Raipur
District is situated in the fertile plains of Chhattisgarh Region. This
District is situated between 22° 33' N to 21° 14' N Latitude and
82° 6' to 81° 38' E Longtitude. The District is surrounded by
District Bilaspur in North, District Bastar and part of Orissa state in
South, District Raigarh and part of Orissa state in East and district Durg
in West.
The district occupies the south eastern part of the
upper Mahanadi valley and the bordering hills in the south and the east.
Thus, the district is divided into two major physical divisions, Viz., the
Chattisgarh plain and the Hilly Areas.
Mahanadi
is the main river of this district. Its tributaries being Sendur, Pairy,
Sondur, Joan, Kharun and Shivnath. The fertility of lands of Raipur
district can be attributed to the presence of these rivers. Mahanadi
originating in the hills of Sihava flows in the direction of East into the
Bay of Bengal.
Mahanadi crosses the district diagonally from its
south western corner to Northern boundaries. The area to the west of the
river comprising the North Eastern part of Dhamtari (now separated from
the Raipur District), the whole of Raipur, Rajim Tehsil and the western
part of Baloda Bazar Tehsil is a part of the open Chhattisgarh plain,
gently sloping, thickly populated and closely cultivated and almost devoid
of forests.
The plain also extends in a belt of about 13 to 15
kilometers east of Mahanadi, except between Sirpur and Kasdol where the
hills are very closed. The Southern part of Mahanadi plain is about 305
metres above the M.S.L, whereas the northern part is about 244 metres
above the M.S.L.
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