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