Indian geopgraphy video 3 rivers Ganga and its tributaries Flashcards
what are the three important Himalayan rivers
Indus , Ganga and Bhramaputra
what are the important peninsular rivers
Mahanadi, Tapi, Narmada , Krishna , Godavari, Cauvery
what is the origin of river Ganga
Gangotri glacier in uttarkashi district of uttarkhand , here it is known as bhagirathi
at which prayag the Bhagirathi meets the Alakananda
Devprayag and hence from here it is known as Ganga
what is the origin of river Alakananda
Satopanch glacier in uttakhand which is above bhagirathi
what are the five important prayags of river Ganga and arrange them in order
- Vishnu prayag- Badrinath and Dauli Ganga meets thus forming a river named Alakanda
- Nanda prayag- where Nadakini and Alakananda meets
- Karna prayag- where Alakananda and Pindar Ganga meets
- Rudraprayag - where Mandakini river from Kedarnath meets Alakanda.
- Dev prayag- where bhagirathi from Gangotri glacier meets Alakananda.
what are the names of the state where river Ganga flows
UP,MP, Rajasthan, Bihar, Haryana , chattishgargh, Jharkhand, Himachal pradesh, Uttarkhand, West bengal , Delhi
The river Ganga bifuricates at Farrakha
as Bhagirathi .
what is the highest dam built In India
Tehri dam is one of the highest and biggest dam built in India. It is the fourth largest dam in the world
what is total length of river Ganga
2525 kms
what are the right bank tributaries of river Ganga
Son river, Damodar and PUNPUN river and Yamuna
what is largest southern tributary of river Ganga
SON river
where does the son river originates
originates near Amarkantak in Madhya pradesh near the source of narmada
where does the river Son joins the Ganga river
Joins Ganga near banapur in patna
what are the chief tributaries of Son river
Rihand and north Koel
where does the river PUNPUN river originates
Palamu district of Jharkhand and flows through chatra Aurangabad , Gaya and Patna districts of the Indian states of jharkhand and Bihar
which river is known as the sorrow of bengal
Damodar
where does the river Damodar originates
originated in chotanagpur plateau and flows through a rift valley in Jharkhand
River Ramganga originates in the
Garwal district of Uttarkhand
what are the other names of river Gomati
Gumti or Gunti
Gomati river originates from
Gomati Taal or Fulhaar jheel in uttarpradesh
what are the left bank tributaries of river Ganga
Ramganga, Gomati, Koshi, Gandak, Ghagra and mahanandha river
where does the river Ghagra orginates
Tibet , Gurla Mandhata peak and south of mansarovar
koshi river originates from
The north of mount everest in Tibet
which river has seven streams
koshi river also known as sapta koshi
which river is known as the sorrow of Bihar
Koshi river
which tributary of river ganga rising from the dargeeling hills and a trans boundary river
Mahananda river
which is the longest tributary river of river Ganga
Yamuna
where does the Yamuna river originates
The yamuna river originates at the Bandarpunch peak in the Garhawal region of uttarkhand
what is the left bank tributary of river Yamuna
Hindon river
Where does the river Yamuna joins the river Ganga
Triveni sangam or prayagraj(Allahabad)
what are the major right bank tributries of river yamuna which originates from the peninsular plateau
Chambal, Sind ,Betwa , The Ton and the Ken
what are the left bank tributaries of yamuna river
Hindon, the rind , the sengar and the Varuna
what is the length of the Hindon river
400kms
where does the betwa river originates
rises in the vindhya range , Hosangabad in madhyapradesh and meets orcha to uttarpradesh
where does the sindh river originates
Sindh river originates in the malwa plateau in the vidisha district and flows northeast to join the Yamuna river in the Etawah district , UP
what is the name of the dam built across the sind river
Manikada dream in the shivpuri district , Madhya pradesh
Ken river originates at the
Bundelkhand region in Madhya pradesh and flows across the two major states uttar pradesh and madhya pradesh
what is the largest tributary of MP and UP
Tamsa (Tons river )- MP and UP.
Tons river rises in
In a Tank at Tamakund range in the Kaimur range
which river is known as the one of the most pollution free rivers of India
Chambal river
Where does the chambal river originates
chambal river originates at the vindhya range and flows through the malwa plateau before joining Yamuna and flows through 960kms long
what are the major four dams the chambal river passes through
Gandhi sagar dam, Rana pratap sagar, Jawahar sagar and kota barrage
what is the one of the rainfed tributaries ofriver chambal
Banas river . originates at the khammar hills of the aravalli range and meets the chambal near the cillage of rameshwar in sawai madhapur district
where does the kalisindh river originates
Malwa region of madhya pradesh joins the chambal river at downstream os sawai madhapur in Rajasthan
