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TIbet, near
|ansarover.
Jhelum, Chenab,
FavI, 8eas E Satluj
lL ulLlmaLely ends ln
Lhe 8ay of 8engal ln
8angladesh where lL ls
known as admaa
Chlna aklsLan
lndla( un[ab )
'erInarg at the PIr
Panjal
Lldar aL Lhe head of lL llnally [olnlng Lhe
Chenab aL 1rlmmu
lndla (kashmlr) and
aklsLan
Mangla uam
HImachal mountaIns
near Kulu
t Is the largest of
ndus trIbutarIes
Chandra and 8haga
are 2 head streams
lL ls also known as Lhe
Chandrabhaga ln
Plmachal radesh lL ls
furLher [olned by Lhe
8avl and Lhe SuLle[ ln
aklsLan
asses Lhrough
Plmachal radesh
! k and un[ab
8ohLang pass 8eas SuLle[ Chenab
lndus
lL flows as a parL of Lhe
lndoaklsLan border
for some dlsLance
before enLerlng
aklsLan and [olnlng
Lhe Chenab rlver
lndla and aklsLan
Wu|ar Lake: The |ake basin was formed as a
resu|t of tectonic activity and is fed by the
1he|um River.
The Indus system : One of the wor|d's |argest river system One of the wor|d's |argest river system
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[olns Chaggar
8las kund lylng near Lhe
8ohLang pass
lL flows for some
470 km (290 mlles) Lo
Lhe SuLle[ 8lver ln SouLh
un[ab of lndla
Plmachal radesh(
Manall and kulu)
!ammu kashmlr(
Ladakh)
Lake 8akshasLal ln 1lbeL
near MounL kallas
SplLl lL enLers aklsLan near
Sulemankl and ls laLer
[olned by Lhe Chenab
lndla (Plmachal
radesh) aklsLan
hakra Nanga| (1oint pro|ect of Haryana, Pun|ab and Ra|asthan):
India's biggest mu|tipurpose river va||ey pro|ect comprises a straight
gravity dam across the 5ut|e| at hakra, the Nanga| dam, the Nanga|
Hyde| channe|, two power houses at hakra dam at and two power
station at Ganguwa| and kot|a.
The rahmaputra 5ystem: a|so ca||ed Tsangpo-rahmaputra, is a trans-boundary river and one of the ma|or
rivers of Asia.
From its origin in southwestern Tibet as the Yar|ung Zangbo River, it f|ows across southern Tibet to break
through the Hima|ayas in Great gorges and into Arunacha| Pradesh
Where it is known as Oihang.
It f|ows southwest through the Assam Va||ey as rahmaputra and south through ang|adesh as the 1amuna
(not to be mistaken with Yamuna of India).
There it merges with the Ganges to form a vast de|ta.
About , mi|es (z, km) |ong, the river is an important source for irrigation and transportation.
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amonLrl glacler Chumbul, 8eLwu, Ken, Slndh 8efore merglng wlLh Lhe Cunges uL
1rlvenl Sungum, Alluhubud, und Lhe
slLe for Lhe Kumbhu Melu every
Lwelve yeurs.
!olns [
Allahabad Chambal ( rlses
near Mhow ) Slnd 8eLwa
ken
AmarkanLak !olns amuna [LLawah dlsLrlcL [olnlng Canga near
8amnagar
kumaon Plmalaya Chughur Rlver , 8unus Rlver, Coud
Rlver, Rlhund Rlver, Kunhur Rlver,
NorLh Koel Rlver
[olnlng Canga near 8amnagar Madhya radesh
!harkhand uLLar radesh
8lhar
CreaLer Plmalayas aL
kalapaanl
Lhe rlver flows souLheasL across Lhe
Canges basln unLll lL merges lnLo
Lhe Chaghara 8lver an affluenL of
Lhe Canges
nepal lndla
CrlglnaLlng on Lhe
1lbeLan plaLeau near
Lake Mansarovar
8herl Sar[u kuwana 8apLl LlLLle
Candak SeLl uahawar Sarda
!olns Lhe Sarda 8lver aL 8rahmaghaL ln
lndla 1ogeLher Lhey form Lhe Chaghara
8lver a ma[or lefL bank LrlbuLary of Lhe
Canges
1lbeL (Chlna) nepal lndla
nhublne Plmal
Clacler (nepal chlna
border )
MeeLs Canga on lLs lefL aL Sonpur
orlglnaLe ln Lhe 1lbeL
AuLonomous 8eglon
of Chlna
Some of Lhe rlvers of Lhe kosl
sysLem such as Lhe Arun Lhe Sun
kosl and Lhe 8hoLe kosl
nepal lndla ( 8lhar)
ChhoLanagpur
laLeau
Carhl konar !amunla 8arakar merges wlLh Lhe Pooghly 8lver
whlch ls ln Lhe souLh wesL of
kolkaLa
!harkhand and WesL
8engal
Panchnad Oam: This Oam has been constructed 6 km downstream of conf|uence of
rivers Yamuna, Chamba|, 5indh, kunwari and Pahu|.
Chamba| (|oint pro|ect of Madhya Pradesh and Ra|asthan): The pro|ect comprises
Gandhi 5agar dam , Rana 5agar dam and 1awahar 5agar dam
It is ca||ed the Mahaka|i River in Nepa| and ka|i Gad by |oca| Pahari
peop|e.
FormerIy known as Sorrow of engaI,
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near Slhawa ln
8alpur
(ChhaLLlsgarh)
SeonaLh 1elen lb n|rakud Dam ls bullL across Lhe Mahanadl
8lver abouL 13 km from Sambalpur ln Lhe
sLaLe of Crlssa ln lndla 8ullL ln 1937 Lhe dam
ls one of Lhe worlds longesL earLhen dams
8ehlnd Lhe dam exLends a lake Plrakud
8eservolr 33 km long
ChhaLLlsgarh
MaharashLra Crlssa
!harkhand
(vrlndha
Canga)
1rambak(naslk
wesLern ChaLs )
Man[ra enganga
ranhlLa
Wardha Walngang
lndrvaLl 1al Sabarl Mula
and ravara
1he Srl 8am Sagar ro[ecL whlch was consLrucLed
on Lhls rlver (196469) serves Lhe lrrlgaLlon needs
of Adllabad nlzamabad karlmnagar and
Warangal dlsLrlcLs
Iayakwad|(MaharashLra) A masonry splllway
across Lhe rlver Codavarl
MaharashLra Andhra
radesh
largesL of penlnsula and
2
nd
largesL rlver of
counLry
uakshln
Canga)
norLh of
Mahabaleshar
(wesLern ChaLs )
1ungabhadra largesL
LrlbuLary(1unga+8hadra)orl
glnaLes ln Mysore and [oln
below shlmoga
8hlma flows Lhru
MaharashLra and Andhra
radesh
Nagar[una Sagar Dam bullL across krlshna
8lver ln nagar[una Sagarnalgonda ulsLrlcL of
Andhra radesh
ko||eru Lake (A) kolleru ls locaLed
beLween krlshna and Codavarl delLa 1he
largesL freshwaLer lake ln lndla
MaharashLra karnaLaka
Andhra radesh
SU8ARNAR
LKHA
ChhoLanagpur
laLeau(8anchl)
kanchl 8lver kharkal Chandll uam !harkhand WesL 8engal
Crlssa
The East-f|owing Rivers
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rlses on Lhe hlll of nandl Pllls ln
Chlkballapur ulsLrlcL of karnaLaka
sLaLe
ChlLravaLl and apaghnl Somaslla uam karnaLaka Andhra
radesh
keon[ar laLeau ln Crlssa 1he proposed 8hlmkund
and upper 8alLaranl mulLl
purpose pro[ecLs envlsage
many more dams across
Lhls rlver and lLs
LrlbuLarles Lo provlde
lrrlgaLlon Lo more Lhan
1000 km
Crlssa
8rahmaglrl hllls ln Coorg dlsL 8havanl noyll
AmaravaLl PemavaLl
Shlmsa and kabbanl
33 of Cauvery basln lles
ln 1amll nadu
karnaLaka (41) kerala
(3)
krlshna 8a[a Sagara uam
and MeLLur uam
8anasura Sagar uam
pro[ecL on
kablnl 8lver LrlbuLary
Slvanasamudra lalls on
Lhe kaverl
AgasLyamalal's slope (wesLern
ChaLs )
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AmarkanLak laLeau (M)
lL empLles lnLo Lhe Arablan Sea
ln Lhe 8haruch dlsLrlcL of
Cu[araL
forms Lhe LradlLlonal boundary
beLween norLh lndla and SouLh
lndla
largesL of wesL flowlng rlvers
uhuandhara lalls lL cascades
down Lo make Lhe narrow gorge
of Marble 8ocks
dralnage areas 33M
and ChhaLLlsgarh
46Crlssa and resL M
and !harkhand
Madhya radesh
MaharashLra and Cu[araL
near MulLal laLeau (SaLpura)
Culf of Cambay
urna 8lver Clrna
8lver anzara 8lver
Waghur 8lver 8orl
8lver and Aner 8lver
2
nd
largesL of wesL flowlng rlvers
uralnlng Madhya radeshs hlsLorlc
nlmar reglon MaharashLras
hlsLorlc khandesh and easL vldarbha
reglons ln Lhe norLhwesL corner of
Lhe ueccan laLeau and SouLh
Cu[araL before empLylng lnLo Lhe
Culf of Cambay of Lhe Arablan Sea
ln Lhe SLaLe of Cu[araL
Madhya radesh
MaharashLra and Cu[araL
orlglnaLes ln Lhe ushkar valley
of Lhe Aravalll 8ange near
A[mer
SarsuLl whlch
orlglnaLes from
ushkar Lake
ends ln Lhe marshy lands of 8ann
of kuLch ln Cu[araL
orlglnaLes from uhebar lake ln
Aravalll 8ange of Lhe udalpur
ulsLrlcL of 8a[asLhan
Wakal rlver Sel nadl
Parnav 8lver
PaLhmaLl 8lver
WaLrak 8lver
meeLs Lhe Culf of Cambay of
Arablan Sea
Cu[araL 8a[asLhan
lL rlses ln Madhya radesh LmpLles ln Culf of Cambay
kai Oam: constructed across the Tapti River, is the |argest reservoir in
Gu|arat. It is a|so known as Va||abh 5agar. Constructed in ), the
dam is meant for irrigation, power generation and f|ood contro|.
hakra Nanga| Pro|ect
On 5ut|e| in Pun|ab. Highest in India. Ht zz6 m. Reservoir is
ca||ed Gobind 5agar Lake
Mundl Pro|ecL On 8eus ln H.P
Chumbul vulley Pro|ecL
On Chumbul ln M.P 8 Ru|usLhun. dums ure Lhere: Cundhl
Sugur Lum, Runu PruLu Sugur Lum und 1uwuhur Sugur dum
Lumodur vulley Pro|ecL On Lumodur ln 8lhur. 8used on 1ennessee vulley Pro|ecL, USA
Hlrukud On Muhunudl ln Orlssu. Worlds longesL dum: m
Rlhund
On Son ln Mlrzuur. Reservolr ls culled Covlnd vullubh PunL
reservolr
Kosl Pro|ecL On Kosl ln N. 8lhur
Muyurkushl Pro|ecL On Muyurkushl ln W.8
Kukruuru Pro|ecL On 1ul ln Cu|uruL
Nlzumsugur Pro|ecL On Mun|ru ln A.P
Nugur|unu Sugur Pro|ecL On Krlshnu ln A.P
1ungubhudru On 1ungubhudru ln A.P 8 KurnuLuku
5hivasamudram Pro|ect On Cauvery in karnataka
1uLu Hydel Scheme On 8hlmu ln MuhurushLru
ShuruvuLhl Hydel Pro|ecL On 1og lulls ln KurnuLuku
Kunduh 8 Perlyur Pro|ecL ln 1N
lurukku Pro|ecL
On Cungu ln W.8. AurL from ower und
lrrlguLlon lL hels Lo remove sllL for eusy
nuvlguLlon
Ukul Pro|ecL On 1uLl ln Cu|uruL
Muhl Pro|ecL On Muhl ln Cu|uruL
Sulul Pro|ecL On Chenub ln 1 8 K
MuLu 1llu MulLlurose Pro|ecL On 8eLwu ln U.P 8 M.P
1heln Pro|ecL On Ruvl, Pun|ub
Pong Lum On 8eus, Pun|ub