Rivers of India Part 2 by Dr. Gaurav Garg
North-East States
Largest Tributary of Yamuna - Tons river (largest means river which is adding maximum amount of water to Yamuna).
Longest Tributary of Yamuna - Chambal river (longest is just measuring the length).
Ganga river enters Bihar through ‘Chausa, Buxar’ and exits through ‘Kahalgaon, Bhagalpur’. Then Ganga enters Jharkhand
through ‘Sahibganj’, and it is the only district in Jharkhand where Ganga flows.
Brahmaputra
Other names :-
● Tosangpo in Tibet.
● Dihang/Siang in Arunachal Pradesh.
● Brahmaputra in Assam.
● Jamuna in Bangladesh.
Length - 2,900 km from its source in the Kailash Range.
Origin - Mansarovar Lake region, near the Mount Kailash. Origin glacier is Angsi Glacier near Mount Kailash.
Route :-
● It flows along southern Tibet to break through the Himalayas in great gorges (Namcha Barwa Mountain) and into
Arunachal Pradesh (India).
● It flows southwest through the Assam Valley as Brahmaputra and south through Bangladesh as the Jamuna.
● In the vast Ganges Delta, it merges with the Padma, the popular name of the river Ganges in Bangladesh, and finally,
after merging with Padma, it becomes the Meghna and from here, it flows as Meghna river before emptying into the
Bay of Bengal.
Left bank tributaries - Dibang, Lohit River, Dikhou river, Dhansiri River, Kopili.
Right bank tributaries - Subansiri River, Kameng River (Bharali river), Manas River, Sankosh River, Teesta River.
● Tsangpo enters the state of Arunachal Pradesh in India, where it is called Siang. In the plains, where it is called
Dihang.
● It flows southward after which it is joined by the Dibang River (Dihang-Dibang Biosphere Reserve) and the Lohit
River at the head of the Assam Valley.
● After entering Assam, the river is called Brahmaputra.
● When it enters the state of Assam it becomes very wide.
● As the river follows its braided 700 km (430 mi) course through the
valley, it receives several rapidly flowing Himalayan streams ,
including the Subansiri, Kameng, Bhareli, Dhansiri, Manas,
Champamati, Sarabhanga, and Sankosh Rivers.
● The main tributaries from the hills and from the plateau to the south
are the Burhi Dihing, the Disang, the Dikhu, and the Kopili.
● Between Dibrugarh and Lakhimpur Districts (Assam), the river
divides into two channels—the northern Kherkutia channel and the
southern Brahmaputra channel. The two channels join again about
100 km downstream, forming the Majuli island , which is the largest
river island in the world.
● In Bangladesh, the Brahmaputra is joined by the Teesta River, one of its largest tributaries.
● The Jamuna joins with the Ganga, below which, as the Padma, their combined waters flow to the southeast for a
distance of about 120 km (75 mi).
● The main body of the Padma reaches its confluence with the Meghna River near Chandpur and then enters the Bay of
Bengal.
● Bogibeel bridge is a combined road and rail bridge over the Brahmaputra River in the northeastern Indian state of
Assam between Dhemaji district and Dibrugarh district.
● Bogibeel river bridge is the longest rail-cum-road bridge in India, measuring 4.94 kilometres over the Brahmaputra
river.
● The Dhola–Sadiya Bridge , also referred to as the Bhupen Hazarika Setu, is a beam bridge in India, connecting the
northeast states of Assam and Arunachal Pradesh. The bridge spans the Lohit River, a major tributary of the
Brahmaputra River, from the village of Dhola (Tinsukia District) in the south to Sadiya to the north.
Manas River – Longest river of Bhutan
● It is a transboundary river (country to country flow) in the
Himalayan foothills between southern Bhutan and India.
● It is the largest river system of Bhutan.
● The total length of the river is 400 kilometres, flows through Tibet
for 24 km, flows in Bhutan for 272 kilometres and then flows
through Assam for 104 kilometres before it joins the mighty
Brahmaputra River at Jogighopa in Bongaigaon, Assam.
● Manas was declared as Manas National Park in 1990 as a Wildlife
Sanctuary, declared UNESCO's Natural World Heritage site, a
Project Tiger Reserve, an Elephant Reserve and a Biosphere Reserve
in Assam.
Sankosh River
● Sankosh is a river that rises in northern Bhutan and empties into the
Brahmaputra in the state of Assam in India.
Teesta River
● Tista River, a tributary of the Jamuna River (Brahmaputra River), flowing through India and Bangladesh. It rises in the
Himalayas near Chunthang in Sikkim (India) flows to the south and flows through West Bengal.
● The river enters Bangladesh to join the Jamuna River near Rangpur after a total course of about (320 km).
West Flowing Rivers of Peninsular India
✓ Narmada
✓ Tapi
✓ Sabarmati
✓ Luni
✓ Mahi
Peninsula - A peninsula is a landform surrounded by water on the majority of its border while being connected to a
mainland.
West flowing rivers empties into Arabian Sea and East flowing rivers empties into Bay of Bengal.
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