INDIAN RIVER SYSTEM

INDIAN RIVER SYSTEM

The Himalayan River System

Ganga River System

The Ganga (or Ganges) and its tributaries like Yamuna, Son, and Gandak, which have been left out of the list, actually formulates the biggest cultivable plains of north and eastern India, known as the Gangetic plains. The main river, the holy Ganga forms by the joining of the Alaknanda River and Bhagirathi River at Devprayag. The Bhagirathi, which is considered the Ganga's true source, starts from Gomukh Gangotri glaciers in the Himalayas and flows through the states of Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, and West Bengal, after which it enters Bangladesh. Known as the Padma River in Bangladesh, it joins theJamuna River, the largest distributary of the Brahmaputra River. The Padma then joins the Meghna River before emptying into the Bay of Bengal in Bangladesh. With a length of about 2,525 kilometres (1,569 mi), the Ganga the second longest river of India. The Brahmaputra is longer, but most of its course it not in India.

Indus River System

The Indus River originates in the northern slopes of the Kailash range near Lake Mansarovar in Tibet. Although most of the river's course runs through neighboring Pakistan, a portion of it does run through Indian territory, as do parts of the courses of its five major tributaries, listed below. These tributaries are the source of the name of the Punjab region of South Asia; the name is derived from the Persian words Punj ("five") and aab ("water"), hence the combination of the words (Punjab) means "five waters" or "land of five waters".

Beas

The Beas originates in Bias Kund, lying near the Rohtang pass. It runs past Manali and Kulu, where its valley is known as the Kulu valley. It joins the Sutlej river near Harika, after being joined by a few tributaries. The total length of the river is 615km. Flowing west, it enters India in the Ladakh district of Jammu and Kashmir.

Chenab

The Chenab originates from the confluence of two rivers, the Chandra and the Bhaga, It is also known as the Chandrabhaga in Himachal . It runs parallel to the Pir It enters the plains of Punjab near Akhnur and is later joined by the Jhelum. It is further joined by the river Ravi and the Sutlej in Pakistan.

Jhelum

The Jhelum originates in the south-eastern part of Jammu and Kashmir, in a spring known as verinag. One of its important tributaries is Krishna-Ganga.

Ravi

The Ravi originates near the Rothang pass in the Himalayas and follows a north-westerly course. It turns to the south-west, near Dalhousie, and then cuts a gorge in the Dhaola Dhar range entering the Punjab plain near Madhopur. It flows as a part of the Indo-Pakistan border for some distance before entering Pakistan and joining the Chenab river.

Sutlej (Satluj)

The Sutlej originates from the Rakas Lake (Rakshas Tal), which is connected to the Manasarovar lake by a stream, in Tibet. It enters Pakistan near Sulemanki, and is later joined by the Chenab. It has a total length of almost 1500 km. First village were it enters in India is Namgiya.

The Brahmaputra River System

The Brahmaputra originates in China, near the sources of the Indus and the Sutlej. It is about 2,900 kilometres (1,800 mi) long. In China, where it is known as the Yarlung Zangbo River, or Tsangpo, it flows east, parallel to the Himalayas. Reaching Namjagbarwa, it turns south and enters India in Arunachal Pradesh, where is it known as Dihang. In Assam it is called the Brahmaputra. Just before entering Bangladesh it splits into two distributaries, the larger of which is called the Jamuna River.

The Peninsular River System

The Narmada River System

The Narmada' or Nerbudda is a river in central India. Like the Mahi, it runs from east to west. The Narmada originates in Amarkantak .

The Tapi/Tapti River System

The Taapi is the ancient name of the river now called "Tapti" of central India. It is one of the major rivers of peninsular India with the length of around 724 km, It rises in the eastern Satpura Range of southernMadhya Pradesh state, before emptying into the Gulf of Cambay of the Arabian Sea, in the State of Gujarat.

The Godavari River System

The river with second longest course within India, Godavari is often referred to as the Vriddh (Old) Ganga or the Dakshin (South) Ganga. The river is about 1,450 km (900 mi) long. It rises at Trimbakeshwar, nearNasik and Mumbai (formerly Bombay) in Maharashtra around 380 km distance from the Arabian Sea, and empties into the Bay of Bengal. At Rajahmundry, 80 km from the coast, the river splits into two streams(Vasista which flows to Narsapur & Gautami which flows to other side pasarlapudi) thus forming a very fertile river delta delta.Also the Rjohi plays a very important role in the water system most of Indias rivers empty into the Rjohi including the Godavari River.

The Krishna River System

The Krishna is one of the longest rivers of India (about 1300 km in length). It originates at Mahabaleswar in Maharashtra and meets the sea in the Bay of Bengal at Hamasaladeevi in Andhra Pradesh. The Krishna River flows through the states of Maharashtra, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh.

The Kaveri River System

The Kaveri (also spelled Cauvery or Kavery) is one of the great rivers of India and is considered sacred by the Hindus.this is the [holy river] of south Indians . birth place of river kaveri called as [Dakshin Kashi] ( god shiva temple called [Bhagandeshwar] at [Bhagamandala] and caveri temple at [talakaveri] . The headwaters are in the Western Ghats range of Karnataka state, and from Karnataka through Tamil Nadu. It empties into the Bay of Bengal.

The Mahanadi River System

The Mahanadi River Delta in India is a basin of deposit that drains large land mass of the Indian subcontinent into the Bay of Bengal. The alluvial valley is wide and relatively flat with a meandering river channel that changes its course.

The Mahanadi River flows slowly for 560 miles (900 km) and has an estimated drainage area of 51,000 square miles (132,100 square km). It deposits more silt than almost any other river in the Indian subcontinent