Social Studies VSQ (2 Marks)

Narmada and Tapi are two peninsular rivers, which flow through a trough.

The two head streams of the Ganga are the Bhagirathi and Alaknanda. They meet at Devprayag in Uttarakhand to form the Ganga.

The river Indus rises in Tibet. near lake Mansarovar. and the Ganga originates at the Gangotri Glacier. Both of them have their origin in the Himalayas.

The Ganga Basin is the largest river basin in India.

Any elevated area such as a mountain or an upland that separate two drainage basins is called a water divide. An example are the Western Ghats.

Brahmaputra river flows parallel to the Himalayas.

In Tibet, the river carries a smaller volume of water & less silt as it is a cold and a dry area.

These rivers are very large and cover a large area. Therefore, they are known as the 'Dakshin Ganga'.

A large number of peninsular rivers are seasonal as their flow is dependent on rainfall and even the large rivers have reduced flow of water in
the dry season.

Narmada and Tapi.

Brahmaputrat is joined by the Dibang, the Lohit, and many other tributaries to form the Brahmaputra in Assam.

Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Punjab have benefitted from river Indus.

Punjab, Haryana and the southern and western parts of Rajasthan are benefited by the Indus.

The Peninsular rivers have shorter and shallower courses as compared to their Himalayan rivers.

Perennial rivers are the ones which have water throughout the year. These rivers receive water from rain as well as from melted snow from the lofty mountains.

The Godavari, its length is about 1500 km.

Godavari is called ‘Dakshin Ganga’ because of its length and the area it covers.

River Ganga.

Any elevated area, such as a mountain or an upland separates two drainage basins. Such an upland is known as a ‘water divide’.

The Amazon river is the world's largest drainage basin.

The Sundarban delta is the world's largest and fastest growing delta.

The Godavari is the largest peninsular river.

Ambala is located on the water divide between the Indus and the Ganga river systems.

The three major Himalayan rivers are the Indus, the Ganga and the Brahmaputra.

Sabarmati, Mahi, Bharathpuzha and Periyar are the major west-flowing rivers.

Sabarmati, Mahi, Bharatpuja and Periyar.

They are the Chambal, the Betwa and the Son.

The Tungabhadra, the Koyana, the Ghatpraba, the Musi and the Bhenia are the main tributaries of the river Krishna.

The Satluj, the Beas, the Ravi, the Chenab and the Jhelum are the main tributaries of river Indus.

Perennial rivers receive water from rain as well as from melted snow from the lofty mountains.

Most of the rivers of Peninsular India originate in the Western Ghats. These rivers flow towards the Bay of Bengal.

The Yamuna meets the Ganga at Allahabad.

The river Tapi rises in the Satpura ranges in the Betul district of Madhya Pradesh.

The river Godavari rises from the slopes of the Western Ghats in the Nasik district of Maharashtra.

Water pollution refers to any unwanted waste material is added to water which makes it poisonous and useless.

The total length of the Indus is 2900km.

The river Kaveri makes the second biggest waterfall in India.

The area drained by a single river system is called a drainage basin.

A river along with its tributaries may be called a river system.

The area drained by a single river system is called a drainage basin.

The rivers in their lower course split into numerous channels due to deposition of silt. These channels are distributaries.

The term ‘drainage’ describes the river system of an area.

The broad relief features of the subcontinent control the drainage systems of India.

The rivers that have water throughout the year are called perennial rivers.

Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Gujarat, Goa, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Delhi NRCP many towns have been taken for pollution reduction works.

Teesta and dibang rivers are the two major tributaries of Brahmaputra.

Ganga-Brahmaputra Delta is the World's largest and fastest growing delta. It is also known as Ganges Delta.