1 Indus River System River Origin Tributries/Meets with Remarks
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Indus River System River Origin Tributries/Meets with Remarks Indus Chemayungdung Jhelum, Ravi, Beas, Satluj, 2880 Kms Glacier near Chenab Drains in Arabian sea Mansarovar Lake Zaskar,Syang,Shigar & east of Karachi Gilgit Shyok,Kabul,Kurram,Gomal Jhelum Sheshnag lake, near Navigable b/w Beninag in Pirpanjal Anantnag and range Baramulla in Kashmir vally Ravi Rohtang Pass, Kangra Distt. Beas Beaskund, Near origin Tributary of Satluj, meets of Ravi near Kapurthala Satluj Lake Rakas, Near Enters HP near Shipki Mansarovar lake La Pass Indus Water Treaty, 1960 :-> India can use 20 % of the Indus, Satluj & Jhelum & 80% of Chenab Ravi & Beas 5 Rivers of Punjab :-> Satluj, Ravi, Chenab, Beas & Jhelum ( All these as a combined stream meets Indus at Mithankot) Chenab in HP is known as Chandrabhanga because Chenab originate in form of two streams: Chandra & Bhanga on both the sides of the Bada Laccha La pass in HP. Ganga River System Ganga Tributary Origin Meeting Point Remarks Yamuna Yamunotri Glaciar Allahbad (Prayag) Tributaries: Tons, Hindon, Sharda, Kunta, Gir, Rishiganga, Hanuman Ganga, Chambal, Betwa, Ken, Sindh 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) Ramganga: Doodhatoli ranges, Ibrahimpur (UP) Pauri Gharwal, Uttrakhand 1 Gandak Nhubine Himal Glacier, Sonepur, Bihar It originates as ‘Kali Gandak’ Tibet-Mustang border Called ‘Narayani’ in Nepal nepal Bhuri Gandak Bisambharpur, West Khagaria, 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 Kosi River is also known as Saptakoshi Chambal Near Manpura, Janapao Hills,Meets Indore Yamuna, MP at Sahon, Bhind (M.P.) Ghagra Mapchachungo glaciar, Doriganj, near chapara Sarayu River is it’s tributary Tibet (Bihar) Called ‘Karnali’ in Nepal Kali Sindh Bagli (District Dewas) in joins the Chambal River Main Tributaries : Parwan, Niwaj and MP at downstream of Ahu rivers. Sawai Madhopur in Rajasthan Ganga flow south eastward while entering Bangladesh after Farraka and is called Padma Ganga splits into a number of distributaries in deltaic region 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 Ken River -> Sonar river Largest tributary o Origin: Kaimur Range, Jabalpur district, Madhya Pradesh o Meets: Yamuna at Chilla, Fatehpur district, Uttar Pradesh Betwa River -> o Origin: Vindhya ranges, Hoshangabad district, Madhya Pradesh o Meets: Yamuna at Hamirpur, Uttar Pradesh 2 Brahmaputra River 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 Namcha Barwa mountain and forms 5500 mts. Deep gorge Tsangpo known as Dihang in AP. Becomes Brahmaputra near city of Sadia where Debang and Lohit river meets it Tributaries meeting in Assam: Subansiri, Jia Bhareli, Dhanshri, Puthimari, Pagladia & Manas Moves westward till city of Dhubri thereafter turns southward in garo hills 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 Kaveri: o Origin :- Brahmgiri hills o Drains into Bay of Bengal 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, Bhima, 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 valley of the Aravalli Range, near Ajmer Terminates: marshy lands of Rann of Kutch in Gujarat It is first known as Sagarmati, then after passing Govindgarh, it meets its tributary Sarsuti, which originates from Pushkar Lake, 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: Dhebar lake in Aravalli Range of the Udaipur District of Rajasthan Terminates: Gulf of Cambay of Arabian Sea (Gujrat) Narmada: Origin: Narmada Kund on the Amarkantak hill, Amarkantak, MP Mouth: Gulf of Khambhat 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 Satpura Range of southern MP Terminates: Gulf of Cambay of the Arabian Sea, in the Surat District of Gujarat Tributaries: Purna River, Girna River, Panzara River, 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 distributary 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 Bay of Bengal after entering Puri district. The Kathjori itself falls into the sea as the Jotdar 4 .