4.2.4 Reservoirs of the Mahanadi River System

4.2.4 Reservoirs of the Mahanadi River System

Hirakud dam on river Mahanadi is the longest dam in the world. Fish fauna resembles reservoirs of Ganga river system. Some of the commercially important species besides the Gangetic carps and catfishes found in the Hirakud are Tor mosal var. mahanadicus, Labeo fimbriatus, Rita chrysea, etc.

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