Subarnarekha River

About Subarnarekha River:

• It is one of the longest east-flowing interstate rivers.
• ‘Subarnarekha’ means ‘Streak of Gold.’ The river is known as the storehouse of gold.
• It flows through the states of Jharkhand, West Bengal and Odisha.

• Course:
  • Origin: It rises near Nagri village in the Ranchi District of Jharkhand at an elevation of 600 m. 
  • It flows east through a copper-mining region and leaves the Chota Nagpur plateau by the Hundru waterfall.
  • Continuing eastward, it flows across West Bengal
  • It runs through some major industrial towns and cities, i.e., Jamshedpur, Chaibasa, Ranchi and Bhadrak, before joining the Bay of Bengal at Kirtania port in Odisha. 
• The basin is bounded on the northwest by the Chota Nagpur Plateau, in the southwest by the Brahmani Basin, in the south by the Burhabalanga Basin and in the southeast by the Bay of Bengal.
• The principal tributaries of the river are Kanchi, Kharkai and Karkari.