Rivers of India Flashcards
What are the types of drainage patterns?
Dendritic, Rectangular, Trellis, Radial, Centripetal
Where does Indus rise from?
Lake Mansarovar in Kailash Range
What are the smaller tributaries that Indus receives?
Nubra, shyok, astor, gilgit
What are the main tributaries of Indus?
Jhelum. Chenab, Ravi, Beas and Sutlej
What is the Jhelum’s path?
Rises in Verinag, flows parallel to Pir panjal, exits India
What is the Chenab’s path?
Chandra and Baga joins in HP’s Bara-lacha Pass in Zaskar range
What is the Ravi’s path?
Rises in Kulu Hills near Rohtang Pass (HP)
What is theBeas’s path?
Rises in Beas Kund near Rohtang Pass
What is the Sutlej’s path?
Rises in Lake Rakshastal and enters India through Shipki La Pass in HP
Acc to the Indus Water Treaty 1960, which rivers belong to India>
Western rivers: Ravi, Beas, Sutlej
Which rivers form the left bank tributaries of Ganga?
Ramganga, Gomti, Ghanghra. Gandaki and Kosi Rivers
Ramganga general info
Rises in Garwal District, UK
joins ganga near Kanoj
Gomti general info
Rises near Pilbhit
Joins Ganga near Varanasi
Ghanghra general info
Rises in Gurla Mandhata, near Manasarovar Lake
Kali= imp tributary
Gandaki general info
Rises at the Tibet-Nepal border near Mt. Everest
Kosi general info
Rises in Mahabharat Range
“Sorrow of Bihar”
What are the right bank tributaries of Ganga?
Yamuna, Chambal, Son, Damodar
Yamuna general info
Rises in Yamonotri Glacier in Bandelpur Peak
joins Ganga near Allahabad (Prayag)
Chambal general info
Rises in Janapav Hills in Vindhyan Ranges
3 imp tributaries= Sind, Betwa, Ken
Joins Ganga at Etawah district, UP
Son general info
Rises in Amarkantak
Joins Ganga at Patna
3 imp tributaries: Rihand, Johilla and North Koel
Damodar general info
Rises from the Chotanagpur Plateau
Joins River Hugli at Kolkata
“Sorrow of Bengal”
Where does Brahmaputra originates from?
Angsi Glacier, in Kailash range
What is Brahmaputra known in Tibet as?
Tsang Po
What are the limits of Brahmaputra in India?
Sadia to Dubri
Where does Brahmaputra enter India from?
Dihang gorge
Tributaries of brahmaputra?
Dibang, Teesta, Lohit, Subansiri, Manas, Kapili
What river is formed in Bangaladesh from the joining of Ganga and Brahmaputra?
Meghana River
Riverine island on brahmaputra that was first island to be made a district?
Majuli Island
What are the rivers of Eastern Peninsular India?
Buddabangla, Baitarni, Brahmani, Mahanadi, Rushikulya, Vamsadhara, Indiravathi and Sabari
What are the east flowing rivers of Peninsular India?
Godavari, Krishna and Cauvery
What is the origin of Godavari?
Rises from Trimbakeshwar in the Nashik district of Maharashtra
Which states does the Godavari pass through?
Maharashtra, Odisha, Chattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, Puducherry
What is the origin of Krishna?
Rises in Mahabaleshwar
Which states does the Krishna pass through?
Maharashtra, Karnataka, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh
What is the origin of Cauvery?
Talakaveri, Kodagu in Karnataka
Which states does the Cauvery pass through?
Tamil Nadu, Kerala, and Karnataka - and the Union Territory of Pondicherry
What are the west flowing rivers of Peninsular India?
Narmada and Tapi
What is the origin of Narmada?
Amarkantak
What is the origin of Tapi?
Satpura range
