River system in India Flashcards
A river drains the water collected from a
specific area, which is called its ‘
catchment area’.
An area drained by a river and its tributaries
is called a
drainage basin
When the rivers originate from a hill and flow in all directions, the drainage pattern is known
as
‘radial eg Amarkantak plateau
When the primary tributaries of rivers flow parallel to each other and secondary tributaries
join them at right angles, the pattern is known as
‘trellis’.
When the rivers discharge their waters from all directions in a lake or depression, the
pattern is know as ‘
centripetal
The boundary line separating one drainage basin from the other is known as the
waterdivde
catchments of smal rivers are known as
watershed.
Major river basin area
more than 20000 sq km
medium river basin area
2000 to 20000 sq km
Minor
less than 2000 sq km
sorrow of Bihar
Kosi
Mighty river Indo Brahma or shiwalik during which era
Miocene period
water divide between Indus and ganga river system
delhi ridge
Dismemberment of Indi brahma river
Pleistocene era
Source of Indus (SIndhu river)
Glacier near Bokhar Chu
Jhelum source
a spring at Verinag in the south-eastern part of the Kashmir Valley.
Chenab source
iginates from near the Bara Lacha Pass in the Lahul-Spiti part of the Zaskar Range
The Ravi has its source in
Kullu hills near the Rohtang Pass in Himachal Pradesh.
Beas originates near the
Rohtang Pass n the southern end of the Pir Panjal Range, close to the source of the Ravi.
e Satluj rises from the
Manasarovar-Rakas Lakes in western Tibet
In Tibet, Indus is known as
‘Singi Khamban;
Indus flows between
Ladakh and Zaskar range
Indus enters into Pakistan near
Chillar in the Dardistan region
Indus recieves Kabul river at right bank near
Attock hill
right bank tributaries of the Indus are
he Khurram, the Tochi, the Gomal, the Viboa and the Sangar, Kabul
Indus recieves panjhad
above Mithankot
The Panjnad i
Satluj, the Beas, the Ravi, the Chenab and the Jhelum.
The Indus flows in India only through the L
eh district in
Jammu and Kashmir.
River in Wular lake
Jhelum
Jhelum joins the Chenab near .
Jhang in Pakistan
is the largest tributary of the
Indus. I
Chenab
two streams for Chenab
Chandra and Bagha
Ravi joins chenab at
Sarai Sidhu
The river flows through the Kullu valley and forms gorges at Kati and Largi in the Dhaoladhar range
Beas
Beas meets satluj at
Harike
it is known as Langchen Khambab.
Satluj
passes through the Shipki La on the Himalayan ranges and enters the Punjab plains
Satluj
type of river satluj
Anrtecedent
it feeds the canal system of the Bhakra Nangal project
satluj
Bhagirathi meets the Alaknanda to form ganga at
Devprayag
The Alaknanda has its source in the
Satopanth glacier above Badrinath
Dhauli and Vishnu Ganga form Alaknanda at
Joshimath or Vishnu Prayag
Pindar joins Alaknanda at
karna prayag
mandakini or Kali Ganga meet Alaknanda at
Rudra Prayag
Two distributaries of ganga
Bhagirathi and the Hugli
States for Ganga
Uttarakhand (110 km) and Uttar Pradesh
(1,450 km), Bihar (445 km) and West Bengal
(520 km
The important left bank tributaries of ganga are
the.Ramganga, the Gomati, the Ghaghara, the
Gandak, the Kosi and the Mahananda
The Ganga river finally discharges itself into the Bay of Bengal near
the Sagar Island.
the western most and the
longest tributary of the Ganga
yamuna
Source of yamuna
Yamunotri glacier on the western slopes of Banderpunch range
Right
the Chambal, the Sind, the Betwa and the Ken
Left bank tributaries of Yamuna
the Hindan, the Rind, the Sengar, the Varuna
The Chambal rises near
Mhow in the
Malwa plateau of Madhya Pradesh
Gandhisagar dam on
Chambal river
is famous for its badland topography
The Chambal
The Gandak comprises two streams, namely
Kaligandak and Trishulganga
Gandak source
It rises in the Nepal Himalayas between the Dhaulagiri
and Mount Everest
Gandak joins Ganga at
Sonpur near patna
The Ghaghara originates in the glaciers of
Mapchachungo
tributaries of Ghaghra
Tila, Seti and Beri
it comes out of the mountain, cutting a deep gorge at
Shishapani
The Ghaghara
Ghagra meets Ganga at
Chapra
The Kosi is an antecedent river with its source to the
north of Mount Everest in Tibet, where its main stream Arun rises.
The Ramganga is comparatively a small
river rising in th
e Garhwal hills near Gairsain
The Ramganga joins Ganga atr
kanauj
occupies the eastern margins of the Chotanagpur Plateau where it flows through a rift valley and finally joins the Hugli
Damodar
main tributary of damodar
Barakar
Sorrow of Bengal
Damodar
The Sarda or Saryu river rises in
the Milam glacier in the Nepal Himalayas where it is
The Sarda or Saryu river known as the
Goriganga
it is called Kali or Chauk alomg Indo Nepal border
The Sarda or Saryu river
The Mahananda source
Paglajhora Falls on Mahaldiram Hills in Darjeeling
large south bank tributary of Ganga
Son
Brahmaputra source
Chemayungdung glacier of the Kailash range
near the Mansarovar lake
The Rango Tsangpo is the major
right bank tributary of this river in Tibet
Brahmaputra
Brahmaputra enters India at
West of Sadiya town in Arunachal Pradesh as siang or Dihang
main left bank tributaries of brahmaputra viz.,
Dibang or Sikang and Lohit, Burhi Dihing and Dhansari
right bank tributaries are
he Subansiri, Kameng, Manas and Sankosh.
type of river Sunesari
Antecedent
In Bangladesh, the Tista joins Brahmaputra on its right bank from where the river is known as t
he Yamuna.
there is a lack of alluvial and deltaic deposits
in these rivers
narmada and tapi flow in trough faults and fill the original cracks with their detritus materials
The Mahanadi rises near
Sihawa in Raipur district of Chhattisgarh
Godavari source
Nashik
Godavari tributaries.
The Penganga, the Indravati, the
Pranhita, and the Manjra are its principal
tributaries.
Godavari forms a gorge at
Polavaram
Krishna source
mahabaleshwar
Krishna tributaries.
The Koyna, the Tungbhadra and
the Bhima are its major tributaries
The Kaveri rises in
Brahmagiri hills (1,341m) of Kogadu district in Karnataka
the river carries water throughout the year with
comparatively less fluctuation than the other
Peninsular rivers
The Kaveri
The Kaveri tributaries
Its important tributaries are the Kabini, the Bhavani and the Amravati
The Narmada originates on the
western flank of the Amarkantak plateau
Flows between rift valley the
Satpura in the south and the Vindhyan range
Narmada
Dhuandahar waterfalls
Narmada river near jabalpur
Tapi originates from
Multai in the Betul
district of Madhya Pradesh
Luni originates
It originates near Pushkar in two branches, i.e. the Saraswati and the Sabarmati, which join with each other at Govindgarh.
The Vaitarna rises from the
Trimbak hills in Nasik district
The Kalinadi rises from
Belgaum district
The source of Bedti river lies in
Hubli Dharw
The Sharavati originates in
Shimoga district of Karnataka
Jog falls on river
Sharavati
Imp rivers in goa
Mandovi and Juari
The longest river of Kerala,
Bharathapuzha rises near Annamalai hills. It is also known as Ponnani
2nd largest river
Periyar
Another river of Kerala worth mentioning is
the Pamba river
which falls in the Vemobanad
lake
Small Rivers Flowing towards the East
The Subarnrekha, the Baitarni, the Brahmani, the Vamsadhara, the Penner, the Palar and the Vaigai
decreasing order of catchment area
Penner,Brahmani, Subarnarekha, Palar, Baltani
Antecedent and consequent leading to
dendritic pattern in plains
Himalayan rivers
Super imposed, rejuvenated resulting
in trellis, radial and rectangular
patterns
Peninsular rivers
The world’s largest drainage basin is of the
Amazon river
A little over a third of the Indus
basin is located in India in the states of
Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and the Punjab
and the rest is in Pakistan.
According to the regulations
of the Indus Water Treaty (1960), India can use
only 20 per cent of the total water carried by Indus
river system
This is the northernmost point of the Ganga delta.
the Ganga flows eastwards till Farakka in West Bengal
is located on the water divide
between the Indus and the Ganga river system
Ambala
Brahmaputra is known as
the Tsang Po in Tibet and Jamuna in Bangladesh.
The main water divide in Peninsular India is
formed by the
Western Ghats
are the only long rivers, which flow west and make esturies. The
The Narmada and the Tapi
Marble rocks near Jabalpur feature of which river
Narmada
The main west flowing rivers are
Sabarmati, Mahi, Bharathpuzha and Periyar
The Mahanadi rises in the highlands of
Chhattisgarh
Krishna Tributaries
The Tungabhadra, the Koyana, the Ghatprabha, the Musi and the Bhima
Sivasudaram Waterfall 2nd largest on river
Kaveri
Which is the largest waterfall in India
Kunchikal Falls in Karnataka formed by river varahi
in contrast, is the result of the
tectonic activity
The Wular lake in Jammu and Kashmir,
are some other
important fresh water lakes
The Dal lake, Bhimtal, Nainital,
Loktak and Barapani
