DRAINAGE PATTERN OF INDIA -PART 2

INDIA RIVERS AND THEIR TRIBUTARIES

 

• These rivers have small catchment basins and small areas .
• these have less erosional activity because of less graded valley
• receives water from monsoon rainfall and they flow in rainy seasons .they are seasonal rivers
• they flow through oldest plateaus of world having hard rock surface of non-alluvial character forcing them to flow in straight course . so they attained maturity fast.
• Narmada and Tapti rivers make estuaries whereas Godavari and Cauvery big rivers form delta.

classification of Peninsular Rivers

they are classified into three drainage systems:

1.towards the ganga

• these rivers rise in the VINDHYA RANGE  and join the YAMUNA or GANGA

Examples are : Chambal ,Betwa , Sind ,Son ,Ken.

2.towards the Arabian Sea

•   flowing westwards between Vindhya and the Satpura range and flow into Arabian Sea examples are: Narmada and Tapti .they make estuaries

3.towards the bay of bengal

•      rise in Western ghats and flow into bay of bengal .
• examples are :Mahanadi ,Godavari , Krishna and Kaveri.

NAME , SOURCE AND TRIBUATARIES OF INDIAN RIVERS [HIMALAYAN AMD PENINSULAR}

 

RIVERS	SOURCES	TRIBUTARIES
HIMALAYAN RIVER SYSTEM
INDUS AND ITS TRIBUATARIES
INDUS,   2 .JHELUM , 3 .CHENAB , 4 .RAVI   5 BEAS 6 SUTLEJ	from Tibet near Mansarovar Lake. from mountain Spur at Verinage at lahul  [4900 metr] Kullu hills of Himachal Pradesh KULU hills near rohtang pass near dharma pass	KURRAM SWAT ZASKAR ASTAR DRAS SHYALOK GILGIT KABUL JHELUM CHENAM RAVI BEAS
GANGA AND ITS TRIBUTARIES
1 GANGA	Alaknanda at an elevation of 7800 mt.	Yamuna ,Ram Ganga , Gandak ,  Kosi ,Ghaghara , Burhihead ,Gandak , Gomti ,Son Mahanada, Kamla, Damodar ,Jalangi,Bharaib confluence of YAMUNA at ALLAHABAD.
2 YAMUNA	FRORM HOT SPRINGS AT YAMUNOTRI	Chambal ,Betwa ,Ken , sarda
3 RAM GANGA	from NAINITAL	Khos ,Gangan ,Anil kosi
4.GHAGHARA GANDAK	near Mansarovar lake in the central himalaa {Tibet]	iN nepal it is called NARAYANI join ganga near patna
5 BURHI GANDAK	somesar hill {nepal or tibet]	join ganga at MONGHYR
6.KOSI	FROM TIBET or NEPAL	Kosi Arun Tamur
7.DAMODAR	CHOTANAGPUR PLATEAU ,near tori	Gartus , Konar , Jomunia , Barakar .
8.GOMTI	near east of Piliphit Town	Sai , Barma , Saryu , Chuha
Brahmaputra and its tributaries
Brahamaputra	CHEMAYUNGDUNG glacier,near mansrovar lake	tista , torsa , rajo-tsngpo , kyi -chu.
peninsular rivers
west flowing peninsular rivers
1.NARMADA	from a tank in amarkantak Plateau	burhner , baiyer , hiran , kolar etc.
2.TAPI	near MULTAI in Betul district	puma  , Betul , Darthranj , Bori , Harki , Gomti , Valer etc
3.LUNI	from Anasagar in Ajmer
4.SABARMATI	IN aravali hill	wakal , jawai , sei , hamov , watrak, meshwo
east flowing peninsular rivers
1.MAHANANDI	RAIPUR DISTRICT	Sheonath , Harde , Mand , Ib , Uny Tel.
2.BRAHMANI	RANCHI	Kuru , Sonhked , Tikra
3.BAITARNI	BIHAR
4.SUBARANREKKA	JHARKHAND	Komchi , Karffari
5.GODAVARI	NASIK From Trambak	Pravara , Mula , Manjra,sabri , puma.
6.INDRAVATI	in KALAHANDI district	Narangi , BOARDIG , kotri , bandia.
7.SABARI	in SULKARAM hill	Silaru
8.KRISHNA	MAHABALESHWAR village	Konya,yerla , muneru , varma , panchgango,bhima, tunghadra, musi
9.BHIMA	BHIMESHWAR village	Ghad , nira, kagna , sina
10.TUNGBHADRA	gomantak peak	Runga , bhadra , hagari
11.CAUVERY	BRAHAM GIRI hills	Hemavati , harangi , shimas , arkvati.

OTHER EAST FLOWING PENINSULAR RIVERS :

MANJRA,PENGNGA , WARDHA, WAINGANGA