Indian River System
Indian River System
Indian River System
sea and constitute inland drainage. 2.They are fed by rainy water.
✓ The Ghaggar river in Haryana, which is 3.During rains they experience flash floods.
supposed to be remnant of the 4.During dry season they get dried up.
Rivers don’t form deltas on their mouths They form deltas and have deltaic deposits.
because of velocity
Jhelum – It rises from verinag at Pir Panjal range. It flows through Sringar and Wular lake. It joins
Chenab near Jhang in Pakistan. Tulbul Project near Wular Lake.
Chenab – It is the largest tributary of Indus. It is formed by two streams. Chandra and Bhaga,
which joins at Tandi near Keylong in HP. Selal, Dulhasti and Bagilhar are the hydro projects built
on the river.
Ravi – Originates from Rohtang pass in Kullu hills of HP and flows through the Chamba valley
before joining Chenab river Srai Sidhu in Pakistan. Forms the boundary between Indianand
Pakistan.
Beas – Originates from the Beas Kund near Rohtang pass. The river flows through the Kullu
valley in the Dhauladhar range. It meets Sutlej near Harike in the Punjab plain. Only river that
lies entirely in India.
Sutlej – Originates in the Rakas lake near Mansarovar in Tibet. It passes through the Shipki La in
the Himalayan range. Feeds Bakra Nangal Canal.
The Shyok River - ( 'the river of death’) a tributary of the Indus River that flows through
northern Ladakh and enters Gilgit–Baltistan. Nubra and Galwan are the important tributaries of
this river.
The Shyok River originates at
the Rimo Glacier, one of the
tongues of Siachen Glacier.
The alignment of the Shyok
river is very unusual, originating
from the Rimo glacier, it flows in
a southeasterly direction and, Galwan River
joining the Pangong range, it
takes a northwestern turn,
flowing parallel to its previous LOC LAC
path.
The Shyok valley widens at the
confluence with the Nubra
River but suddenly turns into a
narrow gorge near Yagulung.
Nubra river also has NW-SE
alignment.
It probably indicates a series of
paleo fault lines trending NW-SE
in delimiting the upper courses
of the rivers.
The Ganga River System
Rivers Source Total River Information
Length Basin
Place Confluence
The Ganga - Rises in Total 861404 sq 1. Left bank tributaries:
formed by Gangotri length of km largest Ramganga, Gomati, Devprayag Bhagirathi +
two head glacier of the 2525 km, river basin Ghaghra, Gandak, Burhi Alaknanda
streams Great 140 km in in India. Gandak and Kosi
Alaknanda Himalaya. UP, 445 km Covers 2. Right bank tributaries: Rudraprayag Mandakini +
Alaknanda
and Above in Bihar more than Yamuna, Son. The
Bhagirathi Devprayag it is and 520 ¼th of the Bhagirathi- Hooghly is the Karnaprayag Pindar +
which join at called as km in WB. country’s western most distributary Alaknanda
Devprayag Bhagirathi and total of the river. Vishnuprayag Dhauliganga +
below it is surface. 3. Beyond Farakka it Alaknanda
referred to as bifurcates itself into
the Ganga. Bhagirathi-Hooghly in WB
and Padma-Meghna in
Bangladesh.
Rivers Source Total Length River Basin Information
(Sq km)
The Rises in 1300 km from its 359000 Important tributaries:
Yamuna Yamunotri glacier, source to Allahabad Chambl, Son, Betwa and Ken.
which is West of where it joins Ganga It joins Ganga at Allahabad
Ganga source.
Kaveri Brahmagiri hills 800 81155 It receives rainfall from both S-W and N-E Monsoon.
Kgad district in Kabini, Noyyal, Arkavati, Bhavan and Amaravati are
Karnataka the important tributaries.
Peninsular Sources Length River’s Basin Information
Rivers (Km) Areas (sq km)
Narmada Rises in 1312 98796 Left bank tributaries: Tawa Brhner etc.
Amarkantak Which is shared by Right bank tributaries : Hiran (Dhuan Dhar or cloud
in MP MP, Gujarat and of Mist Falls is located on this river near Jabalpur.
Mahrashtra It flows through a Rift valley between the Vindhyas
and the Satpura range.
Peninsular Sources Length River’s Basin Information
Rivers (Km) Areas (sq km)
Tapi ot Tapti Rises near 740 65145 (In MP, Left bank tributaries: Purna, Veghar, Girna, Bari and the
Multai on Mharashtra, Panjhara.
the Satpura Gujarat) Right bank tributaries: Betul, Arunavati, Ganjal and Gomal.
rane in Betul It is also known as the Twin or Handmaid of the Narmada.
district (MP)
Peninsular Sources Length River’s Basin Information
Rivers (Km) Areas (sq km)
Sabarmati Mewar hills in 320 21674 Important tributaries –
Aravalli range. Hathmati, Sedhi and Wakul etc.
Mahi Vindhya Range at an 583 34862 MP, Rajasthan and Gujarat share
altitude of 500 m the river basin.
Brahmani Confluence of 800km 51,822 The basin is bounded in the
River the Koel and North by Chhotanagpur plateau,
the Sankh in the West and South by the
Mahanadi basin and in the East
rivers near Rourkela
by the Bay of Bengal.
Near its mouth, the river is also
crossed by the Odisha Coast
Canal that takes water from it-
National Water Way 5.
Peninsular Sources Length River’s Basin Information
Rivers (Km) Areas (sq km)
Mahanadi Near Sihawa in Bastar 900km 1,41,589 3rd largest river in Pensinsular system
hills in the state of Tributories- Seonath River, Hasdeo River
Chhattisgarh to the ,Mand River, Ib River, Jonking River, Tel
River
south of Amarkantak
Hirakud Dam near Sambalpur
Puri, at one of its mouths, is a famous
pilgrimage site.
Peninsular Sources Length River’s Basin Information
Rivers (Km) Areas (sq km)
Pennar Chenna Kasava hill of 597 km. 55,000 Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh
the Nandidurg range, Left Bank: the Jayamangali,
in Chikkaballapura the Kunderu and the
Right bank: the Chiravati,
district of Karnataka
the Papagni etc.
Somasila Project on this river.
Peninsular Sources Length Information
Rivers (Km)
Periyar It 244km Lifeline of Kerala’,
River originates Longest river of Kerala
from Sivagiri It flows through
(West
the Periyar National
Flowing hills of
Park.
River) Western The main tributaries of
Ghats and Periyar are-
flows Muthirapuzha, Mullayar,
through Cheruthoni,
the Periyar Perinjankutti.
The Mullaperiyar dam is
National
located on
Park.
the confluence of
the Mullayar and Periyar
rivers in Kerala’s Idukki
district.
Mullaperiyar Dam-