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River part 7

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  Tributaries of brahmputra      Right bank tributaries                    Dibang River Dibang River also known as Tato in ldu. Source: indo - Chinese border in the dibang valley district of Arunachal Pradesh. Flows through the Mishmi hills ,states of Arunachal Pradesh. Join Dihang near sadiya town.                     Lohit River                 Lohit rises in eastern tibet region.       It's join brahmputra at (sadiya town) Assam.            Dihing/burhi dihing River . Largest tributary . Source: Eastern Himalayas of Arunachal Pradesh. . flows through Assam and joins Brahmaputra at dihingmukh near dibugarh. . betel nuts are produced most in the areas of dihing plains  Dikhou river . It's source: Naga hills, near Zunhe boto town of Nagaland. . Flows through Assam and joins b...

River part 6

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    Brahmaputra river   Brahmaputra mean a chicken of large asian breed. . It mean a son of Brahma. . Old Sanskrit name is lauhitya. Native inhabitants (bodos) call the river bhullan- buthur means making gurling sound. . It's a trans-boundary river(china, india and Bangladesh. Mainly its a example of braided river. . In NCERT Book its length is -2880km . 9th largest river in the world. . 15th longest river in the world. Kanchenjunga is the 3rd highest mountain in the world. Source : Chemayundung glacier of the kailash range, East of the mansarover lake. But the new opinion said that angsi glacier in Tibet, South-east of mount Kailash and lake Manasarovar. Here the river know as yarlung Tsangpo . . Runs parallel to Himalayas for 1200km in Tibet. . Truns South creating a deep geoge through the Himalayas near namcha barwa and enters india through Arunachal Pradesh.           ENTRY IN INDIA . Wen it enters in India Arunachal Pradesh its name is - Sia...

River part 5

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Left bank tributaries(Ganga) Ramganga :  . Dudhatoli range, pauri Garhwal district Uttarakhand . Flows through jimm corbett national park . Join ganga in fategarh district (U.P) .  Ancient name: -Rathvahini Gomti river: . It's a monsoon and ground fed river .  Sources: Gomat Taal ( know as fulhaar jheel) near Pilibhit dist.(U.P) It flows through U.P N meet s ganga near Varanasi (its major tributaries is sai river-joins gomti near jaunpur . Markanday Mahadev temple is at Confluence of Gomti and Ganga. Gomti river is an alluvial river orginates from lower Himalayas Ghaghra River . Prenenial N it's Trans boundary (Tibet, Nepal or india  . Source: Mapchachungo glacier, near Manasarovar lake, (Tibet) . Its cut through the Himalayas (Shivalik hills)in Nepal and divide s into kauriala and Girwa river. Then rejoin south of the Indian border to form ghaghra river. . Joins ganga at Revelganj in bihar.  It joined sharda river at brahmaghat(U.P) . Sharda river (Kali,Mahakal...

River part 4(tributaries)

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Right bank tributaries of Ganga (detail ) . Yamuna,tamas,son,punpun.                            Yamun a . Yamuna is the second largest tributaries river of ganga. . Sources : -yamunatori glacier western slopes of bandar pooch Make boundary between haryana n U.P Join ganga at pragraj. . Tributaries of Yamuna - Tons - chambal Sindh Betwa Ken      Tributaries :.          Source .            Imp.Facts.   Tons.                       Bandar pooch.  ( Largest                                                                     Tributaries of Yamuna carries more water 💦 than Yamuna)          ...

River part 3

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Important facts about the Ganges River … Ganga is the national river of India . It is the largest river system ( after adding tributaries river become river system) in India. That's why it call river system. . Ganga basin extend over an area of 10,86000km per sq(basin mean the area of land drained by a river and it's branches) .In india it covers about 8,62,769kmper sq Left bank tributaries of Ganga . Ramganga . Gomti .  Ghaghra .  Gandak . Burhi gandak . Koshi . Mahananda Right bank tributaries . Yamuna . Tamas .  Son .  Punpun  Tributaries of hoogli river is . Ajay . Damodar These all r discuss in next part4

River part2

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Part-2   Course of ganga Entry into plains at Haridwar   Joined by yamuna at triveni Sangam at Allahabad/prayag raj(u.p) (Three rivers meet ganga, yamuna, Saraswati) . At Bihar (Bhagalpur) Farakka is in west bengal the 1st distributary (shakha) Bhagirathi -hoogly- Later become hoogly river. The eastern most part of India were ganga know its name ganga is FARAKKA BARRAGE Is in murshidabad in West Bengal. BANGLA DESH ENTRY   In  Bangladesh Ganga call Padma     In Bangladesh Padma enters first meet jamuna n second meet Meghana Meghana make delta n estuary Estuary : semi closed coastal body (tatiye rekha ) and its connected to open sea. . River delta : land form created by deposition of sediment(matmailla pani) that carried by a river. Sundarban delta .The name Sundarban is taken by the name of sundari tree.(from sundari 🌲 it get name Sundarban delta) Satellite view of Sunderban delta.🖕 . Mangrove forest (it mean half part of tree is under water n his pointe...

Indian river basic knowledge(part1)

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  Indian river system   Based on source:  Himalayan Rivers Peninsular Rivers    Himalayan River is (antecedent) these means arrival of these river before the Himalayas.             Himalayan Rivers   Meaning of ganga (basic facts) A user from india says the name ganga is of Indian (sanskrit) origin and means river Ganga.              Five states in India ganga cover .  Uttarakhand .   U.P .   Bihar .   Jharkhand (saheb Ganj) .   West bengal               Origin of ganga Gaumukh from gangotri glacier in uttar kashi (Uttarakhand) Here ganga is not call ganga ....here it's is Bhagirathi In Devprayag wen Bhagirathi n Alakhnanda meet..(Bhagirathi+Alaknanda)= ganga Alakhnanda facts:   Alakhnanda name meaning is a river in the Himalayas; flawless Its source in the satopanth glacier above badrinath Alaknanda is long...