Indian river basic knowledge(part1)

 

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 longer than Bhagirathi

5 Confluence  know as panch prayag

.Vishnuprayag
. Nandapraya
. Karnaprayag
. Rudraprayag
. Devprayag






                                                                 
We will discuss in the Last about indus river.








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