Which of the following rivers flows through a ‘rift’ valley?
Which of the following is/are West flowing river(s) of India?
1. Mahanadi
2. Krishna
3. Narmada
4. Kavery
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The Narmada is one of the most famous Rivers of India. It creates the conventional border between South India and North India.
The river runs to the west for a span of 1,312 km (815.2 miles) before flowing through the Gulf of Khambhat (Cambay) into the Arabian Sea, at a distance of 18.6 miles or 30 km west of the Bharuch city in Gujarat.
Also known as Rewa. River in Central India. Similar to the Mahi River and the Tapti River, the Narmada River is a river flowing from east to west.
Which of the following best explain why the lower course of a river is sometimes choked with sediments?
1. The valley of a river is widest in its lower course.
2. The velocity of a river in its lower course is low.
3. The delta sometimes develops in a river’s lower course.
4. Much of the river water is drawn for irrigation in the lower course.
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Which of the following rivers flows from south to north?
The Son originates near Amarkantak in Madhya Pradesh, just east of the headwater of the Narmada River, and flows north-northwest through Madhya Pradesh state before turning sharply eastward where it encounters the southwest-northeast- running Kaimur Range.
The Son river at 784 kilometres (487 mi) long, is one of the largest rivers of India. Its chief tributaries are the Rihand and the North Koel.
Which one of the following rivers in India has been declared as the National River?
The Ganges is a trans-boundary river of India and Bangladesh. The 2,525 km (1,569 mi) river rises in the western Himalayas in the Indian state of Uttarakhand and flows south and east through the Gangetic Plain of North India into Bangladesh, where it empties into the Bay of Bengal. It is the third-largest river in the World by discharge.
Which of the following rivers is not the tributary of Yamuna?
The Kali Gandaki or Gandaki River is one of the major rivers of Nepal and a left-bank tributary of the Ganges in India. It is also called Krishna Gandaki in Nepal.
Which one of the following rivers of India does not make a delta?
The Narmada, also called the Rewa, is a river in central India and the fifth-longest river in the Indian subcontinent. It is the third-longest river that flows entirely within India, after the Godavari and the Krishna.
An important river of the Indian desert is?
Which river is not in existence at present?
Saraswati River refers to a river that was a distributary of the Bhagirathi and is now no more there but was active till around the 16th century AD.
The course and condition of the Saraswati have played an important role in the development and decline of river port towns in Bengal. Initially, the major port town was Tamralipta, after its decline Saptagram rose and declined, and finally, Kolkata came up.
Which of the major rivers of India does not form a delta?
Conditions for delta formation by a river:
The river must have a gentle gradient in its lower course
The river must carry a large amount of sediments along with it
The coastal plains or area where the mouth of river lies should be wide
Though Narmada originates far from the Western Ghats and empties into the Arabian Sea, the river flows through a rift valley at a steep gradient which increases its speed. Also, the western coastal plains are less wider than that required for delta formation by Narmada.
Ganga is a result of the confluence of rivers –––
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Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched?
The Manas River is a major tributary of the Brahmaputra River flowing through Assam. It is named after “Goddess Manasa”, the serpent God in Hindu mythology.
The Manas River is a trans-boundary river in the Himalayan foothills between southern Bhutan and India.
Which one among the following is the correct sequence of the rivers from north to south?
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The reservoir GB Pant Sagar is located on which river?
Which one of the following rivers flows into the Arabian Sea?
Deltas are common in India for the East-flowing river systems, whereas they are nearly absent on the West coast because West-flowing rivers
Most of the Western flowing rivers travel lesser distance away to Western coast through hard rocks and over a higher gradient, they couldn’t collect large amounts of Slit and flow with very high speed compared to East flowing rivers.
Eastern rivers flow through broken hills and mountain ranges. So, they widened and flowed with lesser velocity before entering the sea. So, they deposit sediments and silt before entering into the sea and can form a Delta.
Which of the following three rivers of the peninsula India have the Amarkantak region as their source?
Arrange the following tributaries of river Indus from North to South :
1. Chenab
2. Jhelum
3. Ravi
4. Sutlej
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Which one of the following pairs of a river and its tributary is not correctly matched?
The Amarkantak Hills is the source of which of the following rivers?
1. Narmada
2. Mahanadi
3. Tapti
4. Son
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River Narmada emerges from Amarkantak Hill of Maikal Range. The mighty Narmada river as well the Son, the Mahanadi, and Arnadoh which is a major tributary of the Godavari all arise in the Amarkantak plateau.
Son river is the largest of southern tributaries of Ganga that originates near Amarkantak in Madhya Pradesh near the source of Narmada River.
Which of the following rivers has the largest catchment area?
Which one of the following waterfalls in India has the most height?
Which of these west-flowing rivers flow between two mountain ranges?
Gandak river is associated with one of the following river systems—
Which one of the following is not a tributary of river Alaknanda?
Which of the following pairs of waterfalls — the river is not properly matched?
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Rajarappa is situated on the confluence of which rivers?
Consider the following tributaries of river Brahmaputra :
1. Lohit
2. Tista
3. Subansiri
4. Sankosh
Arrange the above rivers from west to east:
Tista, Sankosh, Subansiri and Lohit are the tributaries of river Brahmaputra
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