India Facts 4

ഗംഗ, ബ്രഹ്മപുത്ര എന്നീ നദികളുമായി ബന്ധപ്പെട്ട ചോദ്യങ്ങളാണ് ഇന്നത്തെ പാഠത്തിൽ

• Largest river basin in India\ Longest river in India

                    Ganga (Total length is 2525 Km)

• Which is known as Nucleus of India \ National river of India

                    Ganga (On 4th November 2008, it declared as national river)

• Origin place of Ganga

                    Gangotri Glacier (Near Gaymukh, Utharakhand)

• Name of Ganga in its origin place

                    Bhagirathi (After merging with Alakananda at Devaprayag, it become Ganga)

• First non human entity in India to be granted same legal rights as people

                    Ganga (In world, its River Whanganui in New Zealand)

• Ganga enters into North Indian plain at

                    Haridwar

• State in which Ganga flows maximum

                    UttarPradesh

• Indian river with maximum number of tributaries

                    Ganga (Yamuna, Alakananda, Kosi, Son, Gomathi, Damodar, Ghaggra etc)

• Largest tributary of Ganga

                    Yamuna (Known as Kalindi)

• Yamuna originated from

                    Yamunotri

• Yamuna joins Ganga at

                    Prayag (Allahabad Triveni. River Saraswathi also joins there)

• Major tributaries of Yamuna

                    Chambal, ken, Tons, Betwa

• The cities Delhi and Agra are on the shores of

                    Yamuna

• Longest river in Indian subcontinent

                    Indus

• Largest peninsular river in India \ Second longest river in India

                    Godavari

• River which is considered as sacred by vedic Aryans

                    Saraswathi

• Committee studied about the existence of Saraswathi river

                    K S Valdia committee

• Largest southern most tributary of Ganga

                    Son (Originated from Peninsular region Amatkantak plateau)

• Major tributary of Son

                    Rihand

• Project introduced by India government to protect Ganga

                    Namami Ganga (Integrated Ganga conservation mission project)

• IIT associating with Namami Ganga project

                    IIT Kanpur

• Who is in charge for newly started river development and Ganga Rejivenation project

                    Uma Bharati

• Most dangerous river in India \ Sorrow of India

                    Kosi

• Multi purpose river valley project of India and Nepal

                    Kosi Project

• The river flows through Jim Korbet National park

                    Ramganga

• The river which makes India's eastern boundary with Nepal

                    Kali river (Mahakali river treaty signed between India and Nepal in 1996)

• The river flows through Valmiki National park

                    Gandhaki (Which is called as Narayani in Nepal)

• Part of Ganga which flows to Bangladesh

                    Padma

• Name of Brahmaputra in Bangladesh

                    Jamuna (In Tibet it is called as Tasng Po, In Arunachal Pradesh called as Dihang)

• India's national river animal

                    Ganga Dolphin

• The river with highest tidal bore in India

                    Hooghly

• Tributary of Hooghly which is known as Sorrow of Bengal

                    Damodar

• Farakka Barrage dam is situated in

                    Ganga (West Bengal)

• Longest river bridge in India

                    Dhola-Sadiya Bridge (Bhupan Hazarika bridge) in Assam. (9.15 Km length)

• Dhola-Sadiya bridge is built across

                    Lohith river, a tributary of Brahmaputra

• Second longest river bridge in India

                    Mahathma Gandhi Sethu (Across Ganga in Patna, 5575 meter)

• River known as Keerthinasini in Bangladesh

                    Ganga

• River known as Sarayu in Ramayana

                    Ghagra

• River known as Thamasya in Ramayana

                    Tons

• National waterway 1 which connects Allahabad and Haldia is on

                    Ganga, Bhagirathi and Hooghly rivers

• Kumbha Mela festival held at

                    Allahabad, Haridwar, Ujjain, and Nasik

• Ganga action plan started in 1986, inagurated by

                    Rajiv Gandhi

• Ganga river agreement was signed between

                    India and Bangladesh

• India adopted national water policy in

                    1987

• World's largest delta

                    Sunderbans delta (Ganga, Brahmaputra rivers forming this)

• Brahmaputhra originated from

                    Chmayungdung glacier (Total length 2900 Km of these 916 Km flows through India)

• Only Indian river with a male name

                    Brahmaputra

• Least polluted Himalayan river

                    Brahmaputra

• Indian river which occupies maximum volume of water

                    Brahmaputra (Also known as red river)

• The place where Brahmaputra enters India 

                    Sadiya (Arunachal Pradesh)

• Bridge built across Tista river that links North East states to the rest of India

                    The Coronation Bridge

• Major tributaries of Brahmaputra

                    Tista, Lohit, Dibang, Subansiri

• Largest tributary of Brahmaputra

                    Subansiri

• Fastest river in India

                    Tista (Lifeline of Sikkim)

• Brahmaputra enters Bangladesh through

                    Dhubri

• River Brahmaputra and Ganga empties into

                    Bay of Bengal

• Which river is known as Sorrow of Bihar

                    Kosi

• Sorrow of Odisha                  : Mahanadi

• Sorrow of Assam                   : Brahmaputhra

• Vridha Ganga                         : Godavari

• Ardha Ganga                          : Krishna

• Dakshina Ganga                     : Kaveri

• Lifeline of Madhyapradesh    : Narmada

• Lifeline of Andhrapradesh     : Godavari

• Lifeline of Goa                       : Mandovi

                                                                                        (To be Continued...)