Shivnath River

Shivnath River Shivanath River
Native name	शिवनाथ नदी
Location
Country	India
State	Chhattisgarh
City	Durg
Physical characteristics
Source	Pana aras Hill
• location	Rajnandgaon , Chhattisgarh
Mouth	Mahanadi
• location	Shivrinarayan, Janjgir-Champa, Chhattisgarh, Chhattisgarh
Length	383 km (238 mi)
Discharge
• location	Mahanadi at Shivrinarayan

Shivnath River (or Seonath River) is the longest tributary of Mahanadi River, which it joins in in Bilaspur district in Chhattisgarh, India. It has a total course of 290 kilometres (180 mi). The name comes for the god Shiva in Hinduism.

Sources[]

Shivnath originates from Panabaras Hill, 624 metres (2,047 ft) above sea level in the Ambagarh Chowki division of Rajnandgaon District of Chhattisgarh.

Course[]

The river flows in the north-east direction for 300 kilometres (190 mi) from its source and joins the Mahanadi River near the town Shivrinarayan.^[1][2][3][4]

Sale[]

The river was sold by the government of Madhya Pradesh to in 1998, to much controversy by locals.^[5] Arvind Kejriwal discussed this controversy in his book Swaraj.

References[]

Coordinates: 21°43′46″N 82°28′33″E / 21.7295°N 82.4758°E / 21.7295; 82.4758