General Studies 1

Origin: Aravalli hills Mouth: Arabian Sea Passing States: Rajasthan and Gujarat Borders: The basin is bounded by Aravalli hills on the north and northeast, by Rann of Kutch on the west, and by the Gulf of Khambhat on the south. … Continue reading →

Fact: Second-largest west-flowing river of Peninsular India Origin: Multai reserve forest in Madhya Pradesh. Mouth: Gulf of Cambay, Arabian Sea. Borders: Basin is bounded by the Satpura Range on the north, the Mahadev Hills on the east, the Ajanta Range … Continue reading →

Fact: The largest west-flowing river that flow through rift valley between Vindhya and Satpura ranges. Origin: Maikala range near Amarkantak in Madhya Pradesh Basin States: Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Maharashtra, and Chhattisgarh Bounded by: The Vindhyas on the north, the Maikala … Continue reading →

Basics Origin: Talakaveri on the Brahmagiri range, Kodagu (Coorg) district of Karnataka. Other Name: The Cauvery River (Kaveri) is designated as the ‘Dakshin Bharat ki Ganga’ or ‘the Ganga of the South’. Length: 800 km Basin States: Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, … Continue reading →

Basics Fact: The Krishna is the second-largest east-flowing river in the Peninsula. Origin: Mahabaleshwar in Maharashtra Borders: It is bounded by the Balaghat range on the north, by the Eastern Ghats on the south and the east, and by the … Continue reading →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →