Drainage Test - 7

• The river Ganges rises in the western Himalayas in the state of Uttarakhand.
  
• After flowing 250 km through its narrow Himalayan valley, the Ganges emerges from the mountains at Rishikesh, then debouches onto the Gangetic Plain at the pilgrimage town of Haridwar. 
  

• Major left-bank tributaries include Gomti (Gumti), Ghaghara (Gogra), Gandaki (Gandak), and Kosi (Kusi); major right-bank tributaries include Yamuna (Jumna), Son, Punpun and Damodar. The hydrology of the Ganges River is very complicated, especially in the Ganges Delta region.
  
• The Yamuna sometimes called Jamuna is the longest and the second largest tributary river of the Ganges (Ganga) in northern India. 
  
•  It is the longest river in India which does not directly flow to the sea.
  

Most of the rivers in peninsular India are non-perennial because they are mostly rain-fed. The Himalayan river system are perennial because they get glacier water during summer season.

• Luni is a river that flows in western Rajasthan.
  
• It originates in the Pushkar valley of the Aravalli Range, near Ajmer, and passes through the southeastern portion of the Thar Desert, and ends in the marshy lands of Rann of Kutch in Gujarat, after travelling a distance of 495 km.

The largest river in the Indian desert is Luni which originates in the Pushkar valley of the Aravalli Range, near Ajmer and ends in the marshy lands of Rann of Kutch in Gujarat, after travelling a distance of 530 km.

A drainage pattern in which the streams branch randomly in all directions resembling the branching habit of certain trees is called dendritic drainage pattern. It is produced where a consequent stream receives several tributaries which in turn are fed by smaller tributaries. It is an indicative of insequent streams flowing across horizontal and homogeneous strata or complex crystalline rocks offering uniform resistance to erosion. 

• The Sambhar Salt Lake, India's largest inland salt lake, a bowl shape lake encircles historical Sambhar Lake Town located 96 km south west of the city of Jaipur .
  
• The Sambhar Salt Lake, India's largest inland salt lake, a bowl shape lake encircles historical Sambhar Lake Town located 96 km south west of the city of Jaipur and 64 km north east of Ajmer along National Highway 8 in Rajasthan. 
  

• The Hogenakkal Falls is on the Kaveri River in the south Indian Tamil Nadu.
  
•  The waterfall is often known as the Niagara Falls of India and is among the most well-known tourist attractions in the region.
  
•  It is a waterfall that does not have much height but is more like a series of waterfalls that cut through the terrain. 
  
• There are many tourist related activities organized throughout the complex of waterfalls and some of the best sights in the nation are on offer here.
  

• Damodar River was earlier known as the "River of Sorrows" as it used to flood many areas of Bardhaman, Hooghly,Howrah and Medinipur districts.
  
•  Even now the floods sometimes affect the lower Damodar Valley, but the havoc it wreaked in earlier years is now a matter of history.
  
• Damodar River is a river flowing across the Indian states of West Bengal and Jharkhand.