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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