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Subarnarekha River
Subarnarekha River at Gopiballavpur, West Bengal, India.
Subarnarekha River
river, India
Subarnarekha River, river in northeastern India, rising in southern Bihar state. The Subarnarekha (meaning “Streak of Gold”) flows east through a copper-mining region and leaves the Chota Nagpur plateau by the Hundrugbagh waterfall. Continuing eastward, it flows across West Bengal state to enter the Bay of Bengal after a 290-mile (470-km) course. The Kanchi and Karkari rivers are its chief tributaries.
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