Odisha's geography consists of coastal plains bounded by the Bay of Bengal to the east, mountainous highlands and plateaus in the center, and rolling uplands to the west and north. Maharashtra's dominant physical trait is its plateau character, with coastal plains to the west and the Sahyadri mountain range forming its western rim. Major rivers include the Godavari, Krishna, and Narmada, which are important sources of irrigation. Both states share cultural similarities around festivals like Ganesh Puja and food habits, while their languages are derived from Sanskrit.

2. GEOGRAPHICAL ENVIRONMENT OF ODISHA
 Odisha’s topography consist of fertile
coastal plains to the east bounded by Bay
of Bengal . Mountainous highlands and
plateau regions occupy the centre of the
state. Western and north-western
portions of the state consist of rolling
uplands. The state also has some major
floods encompassing the river system.
 This state shares the border with
Chhattisgarh , West Bengal and Andras
Pradesh.
 The states is spread over an area of
155,707 km^2 and extends for 1030 km
from north to south and 500 km from
east to west.Its coastline is 480 km long.

4. GEOGRAPHY OF MAHARASHTRA
 Located in the heart of North India, with a
command of the Arabian Sea through its port
of Mumbai, Maharashtra has a remarkable
physical homogeneity, enforced by its
underlying geology. The dominant physical
trait of the state is its plateau character;
Maharashtra's western part of coastal plains,
western upturned rims rising to form the
Sahyadri Range and its slopes gently
descending towards the east and southeast.
 Except around Mumbai, and along the eastern
limits, the State of Maharashtra presents a
monotonously uniform, flat-topped skyline.
This topography of the state is the outcome
of its geological structure. The state area,
barring the extreme eastern Vidarbha region,
parts of Kolhapur and Sindhudurg, is
practically co-terminous with the Deccan
Traps. Roughly 60 to 90 million years ago, the

5. RIVERS OF MAHARASHTRA
The Godavari is India's second longest river after the Ganga.
Its source is in Triambakeshwar, Maharashtra.[3] It flows east
for 1,465 kilometres (910 mi), draining the states of
Maharashtra (48.6%), Telangana (18.8%), Andhra Pradesh
(4.5%), Chhattisgarh (10.9%) and Odisha (5.7%).
The Krishna River is the fourth-biggest river in terms of
water inflows and river basin area in India, after the Ganga,
Godavari and Brahmaputra. The river is almost 1,288
kilometres (800 mi) long. The river is also called Krishnaveni.
It is one of the major sources of irrigation for Maharashtra,
Karnataka, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.
The Narmada River, also called the Reva and previously also
known as Narbada (Nerbudda).[2]This river is located in
Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat state of India. It is also known
as "Life Line of Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat" for its huge
contribution to the state of Madhya pradesh and Gujarat in
many ways. Narmada rises from Amarkantak Plateau in
Anuppur district Madhya Pradesh.
KRISHNA
NARMADA
GODAVA
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6. There are many cultural similarities between
Odisha and Maharashtra. In both the places, the
festivals are given importance throughout the
year. There are some festivals like Lord
Jagannath's Rath Yatra which is in Odisha and
not in Maharashtra. Nowadays Ganeshpuja
takes place in both the places, with full fanfare.
Ganesha Puja takes place in almost every school
in Odisha, which also happens in Maharashtra.
There are many festivals, such as 'Pola' which is
known by some other name in Odisha. There is
also a similarity in food habit in both places.
But there is a little difference in the food and
there is also diversity. In the apparels, you will
see ladies wear sarees in both the States. Men
use dhoti more. Kurtas are popular here but
slightly less than Maharashtra. The language
which is in Odisha, the language has much
more similarity. Both are taken from Sanskrit.

7. This is to certify that Mr./ Ms. Ayushi Priyadarshini of
class IX
has successfully completed the art integrated
Project work
on Geographical Environment of Odisha and
Maharashtra
state as prescribed by Mr. / Mrs. Liza Singh ,during the
academic
year 2020-2021 as per the guidelines issues by
Central
Board of Secondary Education - CBSE. It is further
certified
that this project is theIndividual work of the
candidate.
CERTIFICATE

8. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
I would like to take this opportunity to express my gratitude to
my teacher Ms. Liza Singh as well as our principal Ms.Soubhagya Laxmi Mohanty
for providing a wonderful opportunity to do this Art Integrated project on the
State of Odisha and Maharashtra.
The opportunity helped me improve my research skills and
helped me learn new things about the state like administration.
Student’s sign:
Date: 08/03/2021

9. THANK YOU