Indian Geography
East Flowing Peninsular Rivers: Godavari River System
Basics Fact: The Godavari River is the largest river in Peninsular India. Other Name: It is known as the Dakshin Ganga or Vridha Ganga. Source: It rises from Trimbakeshwar located in the Western Ghats in Nashik, Maharashtra. Basin States: Maharashtra, … Continue reading
East Flowing Peninsular Rivers: Mahanadi River System
Origin: The source is the northern foothills of Dandakaranya in Raipur District of Chhattisgarh. Fact: It is the third-largest peninsular river system and the largest in Odisha. Basin States: Chhattisgarh , Odisha, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, and Madhya Pradesh. Borders: Central India … Continue reading
Peninsular Drainage System: Basics and Classification
Basics Older than the Himalayan one. Associated features are broad and largely graded shallow valleys and mature rivers. Characteristics: Fixed course, absence of meanders, and non-perennial flow of water. Classification East Flowing Rivers Flow into the Bay of Bengal. These … Continue reading
Himalayan River System: Brahmaputra River System
Basics Origin: Chemayungdung glacier in Tibet, China. It flows as the Yarlung Tsangpo River across southern Tibet to break through the Himalayas in great gorges and into Arunachal Pradesh where it is known as Dihang. The first major tributary is … Continue reading
Himalayan River System: Ganga River System
Basics Origin: The Bhagirathi, considered to be the source stream of Ganga rises at the foot of the Gangotri Glacier, at Gaumukh. Basin Countries: The Ganga river system is spread over India, Tibet, Nepal and Bangladesh. Fact: It is the … Continue reading
Himalayan River System: Indus Water System
Basics Other Name: The Indus River is also called the Sindhu. Basin Countries: China(Tibet), India and Pakistan. Origin: It originates from a glacier near Bokhar Chu in the Tibetan region in the Kailash Mountain range near the Mansarovar Lake. Mouth: … Continue reading
Himalayan Drainage System: Basics
Himalayan rivers are fed by the melting of snow and precipitation. So they are perennial in nature. They are younger in nature. Major relief features formed by these rivers are gorges, V shaped valleys, rapids, waterfalls as part of erosion. … Continue reading
Classification of Drainage Systems of India
Based on Orientation to the Sea Bay of Bengal Drainage Arabian Sea Drainage East-flowing rivers West-flowing rivers ~ 77 percent of the drainage area of the country is oriented towards the Bay of Bengal. ~ 23 percent of the drainage … Continue reading
Types of Drainage Systems
Sequent System What is it?:A drainage pattern is described as sequent if it correlates to the topography and geology of the area. The path of the river is highly dependent on the slope of the topography. Classified Into Consequent System … Continue reading
Indian Drainage: Basics
Drainage The flow of water through a well-defined channel is known as drainage. Drainage Network The network of rivers and tributaries is called a drainage system. Factors affecting the drainage system Geological period Nature and structure of rocks Topography Slope … Continue reading