Jonk River

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Jonk River is a tributary of Mahanadi River that flows for approximately 210 kilometers through the Nuapada District and Bargarh District in the state of Odisha; and the Mahasamund District and Raipur District in the state of Chhattisgarh in India.{{cite web|url=https://www.academia.edu/10285464/Stone_Age_Archaeology_of_Jonk_River_Basin_in_Western_Odisha_and_Eastern_Chhattisgarh|title=Stone Age Archaeology of Jonk River Basin in Western Odisha and Eastern Chhattisgarh|last=Padhan|first=Tosabanta|date=25 November 2014|work=Postdoctoral thesis|publisher=Deccan College Post-Graduate and Research Institute|access-date=27 August 2015}} The river starts from the Sunabeda plateau and enters Maraguda valley where it is joined by a stream called Gaidhas-nala near Patora village. The river forms Beniadhas fall (80 feet) and Kharaldhas Fall (150 feet) before entering the valley.[https://books.google.com/books?id=xEtVtSED0u0C&pg=PA359&dq=Jonk+river&lr= Cultural profile of south Kōśala by Jitāmitra Prasāda Sim̄hadeba, J. Prasad Singh Deo] It joins Mahanadi at Shivrinarayan.