Geography of Sambalpur
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Sambalpur district lies between 20° 40' N and 22° 11' N latitude, 82° 39' E and 85° 15' E longitude, with a total area of 6,702 km2.
Surrounding districts
The district is surrounded by Deogarh district in the east, Bargarh and Jharsuguda districts in the west, Sundergarh district in the north, and Subarnpur and Angul districts in the South. Sambalpur is the district headquarters.
Basic topography
The district has three distinctive physiographic units, namely, the Hilly Terrain of Bamra and Kuchinda in the north, plateau and ridges of Rairakhol in the south-east, and the valley and plains of Sambalpur Sub-division in the south east.
Climate
Sambalpur district experiences an extreme type of climate, with 66 rainy days and 153 centimeters of rainfall on an average per annum. Most of the rainfall is confined to the months from June to October, visited by south west monsoon. Mercury rises up to 47 °C during May, with intolerable heat waves, and falls as low as 11.8 °C during December with extreme cold. The rainfall pattern is highly uneven and irregular.