HELLO GUYS WELCOME TO THE GYAN KI PATHSHALA AND TODAY WE DISCUSSED ABOUT RIVER SYSTEM OF INDIA
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The rivers of India play an important role in
the lives of the Indians. They provide potable water, cheap transportation, electricity,
and the livelihood for a large number of people all over the country. Maximum
of these take its birth from the snow and glaciers of Himalayas higher mountain
ranges and perennially flows across the mountain region and after that it falls
on to the plains and decreased its current and finally meat to the Bay of
Bengal or Arabian Sea. Seven major rivers (Indus, Brahmaputra, Narmada,
Tapi, Godavari, Krishna and Mahanadi ) along with their numerous tributaries
make up the river system of India. Most of the rivers pour their waters into
the Bay of Bengal. Some of the rivers whose courses take them through the
western part of the country and towards the east of the state of Himachal
Pradesh empty into the Arabian Sea. Now, let's Know about River System of India:-
|
Name
|
Length
(km)
|
Area
|
Originates
From
|
Ends in
|
Places
Benefited
|
|
Indus
|
3180/ 1114 in India
|
3,21,289 Sq.Km.
|
in Tibet in northern slopes of Mount Kailash
|
Arabian sea
|
India and Pakistan
|
|
Ganga (Bhagirathi)
|
2525
|
1.08 million Sq.Km.
|
Gangotri in Uttrakhand
|
Bay of Bengal
|
Uttar Pradesh, Uttrakhand, Bihar, West Bengal
|
|
Yamuna (Jamuna)
|
1376
|
366223 Sq.Km.
|
Yamunotri in Garhwall
|
Bay of Bengal
|
Delhi, Haryana and UP
|
|
Brahmaputra
|
916 - in India
|
194413 Sq.Km. - in India
|
Angsi glacier in Tibet
|
Bay of Bengal
|
Assam, Arunachal Pradesh
|
|
Kaveri (Dakshina Ganga or Ganges of the south)
|
765
|
81155 Sq.Km.
|
Brahmagiri hills in Kogadu, Karnataka
|
Bay of Bengal
|
Karnataka and Tamil Nadu
|
|
Godavari
|
1465
|
3,12,812 Sq.Km.
|
Triambakeshwar in Maharashtra
|
Bay of Bengal
|
South-eastern part of Andhra Pradesh
|
|
Krishna
|
1400
|
258948 Sq.Km.
|
Mahabaleshwar in Maharashtra
|
Bay of Bengal
|
Maharashtra & Andhra Pradesh
|
|
Narmada
|
1312
|
98,796 Sq.Km.
|
Amarkantak in Madhya Pradesh
|
Arabian Sea
|
Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra
|
|
Tapti
|
724
|
65,300 Sq.Km.
|
Betul district of Madhya Pradesh in
the Satpura range
|
Arabian Sea
|
Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra
|
|
Mahanadi
|
858
|
1,41,600 Sq.Km.
|
Sihava mountains of Chhattisgarh
|
Bay of Bengal
|
Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Orissa
|
|
Vaigai
|
258
|
7,741Sq.Km.
|
Varusanadu Hills
|
Bay of Bengal
|
Madurai in Tamil Nadu
|
|
Periyar
|
244
|
5,398 Sq.Km.
|
Sivagiri peaks of Sundaramala, Tamil Nadu.
|
Bay of Bengal
|
Tamil Nadu and Kerala
|
|
Thamirabarani
|
185
|
4,400 Sq.Km.
|
Agastyarkoodam peak of Pothigai hills of
the Western Ghats,
|
Gulf of Mannar
|
Tamil Nadu
|
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