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UPSC Indian Geography 06 - Indian Lakes & Rivers

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UPSC Indian Geography 06 - Indian Lakes & Rivers

Lakes

  • Chilka - First Wetland
  • Vembanad - Largest lake
  • Renuka - smallest
  • Deeper Beel - Guwahati
  • Hokera lake - Srinagar
  • Rudrasagar - Tripura-turtle kachua dhongka
  • Tsomoriri - Varying Density- Himachal
  • All “tals”-Kumaon- UK
  • Uday Sagar & Fateh Sagar - Rajasthan


River Plains
  • Punjab Haryana Plains
  • Bhabar, Terai, Bangar, Khadar

Indus River & Tributaries
  • Indus Originates at Bokarchu Glacier (Mansarovar)
  • Zanskar - meet at indus at leh
  • Shyok river- Skardu
  • Chenab - Lacha pass- Chandra + Tal at tandi- largest- Mithankot (Panchnad)
  • Ravi - Kangra- Rangpur
  • Sutlej - Rakstal-Ursh sharif
  • Beas- Rohtang pass
  • Jhelum - Vernag- Muzaffarabad turn-Trimuh

Brahmaputra River
  • Chemayungdung Glacier (Angsi)
  • Yarlung in china
  • In India as Dihang or Siang, 
  • Lohit & Dabang are major Tributaries
  • Teesta at Fulchuri
  • Jamuna- till joins Ganga (padma) at goalunda
  • Meet Meghna at Chandpur

Ganges
  • Tributaries of Ganga: Ghaghra (Chapra),Gandhak (Hajipur), Son (danapur), Kosi (bhagalpur), Ramganga (kannauj), Kali (tanakpur), Gomati - Saidpur (gomat tal)

Yamuna
  • Yamunotri
  • Chambal ( Etawah-Banas & Parbati Tributaries-vindhyachal)
  • Betwa (Hamirpur)

Other Northern Rivers
  • Kali-aks Sharda River - sorrow of Nepal
  • Manas - Bhutan
  • Teeta -Lhamo Lake- Sikkim- Coronation Bridge

Godavari River
  • Painganga + Wardha (ghugus)+ Wainganga (Seoni) = Pranhita
  • Havelock Bridge
  • Coringa Mangroove
  • Empty in Narsapuram

Mahanadi River
  • Originates near Dhamtari
  • Hirakud Dam
  • Jonk. Tel are major Tributaries

Narmada River
  • Amarkantak (Shahdol District-Vidhayanchal)
  • Hiran, Tawa

Tapti River
  • Betul (Satpura Ranges)
  • Between the Godavari and Narmada rivers. It flows westwards over a length of 724 km before draining through the Gulf of Khambhat

Krishna River
  • Fourth-biggest river in terms of water inflows and river basin area in India, after the Ganga, Godavari and Brahmaputra. The river is almost 1,300 kilometres long
  • Empties near Saldevi
  • Malprabha, Ghatprabha, Tungbhadra

Kaveri River
  • Kaveri, also referred as Ponni, is an Indian river flowing through the states of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu
  • Bhavani & all “bati are Tributaries

Penneru River
  • Rises in Nandi Hills in Chikballapur District of Karnataka state
  • Nandi & Durga River are Tributaries







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