#20 RIHAND

• The Rihand rises from Matiranga Hills in the region southwest of the Mainpat plateau, which is about 1000m in Chhatisgarh

• The Rihand and its tributaries form a fertile plain in the central part of the district stretching from around Ambikapur to Lakhanpur and Pratappur

• Thereafter, it flows north into Sonbhadra district of UP, where it joins the Son.

• Its principal tributaries are the Mahan, the Morana(Morni), the Geur, the Gagar, the Gobri, the Piparkachar, the Ramdia, and the Galphulla

• The Rihand Dam was constructed across the Rihand River near Pipri in Sonbadra district of Mirzapur division in 1962 for hydropower generation: the reservoir impounded behind the dam is called Govind Ballabh Pant Sagar.