Important Rivers Of India Part -2

THE BRAHMAPUTRA SYSTEM (BRAHMAPUTRA AND ITS TRIBUTARIES)

Brahmaputra or Tsangpo (Tibet)

Source: Rises in the Chemayungdung glacier in the Kailash Range and Mariam La

pass separates it from Mansarovar Lake.

Total Length: 2,900 km one of the longest rivers of the world.

River’s Basin: 240,000 sq,km

Information: Important tributaries: Subansiri Kameng, Dhansiri, Dilhang, Lohit, Tista, Torsa. Manas; Burhi Dihing, etc. It flows through Tibet, India and Bangladesh and forms the large delta of the world along with Ganga.

PENINSULAR RIVERS

1.Mahanadi: (An important river of the peninsular India)

Source: Northern foothills of Dandakarnaya near Shiawa in Raipur district.

Length: 857km/  River’s Basin: 141,600 sq.km in M.P., Orissa, Bihar and Maharashtra

Information: Left bank tributaries; Sheonath, Hasdeo, Ib and Mand. 

Right bank tributaries ; tel, Ong, and Jonk.Subarnarekha, Brahmi and Baitarni:

Information:These smaller river basins are interposed between the Ganga and the Mahanadi basin.

2.GODAVARI:

Source: Trimbak plateau of north Sahyadri near Nasik (Maharashtra)

Length: 1465 (longest river of Peninsular India)

River’s Basin: 312,812 half of which lies in Maharashtra and also in Andhra Pradesh ,M.P., Orissa, and Karnataka.

Information: Largest river system of the Peninsular India and is next only to the Ganga system in India. 

Left bank tributaries; Penganga, Wardha, Wainganga,Indravati and Sabri. 

Right Bank tributaries: Manjra.

3.KRISHNA: (Second largest east flowing river of the Peninsula)

Source: North of Mahabaleshwar in the Western Ghats.

Length: Flows for a distance of 1,400 km to the Bay of Bengal

River’s Basin: 258,948 sq.km. Lies in Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra.

Information: Important tributaries: Bhima, Tungabhadra, Ghatprbha, Malaprabha, Musi and Koyna.

4.Kaveri

Source: Rises in the Brahmgiri Range of Western Ghats.

Length: 800km

River’s Basin: 87,900 sq.km.- Shared by Kerala, Karnataka, and Tamil Nadu.

Information: Left bank tributaries: Herangi, Hemavati, Shimsha, Arkavati, etc.

Right bank tributaries: Kabani, Bhavani and Amravati etc.

WEST FLOWING RIVER

1.Sabarmati:

Source: Mewar hills in Aravalli Range.

Length: 320km/  River’s Basin: 21,674 sq. km. Shared by Rajasthan and Gujarat.

Information: Important tributaries: Hathmati, Sedhi, Wakul, etc.

2.Mahi: 

Source: Vindhya Range at an altitude of 500 m.

Length: 533km/  River’s Basin:34,862sq.km

Information: Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Gujarat share the river basin.

2.Narmada: 
Largest west flowing Peninsular river.

Source: Rises in Amarkantak in Madhya Pradesh.

Length: 1312 km ( from its source to its estuary in the Gulf of Khambhat)

River’s Basin:98,796 sq.km which it shared by M.P. Gujarat and Maharashtra.

Information: Left bank tributaries: Tawa Burhner, etc. Right Bank tributaries: Hiran world’s famous Dhuan Dhar or Cloud of Mist Falls is located on this river. It flows through a rift valley between the Vidhyas and the Satpura Range.

4.Tapti or Tapi: 
(Second largest of west flowing river of Peninsula)

Source: Rises near Multai on the Satpura Range in Betul district (M.P)

Length: 740 km

River’s Basin: 65,145 sq.km in M.p., Maharashtra and Gujarat

Information: Left bank tributaries: Purna, Veghar, Girna, Bari and the Punjhar

Right Bank tributaries: Betul, Arunavati, Ganjal and Gomai. It is also Known as the ‘twin’ or handmaid of the Narmada.