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Indian geopgraphy video 3 rivers Ganga and its tributaries Flashcards

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what are the three important Himalayan rivers

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Indus , Ganga and Bhramaputra

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what are the important peninsular rivers

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Mahanadi, Tapi, Narmada , Krishna , Godavari, Cauvery

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what is the origin of river Ganga

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Gangotri glacier in uttarkashi district of uttarkhand , here it is known as bhagirathi

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at which prayag the Bhagirathi meets the Alakananda

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Devprayag and hence from here it is known as Ganga

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what is the origin of river Alakananda

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Satopanch glacier in uttakhand which is above bhagirathi

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what are the five important prayags of river Ganga and arrange them in order

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  1. Vishnu prayag- Badrinath and Dauli Ganga meets thus forming a river named Alakanda
  2. Nanda prayag- where Nadakini and Alakananda meets
  3. Karna prayag- where Alakananda and Pindar Ganga meets
  4. Rudraprayag - where Mandakini river from Kedarnath meets Alakanda.
  5. Dev prayag- where bhagirathi from Gangotri glacier meets Alakananda.
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what are the names of the state where river Ganga flows

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UP,MP, Rajasthan, Bihar, Haryana , chattishgargh, Jharkhand, Himachal pradesh, Uttarkhand, West bengal , Delhi

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The river Ganga bifuricates at Farrakha

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as Bhagirathi .

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9
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what is the highest dam built In India

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Tehri dam is one of the highest and biggest dam built in India. It is the fourth largest dam in the world

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what is total length of river Ganga

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2525 kms

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what are the right bank tributaries of river Ganga

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Son river, Damodar and PUNPUN river and Yamuna

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what is largest southern tributary of river Ganga

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SON river

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where does the son river originates

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originates near Amarkantak in Madhya pradesh near the source of narmada

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where does the river Son joins the Ganga river

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Joins Ganga near banapur in patna

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what are the chief tributaries of Son river

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Rihand and north Koel

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where does the river PUNPUN river originates

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Palamu district of Jharkhand and flows through chatra Aurangabad , Gaya and Patna districts of the Indian states of jharkhand and Bihar

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which river is known as the sorrow of bengal

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Damodar

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where does the river Damodar originates

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originated in chotanagpur plateau and flows through a rift valley in Jharkhand

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River Ramganga originates in the

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Garwal district of Uttarkhand

20
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what are the other names of river Gomati

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Gumti or Gunti

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Gomati river originates from

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Gomati Taal or Fulhaar jheel in uttarpradesh

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what are the left bank tributaries of river Ganga

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Ramganga, Gomati, Koshi, Gandak, Ghagra and mahanandha river

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where does the river Ghagra orginates

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Tibet , Gurla Mandhata peak and south of mansarovar

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koshi river originates from

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The north of mount everest in Tibet

25
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which river has seven streams

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koshi river also known as sapta koshi

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which river is known as the sorrow of Bihar

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Koshi river

27
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which tributary of river ganga rising from the dargeeling hills and a trans boundary river

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Mahananda river

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which is the longest tributary river of river Ganga

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Yamuna

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where does the Yamuna river originates

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The yamuna river originates at the Bandarpunch peak in the Garhawal region of uttarkhand

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what is the left bank tributary of river Yamuna

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Hindon river

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Where does the river Yamuna joins the river Ganga

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Triveni sangam or prayagraj(Allahabad)

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what are the major right bank tributries of river yamuna which originates from the peninsular plateau

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Chambal, Sind ,Betwa , The Ton and the Ken

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what are the left bank tributaries of yamuna river

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Hindon, the rind , the sengar and the Varuna

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what is the length of the Hindon river

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400kms

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where does the betwa river originates

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rises in the vindhya range , Hosangabad in madhyapradesh and meets orcha to uttarpradesh

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where does the sindh river originates

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Sindh river originates in the malwa plateau in the vidisha district and flows northeast to join the Yamuna river in the Etawah district , UP

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what is the name of the dam built across the sind river

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Manikada dream in the shivpuri district , Madhya pradesh

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Ken river originates at the

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Bundelkhand region in Madhya pradesh and flows across the two major states uttar pradesh and madhya pradesh

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what is the largest tributary of MP and UP

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Tamsa (Tons river )- MP and UP.

40
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Tons river rises in

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In a Tank at Tamakund range in the Kaimur range

41
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which river is known as the one of the most pollution free rivers of India

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Chambal river

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Where does the chambal river originates

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chambal river originates at the vindhya range and flows through the malwa plateau before joining Yamuna and flows through 960kms long

43
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what are the major four dams the chambal river passes through

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Gandhi sagar dam, Rana pratap sagar, Jawahar sagar and kota barrage

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what is the one of the rainfed tributaries ofriver chambal

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Banas river . originates at the khammar hills of the aravalli range and meets the chambal near the cillage of rameshwar in sawai madhapur district

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where does the kalisindh river originates

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Malwa region of madhya pradesh joins the chambal river at downstream os sawai madhapur in Rajasthan

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