Punjab is also called 'The Land of Five Waters' Which of these is Not a river that flows through the region?
Jhelum
Chenab
Ravi
Tapti
Answers
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Q. Punjab is also called ‘The Land of Five Waters’. Which of these is NOT a river that flows through the region?
Answer : Option (d) Tapti
Explanation :
▪The word Punjab is made from the combination of two words Punj (Five) + Aab (Water) giving the actual meaning to the phrase “Land of Five Rivers”.
▪The Indian State of Punjab is known as 'Land of Five Rivers', it was named due to the five major rivers namely Jhelum, Chenab, Ravi, Beas and Satluj flowing through this region and constitute an important geographical feature of the state.
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TAPTI river does not flow through Punjab.
Punjab is also called 'The Land of Five Waters' as it has five big rivers flowing through its land surface. The rivers are Jhelum, Chenab, Ravi, Sutlej, and Beas. All are actually tributaries of the Indus River, the Chenab being the largest of them.
The Tapti River (or Tapi) is a river in central Indian region between the Godavari and Narmada rivers. It rises in the Gawilgarh Hills of the central Deccan plateau in south-central part of the erstwhile Madhya Pradesh state.
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