Himachal GK

Himachal GK

River: 

Rivers with their tributary are the main channels of drainage of the land surface .They are at the same time also the chief agents of land erosion and the main lines for the transport of the product of the land to the sea. The drainage systems of the two regions , peninsular and extra peninsular India having had to accommodate themselves to two very widely divergent types of topography are necessarily very different in Character. Himachal falls into the drainage systems of the extra  peninsular area .the main channels of drainage in region are the Chandra Bhaga or the Chenab,the Ravi ,the beas ,the sutluj and the Yamuna .the catchment of these rivers are fed by snow and rainfall and protected by an extensive cover of natural vegetation .the unique distinction of the Himachal region is that it provides water both to the Indus and the Ganga basins .a brief survey of the major rivers systems of the region will help us in understanding better the drainage systems of the Pradesh .

 The Chandra Bhaga or the Chenab: Its Vedic names are Asikni.it is the longest rivers of Himachal in terms of volume of water. It is formed out of the two streams Chandra and Bhaga, which after their confluence at Tandi flow as joint streams for 122km before entering Kashmir, with its total length of

1200 km; it has a catchment area of 61ooo km. Out of which 7500 Km, lie in Himachal.

The Ravi :    Its Vedic name is Parushni, which around 1000 B.C seems to have got changed to Iravati .it rises in Bara Bangahal as a joint streams formed by the glacier fed Bhadal and Tant Guri . The river with its length of about 158 km in Himachal has a catchment area of about 5451 km. Chamba town lies on its right bank .  

The Beas:  in olden days, it was known as Arjikiya and Vipasa.it rises in the Pir Panjal range near the Rohtang pass. After flowing for about 256 km in Himachal, it moves out to the plains at Mirthal.

The Satluj:        Its ancient names were Sutuduri. 

The Yamuna:    As the Ganga rises from Gangotari, the Yamuna rises from Yamunotari in Uttarkashi.