In Odisha the Mahanadi is the largest river with an extensive delta responsible for most of the devastating flood hazards in the coastal zone. Over a period of 146 years between 1855 and 2000 there were 28 high flood years, 57 medium flood years and 48 low flood years (Mishra, 2008). There is a need to study the peak flood magnitude at different probability of exceedences by different probability distribution functions. |