6 Drainage System - River System of India

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• Tips for Drainage System

  • What to Study in a River
    1. Source of River - Origin - Starting
    2. Mouth of River - Mouth - Ending
    3. States from which the River Flows
  • Addition from Current Affairs
    1. Add from the Current Affairs of News
    2. Add the District or Location only when it is in News
  • Pro Tip - Its Factual, Revise Again & Again
  • Rivers have to be Studied with their Tributaries

• 1 Himalayan Drainage System

  • 1 Indus River System

    River Indus and its Tributaries → Jhelum, Chenab, Ravi, Beas, Sutlej, Shyok, Shigar, Hunza, Zanskar etc

  • 2 Ganga River System

    River Ganga and its Tributaries → Yamuna, Son, Ram Ganga, Kosi, Gandak etc

  • 3 Brahmaputra River System

    Brahmaputra & Its Tributaries → SumanSari, Manas, Teesta etc

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• 2 Peninsular River System

  • 1 East Flowing Rivers - in Bay of Bengal → 78% Rivers

    Ex : Mahanadi, Godavari, Krishna, Kaveri, Vedai

  • 2 West Flowing Rivers - in Arabian Sea → 21% Rivers

    Ex : Narmada, Tapti, Zori, Mandavi

  • 3 Inland Drainage → 01% Rivers

    1. Rivers Don’t Meet with Sea

       Ex : Saraswati (Ghagghar), Luni

    2. Very Less

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  • Why Majority of Rivers Flow from West to East