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
