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Indus System

River Origin Tributries/Meets with Remarks Indus Chemayungdung Jhelum, Ravi, Beas, Satluj, 2880 Kms near Chenab Drains in Mansarovar Lake Zaskar,Syang, & east of ,Kabul,Kurram,Gomal Jhelum , near Navigable b/w Beninag in Pirpanjal Anantnag and range Baramulla in vally Ravi , Kangra Distt. Beas Beaskund, Near origin of Satluj, meets of Ravi near Kapurthala Satluj Lake Rakas, Near Enters HP near Shipki Mansarovar lake La Pass

 Indus Water Treaty, 1960 :-> can use 20 % of the Indus, Satluj & Jhelum & 80% of Chenab Ravi & Beas  5 of :-> Satluj, Ravi, Chenab, Beas & Jhelum ( All these as a combined stream meets Indus at )  Chenab in HP is known as Chandrabhanga because Chenab originate in form of two streams: & Bhanga on both the sides of the Bada Laccha La pass in HP.

Ganga River System

Ganga Tributary Origin Meeting Point Remarks Yamunotri Glaciar Allahbad (Prayag) : Tons, Hindon, Sharda, Kunta, Gir, , Hanuman Ganga, , Betwa, Ken,

Son (aka ‘Savan’) Amarkantak (MP), Comes straight from peninsular plateau near origin of Narmada Damodar Chandawa, Palamau Hoogli, South of Carries water of Chotanagpur plateau distt. On Chota Kolkata Nagpur plateau (Jharkhand) : Doodhatoli ranges, Ibrahimpur (UP) Pauri Gharwal, Uttrakhand

1 Gandak Nhubine Himal Glacier, Sonepur, It originates as ‘Kali Gandak’ -Mustang border Called ‘Narayani’ in nepal Bhuri Gandak Bisambharpur, West , Bihar Champaran district Bhagmati Where three headwater streams converge at Bāghdwār above the southern edge of the Shivapuri Hills about 15 km northeast of Kathmandu Kosi near Kursela in the Formed by three main streams: the Katihar district Tamur Koshi originating from Mt. Kanchenjunga in the east, Arun Koshi from Mt. Everest in Tibet, and Sun Koshi from Mt. Gosainthan farther west. From their confluence north of the Chatra Gorge onwards, the is also known as Saptakoshi Chambal Near Manpura, Janapao Hills,Meets Yamuna, MP at Sahon, Bhind (M.P.)

Ghagra Mapchachungo glaciar, Doriganj, near chapara River is it’s tributary Tibet (Bihar) Called ‘Karnali’ in Nepal Kali Sindh Bagli (District ) in joins the Main Tributaries : Parwan, Niwaj and MP at downstream of Ahu rivers. Sawai Madhopur in

 Ganga flow south eastward while entering after Farraka and is called Padma  Ganga splits into a number of in deltaic and is called Bhagirathi-Hugli  Brahmaputra ( Known as Jamuna in Bangladesh) meets Padma at Golundo near Pabna distt. And the combined stream is known as the Padma  Ganga-Brahmaputra Delta extends between Hugli and Meghna rivers  -> Sonar river Largest tributary o Origin: , Jabalpur district, o Meets: Yamuna at Chilla, Fatehpur district, -> o Origin: Vindhya ranges, district, Madhya Pradesh o Meets: Yamuna at Hamirpur, Uttar Pradesh

2 System

 Origin: Mahan glacier near south of Mansarovar lake from which its basin is separated by Marian la Pass  Called Tsangpo in Tibet. Navigable at height of 4000 mts.  Takes sharp South Westerly turn along eastern side of mountain and forms 5500 mts. Deep gorge  Tsangpo known as Dihang in AP.  Becomes Brahmaputra near city of Sadia where Debang and meets it  Tributaries meeting in : Subansiri, Jia Bhareli, Dhanshri, Puthimari, Pagladia & Manas  Moves westward till city of thereafter turns southward in and enters Bangladesh near Golpara  Tista meets Brahmaputra in Bangladesh

Peninsular Rivers

 Most of these rivers flow eastwards because of Western Ghat water divide. Narmada,Mahi and Tapi being exception flow westward through rift vallies not fromed by them  Since all rivers flow through hard peninsular rocks therefore alluvial deposits are absent and thus the “Meandering” is not found in their course of flow  : o Origin :- Brahmgiri hills o Drains into Bay of near Kaveri Patnam o Left Bank Tributries: Herangi, Hemvati, Shimsa & Arkavati o Right Bank Tributries: Lakshman Teerath, kabini,Suvarnvati, Bhawani, Amravati  Krishna: o Origin :- Mahabaleshwar o Tributaries :- Koyana, Ghatprabha, Malprabha, , Tungabhadra o Delta :- near Vijaywada  Godavari: o Origin :- Near nasik, Longest of all peninsular rivers

Rivers of Rajasthan

Luni, Machhu, Rupen, Saraswati, Banas & Ghaggar

None reach sea. All disappear either in salt lakes like or sands.

3 Other Rivers

Luni:

 Origin: Pushkar of the , near Ajmer  Terminates: marshy lands of in  It is first known as Sagarmati, then after passing Govindgarh, it meets its tributary , which originates from , and from then on it gets its name Luni  It is not saline up to balotara district but when it meets the saline land in this area it get also saline.

Sabarmati:

 Origin: in Aravalli Range of the District of Rajasthan  Terminates: Gulf of Cambay of Arabian Sea (Gujrat)

Narmada:

 Origin: Narmada Kund on the Amarkantak hill, Amarkantak, MP  Mouth: into the Arabian Sea, 30 km west of Bharuch city of Gujarat.  flows in a rift valley, flowing west between the Satpura and Vindhya ranges

Tapi:

 Origin: Eastern of southern MP  Terminates: Gulf of Cambay of the Arabian Sea, in the Surat District of Gujarat  Tributaries: , , , Waghur River, Bori River and Aner River

Tista:

 Origin: Tsolamu Lake in North Sikkim  Meets: Brahmaputra at Fulchori (Bangladesh)  Lifeline of Sikkim

Mahanadi:

 Origin: Sihawa, Dhamtari, Dandakaranya, Chhattisgarh, India  Mouth: Just before entering Cuttack city, it gives off a large called the Kathjori. The city of Cuttack stands on the spit separating the two channels. The Kathjori then throws off many streams like the Kuakhai, Devi and Surua which fall into the after entering Puri district. The Kathjori itself falls into the sea as the Jotdar

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