rivers in india

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RIVER ORIGIN TRIBUTARIES STATES END DAMS
GANGA Gangotri Glacier,
Eastern
Himalayas,
Uttarakhand
1. Ramganga
2. Yamuna
3. Tamsa
4. Gomti
5. Ghaghara
6. Son
7. Gandak
8. Burhi Gandak
9. Kosi
10. Mahananda
Uttrakhand>>> UP>>>
Bihar>>> Jharkhand>>
West Bengal
Basin: above 5 + HP +
RJ + HR + MP + CH +
Delhi (Total 11)
Farakka
Barrage @
Murshidabad
(WB):
1.Hooghly
2.Padma
YAMUNA Yamunotri
Glacier, S.W.
slope of
Banderpooch
peaks of Lower
Himalayas,
Uttarakhand
1. Chambal (longest)
2. Sindh
3. Betwa
4. Ken
Tons (largest), Rind,
Sengar, Varuna, Hindon
Uttarakhand>>Himachal
>>Haryana>>Delhi>>
UP
Forms border:
1. UK and HP
2. Harayana + Delhi and
UP
Joins Ganga
near
Allahabad
Makes Border betn:
1. UP and Haryana
2. UP and Delhi
CHAMBAL Janapav hills,
Vindhya Range,
MP
Left: Banas, Mej
Right: Parbati, Kali
Sindh, Shipra
Joins Yamuna
at Jalaun Dist,
UP
Forms Boundary betn:
1. MP and rajasthan
2. MP and UP
Dams: Rana Pratap Sagar dam,
Gandhi Sagar dam, Kota barrage
SIND Malwa Plateau
(Not Aravallis)
Left: Kwari
Right: Pahuj
Joins Y at
Jaluan Dist
(just after
Chambal)
Manikheda Dam

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BETWA Vindhya Range Left: Sindhu
Right: Bina, Dhansaan
Projects: 1. Ken-Betwa link
2. Matatila Dam, Rajghat dam,
Parichha dam, Dhurwara dam
KEN Kaimur Range
(Not vindhya)
Sonar Joins Yamuna
near Fatehpur
1. Raneh falls
2. pass thr Panna NP
LUNI Pushkar valley,
Aravalli Range
(near Ajmer)
1. Origin as sagarmati>> then meets its
tributary Saraswati>> Luni
2. inspite of salinity>> major source of
irri
INDUS Near Mansarovar
lake, Tibetian
plateau, Northen
slope of Kailash
mountain Range
Left: 5 + Zanskar +
Suru + Soan + Panjnad
+ Ghaggar*
Right: Shyok + Hunza +
Gilgit + Swat + Kunar +
Kabul + Kurram
J&K 1. flows betn Ladakh and Zaskar ranges
2. Zaskar joins Induas @ Leh
(note- Zaskar origins near Bara Lacha
La in Greater Himalaya)
JHELUM Spring @ Verinag
in S.E. Kashmir
Valley
Joins Chenab
in pak @
Trimmu
1. Makes boundary Betn Ind and
Pakistan
2. drains Wular>>then changes direction
southwards
3. drains DAL lake
4. Dams: Mangla dam, Rasul barrage,
Trimmu barrage (Confluence of Chenab
and Jhelum), Uri dam, Kisanganaga
plant
CHENAB
Aka Chandrabhaga
Bara Lacha pass
in Lehul- spiti
(part of Zaskar)
Marusadar river (Pakal
Dul Dam)
Drains in
SUTLUJ
Dams: 1. Salal dam
2. baglihar dam 3. Dul Hasti plant
4. Pakul Dul dam 5. Ratle Plant

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Chadra + Bhaga
RAVI Near Rohtang Pass Drains in
CHENAB
1. Ranjit sagar dam aka Thein dam
2. Shahpurkandi dam (Pathankot)
3. makes border betn India and
Pakistan
BEAS Near southern end
of Rohtang pass,
Kullu
Meet Sutluj
@ Harrike
dam
1. ONLY in India
2. Dams: Pong dam (Maharana Pratap
Sagar), pandoh dam
SUTLUJ Mansarovar-Rakas
Lakes in W. Tibet
(Near indus orgin)
Basin: HP>>>PN>>>
J&K>>> RJ>> HR
1. flows thr Shipki la pass
3. Dams: Bhakra-Nangal, Nathpa Jhakri,
Karcham
4. Sutluj- Yamuna Link: freight and
irrigational canal
NARMADA Narmada Kund,
Amarkantak hill,
Maikal Range
(not Vindhya)
Shakkar + Dudhi +
Tawa (longest) + Ganjal
+ Hiran + Barna +
Choral + Karam +
Lohar
MP>>> MH>>> GJ Gulf of
Khambat
1. flows in rift valley
2. projects: Indira sagar, Sardar sarovar,
Omkareshwar, Bargi
3. waterfall: Dhuandhar falls bnear
Jabalpur
TAPI Multai Forest in
Satpura Range
(MP) (Betul
Plateau)
Girna, Purna, Panzara,
Bori, Waghur, Aner
MP>>>MH>>>GJ Gulg of
Khanbat
1. Ukai dam (GJ)
2. Hathnur Dam (MH)
3. Girna Dam (MH)
SABARMATI Aravalli RJ>>>GJ Confluence of Sabar and Hathmati (RJ)
MAHANADI Various streams @
Sihawa Mountain,
Chattisgarh
Seonath, Jonk, Mand,
Ib, Ong Tel,
CH>>>Odissha
Drain: JH, MH, MP
False point
near Paradeep
Distributaries:
1. Hirakud

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Brahmani- NOT a
tributary
1.Kathjori
(joins BoB)
2. Birupa
(join
Brahmani)
SUBARNAREKHA Piska, Chota
Nagpur Plateau
(Near Ranchi), JH
Kharkai, roro, Kanchi,
Harmu Nadi, etc
JH>>>WB>>>Odisha BoB 1. Hundru falls
2. Makes boundary betn West Bengal
and Odisha
3. makes Estuary (NOT delta)
4. GoOdisha to create Kirtana Port on
Subarnarekha’s mouth
BRAHMANI Confluence of
Sankh and South
Koel rivers near
Rourkela (Odisha)
Odisha
Basin: JH. CH, OD
Along with
Baitarani
>>forms delta
Famous for
Nesting of
olive ridley
1. 2nd
longest of Odisha
2. Rengali dam
3. Samal Barrage
BAITARNI Hill near Keonjhar
district, Odisha
Catchment: JH, OD, 1. Variation in elevation + prone to flood
NOTE: North to South: Subarnarekha>>> Baitarni>>> Brahmani>>> Mahanadi
DAMODAR Chota Nagpur Barakar, Konar,
Tenughat
JH>>>WB Joins Hugli 1. Flows thr rift valley having large
mineral>>thus large scale mining
2. Valley: ‘Ruhr of India’
3. 1st
dam: Barakar river
GODAVARI Trimbakeshwar
(only 80 km from
arabian sea)
Left- Banganga, kadva,
shivna, purna, Pranhita
(Wardha+ Penganga
+Waiganga), Indravati,
Sabari, Kadam, Taliperu
MH>> Telangana>>
CH>> AP>> Yanam
(Puducherry)
Basin: MP + KR +
Puducherry
@ Rajmudry:
divides- 1.
Gautami
Godavari
(flows to east)
1. Polavaram
2. forms boundary betn MH and
Telangana for short distance
3. NOTE- Pranhita (W+ P+ W) also
form boundary betn MH and Telangana

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Right- Nasardi, Darna,
Sindaphana,
Kinnerasani, Pravara,
Manjra, Manair
2. Vashistha
Godavari
(Flows to
west)
4. Nizam Sagar dam- Manjira river
KRISHNA Western ghtas
(Satara), just north
of Mahabaleshwar
Right: Tungbhadra,
Malaprabha,
Ghataprabha
Left: Bhima, Musi,
Muneri
(Bhima= Matheran)
MH>>>AP>>>KR 1. 2nd
largest east flowing of peninsula
2. Nagarjun sagar
3. makes border betn Telangana and
Andhra Pradesh
CAUVERY Left: Harangi reservoir,
Hemavati, Shimsha,
Arkavathy (SHAH)
Right: Lakshaman
Tirtha, Kabini, Bhavani,
Noyyal, Amaravati,
Moyar (AB KLMN)
KR>>TN
Basin: Kerala +
Puducherry
1. Perrenial river: NE and NW
mansoon
2. Mettur Dam
3. Sivasamudram waterfalls- entry of
Cauvery from KR to TN plains
4. Hogennekal falls
5. Krishnasagar project
RUSIKULYA Daringbadi hills,
Odisha (aka
Kashmir of
Odisha)
1. NO delta
2. Olive ridley turtles: @ Ganjam hills
PERIYAR Sivagiri hills,
Sundermala, TN
1. Idukki dam
2. Periyar lake: periyar WS
PAMBA Pulachimalai hills,
Western ghats
Flows in
Vembnad
lake
1. SABARIMALA temple
2. Kuttanad rice growing rice
3. aka Dakshin Bhagirathi

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MAHADAYI
Aka Mandovi
KR KR>>>Goa
Basin: MH
Joins with
Zuari @
Cabo Aguada
forming
Mormugao
harbor
1. Dudhsagar Falls + Varapoha falls
BARAK RIVER
aka Surma River
Lots of streams
amalgate in
Manipur
Jiri, Dhaleshwari,
Longai, Madhura, Sonai
Manipur>>>Mizoram>>
Assam>> Bangladesh 2. Barak river crocodile, Susu Dolphin,
Smooth coated otter