1. Where is Ganga called by the name Bhagirathi ?
●- Near Gangotri (This is the origin of the glacier Ganga)
2. Where is Gangotri located and what is its height ?
●- The Gangotri glacier near Gomukh at an altitude of 3900 km in the Uttarkashi district of Uttarakhand is the source of the Ganga.
3. What is the source of Alaknanda ?
●- Satapath Glacier (Alakapuri Glacier) above Badrinath
4. From where is the river Ganga called Ganga ?
●- After Devprayag. Where Alaknanda and Bhagirathi meet each other. And
It reaches the plains near Haridwar.
5. Where is Ganga called Padma ?
●- Bangladesh
6. Through which state in India does the Indus flow ?
●- Jammu and Kashmir
7. When did the Treaty of Situation take place between India and Pakistan ?
●-1960 A.D. (India can use only 20 percent of the water of this river)
8. Rivers ➨ and their origin ➨ confluence/mouth ?
●- Sindhu ➨ Sankhyabab Glacier (near Mansarovar Lake in Tibet ) ➨ Arabian Sea
Ganga ➨ Gangotri ➨ Bay of Bengal
●- Yamuna ➨ Yamunotri Glacier (located on the western slope of Bandarpoonch) ➨ Prayag (Allahabad)
●- Chambal ➨ Jana Paw Hill (near Mau in Madhya Pradesh) ➨ Etawah (U.P.)
●- Sutlej ➨ Rakas Tal (near Mansarovar lake) ➨ Chenab River
●- Ravi ➨ Near Rohtang Pass in Kangra district Chenab River
●- Jhelum ➨ Sheshnag Lake { near Berina G ( Kashmir) } ➨ Chenab River
●- Diameter ➨ Vyas Kund (Rohtang Pass) ➨ Kapurthala (Sutlej River)
●- Kosi ➨ North of Gosaithan Peak ➨ Ganges River (southwest of Karagola)
●- Gandak ➨ Nepal ➨ Ganga (near Patna)
●- Ramganga ➨ Southern part of the Himalayan range near Nainital River Ganges near Kannauj
●- Sharda (Black Ganga) ➨ Kumaon Himalaya ➨ Ghaghra River (near Bahram Ghat)
●- Ghaghra or Karnali or Kauriyala ➨ From Taklakot in Nepal ➨ Ganga River (on the border of Saran and Ballia districts)
●- Betwa or Vetravati ➨ Vindhyachal Mountains (near Kumargaon in Raisen district of Madhya Pradesh) ➨ Hamirpur (on Yamuna River)
●- Son ➨ Amarkantak Hills➨ In the Ganges river near Patna
●- Brahmaputra ➨ From Lake Mansarovar in Tibet Bay of Bengal
●- Narmada ➨ Amarkantak (Vidyachal Range) ➨ Gulf of Khambhat
●- Tapti ➨ Near Multai in Betul district of Madhya Pradesh ➨ Gulf of Khambhat (near Surat)
●- Mahanadi ➨ Sihawa (near Raipur district of Chhattisgarh) ➨ Bay of Bengal (near Cuttack)
●- Kshipra ➨ Kakri Bardi hill (Indore) ➨ Chambal River
●- Mahi ➨ Mehed Lake in Amjhora, Dhar district, Madhya Pradesh . Gulf of Khambhat
●- Looni ➨ Nag mountain (Aravali mountain) situated in Ajmer district Rann of Kutch
●- Hooghly ➨ This is a branch of Ganga , which separates from Ganga south of Dhuliyan ( West Bengal).. ➨ Bay of Bengal
●- Krishna ➨ Western hill near Mahabaleshwar Bay of Bengal
●- Godavari ➨ A hill in Trimbak village, Nasil district , Maharashtra Bay of Bengal
●- Kaveri ➨ Brahmagiri Hills (in Coorg district of Karnataka) ➨ Bay of Bengal
●- Tungabhadra ➨ Tunga from Gangamool Peak and Bhadra from Kadur (Karnataka) ➨ Krishna River
●- Sabarmati ➨ Jaisamudra Lake (located on the Aravalli Mountains in Udaipur district) ➨ Gulf of Khambhat
●- Soma ➨ Bicha Menda (Udaipur district) ➨ Mahi River (near Bapeshwar)
●- Pennar ➨ Nandidurga Hills (Karnataka) ➨ Bay of Bengal
●- Periyar (This river flows in Kerala) ➨ Pariyar Lake
●- Umiam ➨ Umiam Lake (Meghalaya)
●- Baigai ➨ Kandan in Manikanyur near Madurai (Tamil Nadu) ➨ Bay of Bengal
●- Southern Tonsa ➨ Tamsakund Reservoir (located in Kaimur Hills) ➨ In the Ganges near Sirsa
●- Aayd or Bedach ➨ Gomunda Hills (north of Udaipur) ➨ Banas River
