Which river is known as the 'Sorrow of Odisha'?
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This question examines an important river-or-lake fact: “Which river is known as the 'Sorrow of Odisha'?” The correct answer is Mahanadi. The Mahanadi River was historically called the 'Sorrow of Odisha' due to the devastating floods it caused in the region. The Mahanadi originates in Chhattisgarh and drains into the Bay of Bengal. A river system includes its source, tributaries, distributaries, drainage basin, watershed, channel, floodplain, delta or estuary and final outlet. River behaviour depends on relief, geology, rainfall, snowmelt, sediment load, vegetation and human intervention. Examination questions often confuse a river’s source with its mouth, a left-bank tributary with a right-bank tributary, or a natural lake with a reservoir.