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Triveni Sangam. The Triveni Sangam, the intersection of the Yamuna River and the Ganges River. In Hindu tradition, Triveni Sangam is the confluence (Sanskrit: sangama) of three rivers that is also a sacred place, with a bath here said to flush away all of one's sins and free one from the cycle of rebirth. [1][2][3][4]
There are few inland rivers, which do not drain into sea. [2][3] 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 ...
The river, also called Krishnaveni, is 1,400 kilometres (870 mi) long and its length in Maharashtra is 282 kilometres. [6] It is a major source of irrigation in the Indian states of Maharashtra, Karnataka, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.
Mahanadi. Purna. Godavari. Krishna. Kaveri. Penna River. Rivers falling into Arabian sea jointly as Panjnaad Sutlej, Vyas, Ravi, Chenab, Jhehlam, flowing through The Punjab, a province shared by Modern India and Pakistan. River Sindh or Sindhu is flowing alone from Himalaya in between these rivers and Afghanistan.
National Chambal Sanctuary, also called the National Chambal Gharial Wildlife Sanctuary, is a 5,400 km 2 (2,100 sq mi) tri-state protected area in northern India for the protection of the Critically Endangered gharial, the red-crowned roof turtle and the Endangered Ganges river dolphin. Located on the Chambal River near the tripoint of ...
Website. wayanad.gov.in. Wayanad (Malayalam: [ʋɐjɐnaːɖɨ̆]) is a district in the north-east of the Indian state of Kerala, with administrative headquarters at the municipality of Kalpetta. It is the only plateau in Kerala. [7] The Wayanad Plateau forms a continuation of the Mysore Plateau, the southern portion of the Deccan Plateau.
There are 8 major river systems in India, with more than 400 rivers in total. [1] Rivers play an important role in the lives of the Indian people due to their crucial importance in sustenance and their place in Indian religions. The table below lists the rivers of India with their average annual discharge into either the Bay of Bengal or ...
The Purna River is a major left-bank tributary of Godavari River originating in the Ajanta Range [1] of hills in Aurangabad District, Maharashtra.The river lies in the rain shadow region of Maharashtra, on the Deccan Plateau, flowing through the districts of Aurangabad, Jalna, Buldana, Hingoli and Parbhani with a large catchment area measuring about 15,579 km 2.