29-12-2017, 04:40 PM
RIVERS OF INDIA
Himalayan Rivers
*The Himalayan river system comprises the Indus, the Ganga and the Brahmaputra.
*Most of these rivers and their major tributaries are perennial in character, obtaining their water from the glaciers and rain.
*Most of the Himalayan rivers, are 'Older than the Himalayas. Such rivers are known as antecedent rivers.
Indus
*The Indus is one of the most important drainage systems in the Indian:Subcontinent.
*It has a length of 2880 km Of which 800.75 km lies in India.
*It is the western most river system in the Indian subcontinent.
*The Indian river which form deep gorges
Ans : Indus
*The only west flowing Himalayan river
Ans : Indus
*It is an antecedent river.
*The source region of Indus river is Bokharchu glacier (near Manasarover lake)
*In Tibet it is called as Singi Khamban or Lion’s mouth.
*Indus flows in the north west direction between Ladakh and Zaskar range
* National River of Pakistan
Ans : Indus
The river mostly mentioned in Rig Veda.
Ans : Indus
*Mohanjodaro is situated on the bank of river
Ans : Indus
*It drains into Arabian sea at Karachi.
*Jammu Kashmir is the Only Indian state . through which Indus flows
*The main tributaries of Indus
Ans : Jhelum, Chenab, Ravi, Beas, Sutlej
*The state known as ‘Land of five rivers’
Ans : Punjab
*The Indus river agreement was signed between India and Pakistan on 19 September 1960 with the help of World Bank
*The agreement was signed by
Ans : Jawaharlal Nehru and Mohammed Ayoobkhan
Sapta Sindu
Indus, Saraswathy, Jhelum, Chenab,Beas, Sutlej, Ravi.
Life Line Of Pakistan
*The river known as “life line of Pakistan’
Ans : Indus.
* National River of Pakistan
Ans : Indus
