River System of India – Indus River System

• Prime Watershed of River Origin in IndiaHimalayas and Karakoram ranges
• Vindhya, Satpura ranges and Chota Nagpur Plateau
• Western Ghats
• River categories on the basis of their originHimalayan Rivers
• Deccan Rivers
• Coastal Rivers
• Rivers of the inland Drainage basin
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Top 5 largest rivers of India

 Ganga > Godavari > Krishna > Yamuna > Brahmaputra

Indus River System

Indus

• Ancient name → Sindhu
• Origin → Bokharchu Glacier, Near Mansarovar
• In Tibet, Called Singi Khamban / Lion’s mouth
• Enters In India through Ladakh, flows only in J &K
• Enters Pak through hair pin bend of Nanga Parbat
• Finally Discharges in Arabian Sea
• Flows approx. ( 709 / 2880 ) Km in India
• India uses 20 % of its water by Indo Pak water treaty of 1960

Shyok

Originates from Rimo Glacier

• Known as river of death
• flows through Ladakh in India
• A tributary of the Indus River
• JhelumAncient name → Vitasta
• Origin → Verinag Spring (Kashmir)
• Tributary of Chenab, flows only in J &K
• Flows Northward to Wular Lake
• Cut through gorge in Pir- Panjal range to reach Muzzafarabad (POK)

Chenab

• Ancient name → Akshani / Iskmati
• Origin → Bara Lacha Pass (Himachal)
• Known as chandra-bhaga in Himachal
• Chandra River → Water flowing south from the pass
• Bhaga River     → Water Flowing north from the pass
• Flows Northward & parallel to Pir –Panjal Range for some distance
• Cut through gorge in Pir – Panjal & Turns southward
• Largest tributary of Indus, Flows through Himachal & J & K
• Famous Projects →Duhasti, Baglihar & Salal hydroelectric project

Ravi

• Ancient name → Purushni
• Origin → Kullu hills near Rohtang Pass (Himachal)
• Tributary of Chenab
• Smallest of 5 rivers
• Flows through Indo – Pak boundary
• Flows northward b/w Pir – Panjal & Dhauladhar Ranges
• Cut a gorge through Dhauladhar range & flows southward

Beas

• Ancient name → Vipasha
• Origin → Beas kund near Rohtang Pass, Himachal
• Tributary of Satluj
• Only river flowing entirely in India
• Runs southward, Cut a deep gorge in Dhauladhar & turns west to meet Satluj near Harike (Punjab)
• Famous Project → Pong Dam

Sutluj

• Ancient name → Shatadru
• Origin → Rakas lake, Tibet, near Mansarovar
• Enter Himachal at Shipki La Pass
• Collects water from Ravi, Chenab, Jhelum & Beas to join Indus near Mithalkot (Pak)
• Famous Projects → Naptha Jhakri Project & Bhakra Nagal Dam with Govind Sagar Reservoir