>The mineral resources of the Subarnarekha basin are mainly <strong>comprises of <\/strong><b>ores <\/b>of Copper, Iron, Uranium, Gold, etc.\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\">Its basin area is also<strong> rich in industrial minerals,<\/strong> including <b>kyanite, asbestos, barytes, apatite, china clay, talc, limestone, dolomite, and building stones <\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\">There are <b>major industrial areas<\/b> located along the bank of the Subarnarekha, such as <b>Ranchi\u2013Hatia industrial area, the iron<\/b><b>\u00a0and steel plant and the industrial complex at Jamshedpur, etc.<\/b><b><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Dams: <\/b>Major dams and reservoirs situated on the river include <b>Getalsud Reservoir, Chandil Dam, Galudih Barrage, Icha Dam, and Kharkai Barrage.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: The Indian Army defused a high-risk, World War II-era bomb recovered from the Subarnarekha River near Baharagora in East Singhbhum. About Subarnarekha River The Subarnarekha River originates in Jharkhand and flows through Jharkhand, West Bengal, and Odisha. 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