Orissa
extends from 17-degree 49 N to 22-degree 34N
latitude and from 81-degree 27-E to 87-degree
29’ E longitudes on the eastern coast
of India. It is bound by the States of West
Bengal on the North East, Jharkhand on the
north and Chhatisgarh on the West, Andhra
Pradesh on the South & Bay of Bengal on
the East.
Morphologically
Orissa can be divided into five parts. The
coastal plains, the middle mountainous country,
the rolling upland, the river valleys &
the subdued plateaus.
The
coastal plains of Orissa stretch from the
Subarnarekha in the North to Rushikulya in
the South. They are narrow in the North, widest
in the middle, narrowest in the lake Chilka
coast and broad in the South. The coastal
plains are the gift of six major rivers, which
bring silt from their catchments, has reclaimed
this area from the depths of the Bay of Bengal.
The rivers from North to South are the Subarnarekha,
the Budha Balanga, the Baitarani, the Brahmani,
the Mahanadi and the Rushikulya.
