The Sankh River flows across

Jharkhand Jharkhand (; ; ) is a state in eastern India. The state shares its border with the states of West Bengal to the east, Chhattisgarh to the west, Uttar Pradesh to the northwest, Bihar to the north and Odisha to the south. It has an area of . ...

, Chhattisgarh and

Odisha Odisha (English: , ), formerly Orissa ( the official name until 2011), is an Indian state located in Eastern India. It is the 8th largest state by area, and the 11th largest by population. The state has the third largest population of Sc ...

states in

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. The river flows for before it meets the Koel River in Odisha.

Course

The river starts above sea level in Lupungpat village in

Gumla district Gumla district is one of the twenty-four districts of Jharkhand state, India, and Gumla town is the administrative headquarters of this district. Etymology For centuries, the place was a meeting center for people from the hinterland who flocked ...

in Jharkhand and flows in the state before entering Chhattisgarh. It runs a distance of about in Chhattisgarh and enters Jharkhand again to flow for another . The river finally enters

and travels another before merging with the Koel. The South Koel enters Odisha and joins the Sarnkh River at Vedavyas near Rourkela from where it is called the

Brahmani Brahmani (Sanskrit: ब्रह्माणी, IAST: Brahmāṇī) or Brahmi (Sanskrit: ब्राह्मी, IAST: Brāhmī), is one of the seven Hindu mother goddesses known as Sapta Matrikas. She is a form of Saraswati and is conside ...

(see ).

Sadni Falls

The high

Sadni Falls Sadni Falls (also called Sadnighagh Falls) is a waterfall located about from Rajadera village in Gumla district in the Indian state of Jharkhand. Geography Location Sadni Falls is located at The Falls The falls on the Sankh River is a sca ...

on the Sankh River at the edge of the Ranchi plateau is an example of

scarp Scarp may refer to: Landforms and geology * Cliff, a significant vertical, or near vertical, rock exposure * Escarpment, a steep slope or long rock that occurs from erosion or faulting and separates two relatively level areas of differing elevatio ...

falls or knick line falls.

References

Rivers of Chhattisgarh Rivers of Jharkhand Sundergarh district Rivers of Odisha Rivers of India {{India-river-stub