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Most of the rivers in India originate from the four major watersheds in India. The Himalayan watershed is the source of majority of the major river systems in India including the three longest rivers–the Ganges, the Brahmaputra and the Indus. [3] [4] These three river systems are fed by more than 5000 glaciers. [5]
Map of India based on survey of rivers of India.. The Indian rivers interlinking project is a proposed large-scale civil engineering project that aims to effectively manage water resources in India by linking rivers using a network of reservoirs and canals to enhance irrigation and groundwater recharge and reduce persistent floods in some parts and water shortages in other parts of the country.
Identification of Rigvedic hydronyms has engaged multiple historians; it is the single most important way of establishing the geography and chronology of the early Vedic period.
Most of the rivers in India originate from the four major watersheds in India. The Himalayan watershed is the source of majority of the major river systems in India including the three major rivers–the Ganges, the Brahmaputra and the Indus. [3] [4] These three river systems are fed by more than 5000 glaciers. [5] The Aravalli range in the ...
In India, there is competition for water resources from all inter-state rivers except the main Brahmaputra river among the riparian states of India and also with neighboring countries which are Nepal, China, Pakistan, Bhutan, Bangladesh, etc. [39] Vast area of the Indian subcontinent is under tropical climate which is conducive for agriculture ...
Periyar River Anayirankal Dam: 4.33 Idukki 10° 0' 77° 0' 25. Periyar River Kundala Dam: 2.30 Idukki 10° 0' 77° 0' 26. Periyar River Mattupatti Dam: 3.24 Idukki 10° 05' 77° 05' 27. Periyar River Sengulam Dam: 0.33 Idukki 10° 00' 77° 05' 28. Periyar River Neriamangalam Dam: 4.13 Ernakulam: 29. Periyar River Bhoothathankettu Dam: 6.08 ...
Tibet, China, the intersection of India (Sikkim), Bhutan and China (Tibet) in the Himalayas Cumbum Valley: Theni District Tamil Nadu in the Western ghats Dah Hanu Valley: Ladakh Damodar Valley: West Bengal Darma Valley: Pithoragarh District, Kumaon, Uttarakhand Upper Dibang Valley: Arunachal Pradesh Lower Dibang Valley: Arunachal Pradesh Dihing ...
Major rivers of India Buckingham Canal in Andhra Pradesh A passenger ferry at Kollam Ferry Terminal in Kerala An electric boat of Kochi Water Metro. The cost of water transport in India is roughly 50 paise (0.60¢ US) a kilometre, as compared to ₹ 1 (1.2¢ US) by railways and ₹ 1.5 (1.8¢ US) by roads. [2]