Important Rivers Of India

Important Rivers Of India Part -2

THE BRAHMAPUTRA SYSTEM (BRAHMAPUTRA AND ITS TRIBUTARIES)

Brahmaputra or Tsangpo (Tibet)

Source: Rises in the Chemayungdung glacier in the Kailash Range and Mariam La

pass separates it from Mansarovar Lake.

Total Length: 2,900 km one of the longest rivers of the world.

River’s Basin: 240,000 sq,km

Information: Important tributaries: Subansiri Kameng, Dhansiri, Dilhang, Lohit, Tista, Torsa. Manas; Burhi Dihing, etc. It flows through Tibet, India and Bangladesh and forms the large delta of the world along with Ganga.

PENINSULAR RIVERS

1.Mahanadi: (An important river of the peninsular India)

Source: Northern foothills of Dandakarnaya near Shiawa in Raipur district.

Length: 857km/  River’s Basin: 141,600 sq.km in M.P., Orissa, Bihar and Maharashtra

Information: Left bank tributaries; Sheonath, Hasdeo, Ib and Mand. 

Right bank tributaries ; tel, Ong, and Jonk.Subarnarekha, Brahmi and Baitarni:

Information:These smaller river basins are interposed between the Ganga and the Mahanadi basin.

2.GODAVARI:

Source: Trimbak plateau of north Sahyadri near Nasik (Maharashtra)

Length: 1465 (longest river of Peninsular India)

River’s Basin: 312,812 half of which lies in Maharashtra and also in Andhra Pradesh ,M.P., Orissa, and Karnataka.

Information: Largest river system of the Peninsular India and is next only to the Ganga system in India. 

Left bank tributaries; Penganga, Wardha, Wainganga,Indravati and Sabri. 

Right Bank tributaries: Manjra.

3.KRISHNA: (Second largest east flowing river of the Peninsula)

Source: North of Mahabaleshwar in the Western Ghats.

Length: Flows for a distance of 1,400 km to the Bay of Bengal

River’s Basin: 258,948 sq.km. Lies in Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra.

Information: Important tributaries: Bhima, Tungabhadra, Ghatprbha, Malaprabha, Musi and Koyna.

4.Kaveri

Source: Rises in the Brahmgiri Range of Western Ghats.

Length: 800km

River’s Basin: 87,900 sq.km.- Shared by Kerala, Karnataka, and Tamil Nadu.

Information: Left bank tributaries: Herangi, Hemavati, Shimsha, Arkavati, etc.

Right bank tributaries: Kabani, Bhavani and Amravati etc.

WEST FLOWING RIVER

1.Sabarmati:

Source: Mewar hills in Aravalli Range.

Length: 320km/  River’s Basin: 21,674 sq. km. Shared by Rajasthan and Gujarat.

Information: Important tributaries: Hathmati, Sedhi, Wakul, etc.

2.Mahi: 

Source: Vindhya Range at an altitude of 500 m.

Length: 533km/  River’s Basin:34,862sq.km

Information: Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Gujarat share the river basin.

2.Narmada: 
Largest west flowing Peninsular river.

Source: Rises in Amarkantak in Madhya Pradesh.

Length: 1312 km ( from its source to its estuary in the Gulf of Khambhat)

River’s Basin:98,796 sq.km which it shared by M.P. Gujarat and Maharashtra.

Information: Left bank tributaries: Tawa Burhner, etc. Right Bank tributaries: Hiran world’s famous Dhuan Dhar or Cloud of Mist Falls is located on this river. It flows through a rift valley between the Vidhyas and the Satpura Range.

4.Tapti or Tapi: 
(Second largest of west flowing river of Peninsula)

Source: Rises near Multai on the Satpura Range in Betul district (M.P)

Length: 740 km

River’s Basin: 65,145 sq.km in M.p., Maharashtra and Gujarat

Information: Left bank tributaries: Purna, Veghar, Girna, Bari and the Punjhar

Right Bank tributaries: Betul, Arunavati, Ganjal and Gomai. It is also Known as the ‘twin’ or handmaid of the Narmada.

Important Rivers Of India

Important Rivers Of India Part -1

INFORMATION ABOUT RIVERS

Himalayan River System

THE INDUS SYSTEM(INDUS AND ITS TRIBUTOARIES)

1.INDUS:  (One of the world’s largest river)

Source: Tibet, at an altitude of 5,180 m near Mansarovar Lake.

Total length: 2,880km (709km in India)

River Basin: 1,165,00 sq.km (321,290 sq.km in India)

Information: 

Mountain tributaries; Gilgit Shyok, Skardu, Shigoo.

Plain tributaries: Jhelum, Chenab, Ravi, Sutlej and Beas.

2.JHELUM: (An important river of kashmir and is the main waterway)

Source: Rises in Verinag at the foothills of Pirpranjal.

Total length: 400 km/ River Basin: 28,490 sq.km (in India)

Information:

Its basin lies between Great Himalaya and Pir Pranjal Range.

It flows through Vale of Kashmir and Wular Lake before entering into Pakistan.

3.CHENAB: (largest of all the Indus tributaries)

Source: Rises in snow covered Kullu hills of Himachal Pradesh.

Total length: 1,800 (in India)/ River Basin: 26,755 sq.km (in India)

Information:

Flows through Chamba state for 160 km in the trough between the Greater Himalaya and the Pir Panjal.

4. RAVI

Source: Kullu hills of H.P

Total Length: 725 km/ River Basin: 5,957( in India)

5. SUTLEJ: (Second largest tributary of Indus)

Source: Rakas Lake, at an altitude of 4,555 m in Tibet

Total Length:1050km (in India)/ River Basin: 25,087 sq.km(in India)

Information:

It enters India through Shipki La and flows through Himachal Pradesh and Punjab before entering into Pakistan.

6. BEAS

Source: Kullu hills at an altitude of 4,000 m

Total Length:470 km( in India)/ River Basin:25,900 sq.km (in India)

Information: It joins Stulej near Harike.

THE GANGA SYSTEM (GANGA AND ITS TRIBUTARIES)

1.The Ganga: Formed by two head streams Alaknada and Bhagirathi which join at Devprayag.

Source: Rises in Gangotri glacier of the Great Himalaya. Above Devaprayag it is called asBhagirathi and below it is referred to as the Ganga.

Total Length: Of its total length of 2,525 k.m, 1,450 k.m in Bihar and 520 km in WB.

River Basin: 838,200 sq.km. Largest river basin in India, Covers more than fourth of the country’s total surface.

Information:

Left Bank tributaries; Ramganga, Gomati, Ghagra, Gandak, Burhi Gandak, Kosi. 

Right Bank tributaries; Yamuna, Son. 

The Bhagirathi – Hooghly is the western most distributary of the river. Beyond Frakka it bifurcates itself into Bhagirathi Hooghly in WB and Padma-Meghna in Bangladesh.

2. TheYamuna:(Largest and the most important tributary of Ganga)

Source: Rises in the Yamunotri glacier which is west of Ganga source.

Total Length: 1,376 km fromits source to Allahabad where it joins Ganga.

River Basin: 3,59,000 sq. km

Information: Important tributaries; Chamba (rises in Mhow in the Vindhya)Sidndh, Betwa and Ken.

3.The Son: (Right bank tributary of Ganga)

Source: Rises from the Amarkantak Plateau

Total Length: 780 km/  River Basin: 71,900 sq,.km

Information: It joins Ganga near Ramnagar.

4.Ramganga:

Source: Rises in the Kumaun Himalaya near Nanital

Total Length: 690 km/  River Basin: 32,800 sq,km

Information: It joins the left bank of Ganga near Chapra (Bihar).

5.Ghagra:

Source: Rises from east of Gangotri,

Total Length: 1,080 km

River’s Basin: 127, 500 sq,km More than half of its basin is in Nepal.

Information: It joins the left bank of Ganga near Chapra(Bihar).

6.Gandak:

Source: Rises near the Nepal-China border at an altitude of 7,600m in the Central

Himalaya.

Total Length:425 km(in India) /  River Basin:48,500, 9,500 sq.km (in India)

Information: It flows through eastern Nepal, enters Bihar in Champaran district and turn south east to join the left banh of Ganga near Sonepur.

7.Kosi: (formed by the confluence of the Son Kosi, the Arun Kosi and the Tamur Kosi)

Source: Rises from the peak of Nepal Tibet and Sikkim

Total Length: 730km (in India)/  River’s Basin:86,900, 21,500 sq, km (in India)

Information: It flows through eastern Nepal, enters Bihar in Saharasa district and joins the left bank of Ganga below Bhagalpur (Bihar). The river is notorious for shifting its course and causing floods, thus often termed as the ‘Sorrow of Bihar.

8.Damodar: (Sorrow of Bengal)

Source: Rises in Chota Nagpur plateau in the Plalamau district (Jharkand)

Total Length: 541 km/  River’s Basin: 22,000 sq.km

Information: It joins the Bhagirathi Hooghly in West Bengal