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Rivers of India Flashcards

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What are the types of drainage patterns?

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Dendritic, Rectangular, Trellis, Radial, Centripetal

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Where does Indus rise from?

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Lake Mansarovar in Kailash Range

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What are the smaller tributaries that Indus receives?

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Nubra, shyok, astor, gilgit

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What are the main tributaries of Indus?

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Jhelum. Chenab, Ravi, Beas and Sutlej

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What is the Jhelum’s path?

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Rises in Verinag, flows parallel to Pir panjal, exits India

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What is the Chenab’s path?

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Chandra and Baga joins in HP’s Bara-lacha Pass in Zaskar range

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What is the Ravi’s path?

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Rises in Kulu Hills near Rohtang Pass (HP)

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What is theBeas’s path?

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Rises in Beas Kund near Rohtang Pass

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What is the Sutlej’s path?

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Rises in Lake Rakshastal and enters India through Shipki La Pass in HP

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Acc to the Indus Water Treaty 1960, which rivers belong to India>

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Western rivers: Ravi, Beas, Sutlej

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Which rivers form the left bank tributaries of Ganga?

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Ramganga, Gomti, Ghanghra. Gandaki and Kosi Rivers

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Ramganga general info

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Rises in Garwal District, UK

joins ganga near Kanoj

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Gomti general info

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Rises near Pilbhit

Joins Ganga near Varanasi

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Ghanghra general info

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Rises in Gurla Mandhata, near Manasarovar Lake

Kali= imp tributary

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Gandaki general info

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Rises at the Tibet-Nepal border near Mt. Everest

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Kosi general info

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Rises in Mahabharat Range

“Sorrow of Bihar”

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What are the right bank tributaries of Ganga?

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Yamuna, Chambal, Son, Damodar

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Yamuna general info

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Rises in Yamonotri Glacier in Bandelpur Peak

joins Ganga near Allahabad (Prayag)

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Chambal general info

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Rises in Janapav Hills in Vindhyan Ranges
3 imp tributaries= Sind, Betwa, Ken
Joins Ganga at Etawah district, UP

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Son general info

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Rises in Amarkantak
Joins Ganga at Patna
3 imp tributaries: Rihand, Johilla and North Koel

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Damodar general info

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Rises from the Chotanagpur Plateau
Joins River Hugli at Kolkata
“Sorrow of Bengal”

22
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Where does Brahmaputra originates from?

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Angsi Glacier, in Kailash range

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What is Brahmaputra known in Tibet as?

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Tsang Po

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What are the limits of Brahmaputra in India?

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Sadia to Dubri

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Where does Brahmaputra enter India from?

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Dihang gorge

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Tributaries of brahmaputra?

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Dibang, Teesta, Lohit, Subansiri, Manas, Kapili

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What river is formed in Bangaladesh from the joining of Ganga and Brahmaputra?

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Meghana River

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Riverine island on brahmaputra that was first island to be made a district?

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Majuli Island

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What are the rivers of Eastern Peninsular India?

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Buddabangla, Baitarni, Brahmani, Mahanadi, Rushikulya, Vamsadhara, Indiravathi and Sabari

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What are the east flowing rivers of Peninsular India?

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Godavari, Krishna and Cauvery

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What is the origin of Godavari?

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Rises from Trimbakeshwar in the Nashik district of Maharashtra

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Which states does the Godavari pass through?

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Maharashtra, Odisha, Chattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, Puducherry

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What is the origin of Krishna?

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Rises in Mahabaleshwar

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Which states does the Krishna pass through?

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Maharashtra, Karnataka, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh

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What is the origin of Cauvery?

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Talakaveri, Kodagu in Karnataka

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Which states does the Cauvery pass through?

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Tamil Nadu, Kerala, and Karnataka - and the Union Territory of Pondicherry

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What are the west flowing rivers of Peninsular India?

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Narmada and Tapi

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What is the origin of Narmada?

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Amarkantak

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What is the origin of Tapi?

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Satpura range

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