Question

1. Make a fact file on major rivers of India covering the following
(a) Location (b) States covering (c) Tributaries​

Answer 1

Answer:

The rivers in India play an important role in the lives of the people. They provide potable water, cheap transportation, electricity, and the livelihood for many people nationwide. This easily explains why nearly all the major cities of India are located by the banks of rivers. The rivers also have an important role in Hindu Religion and are considered holy by all Hindus in the country.[1]

Seven major rivers along with their numerous tributaries make up the river system of India. The largest basin system of the rivers pour their waters into the Bay of Bengal; however, some of the rivers whose courses take them through the western part of the country and towards the east of the state of Himachal Pradesh empty into the Arabian Sea. Parts of Ladakh, northern parts of the Aravalli range and the arid parts of the Thar Desert have inland drainage.

All major rivers of India originate from one of the following main watersheds:

Aravalli range

Himalaya and Karakoram ranges

Sahyadri or Western Ghats in western India

Vindhya and Satpura ranges and Chotanagpur plateau in central India

Himalayan glaciers in the Indian subcontinent are broadly divided into the three river basins, namely the Indus, Ganga and Brahmaputra. The Indus basin has the largest number of glaciers (3500), whereas the Ganga and Brahmaputra basins contain about 1000 and 660 glaciers, respectively.[2] Ganga is the largest river system in India. However these rivers are just three among many. Other examples are Narmada, Tapathi, and Godavari.