ACADEMIC SESSION 2017-18
CLASS IX
SUBJECT: GEOGRAPHY (Chapter 3 – Drainage)
RIVER SOURCE MOUTH LENGTH TRIBUTARIES COURSE
Indus River Near Forms a delta to 2900km *In Jammu and *From Tibet, river
System Mansarovar the east of Karachi Kashmir – Shyok, flows towards west
lake, in Tibet in Pakistan Hunza, Zaskar and enters India
and Nubra. through Ladakh
district (J&K).
*Satluj, Beas, Ravi,
Chenab and * In Kashmir valley,
Jhelum meets river flows through
Indus near Baltistan and Gilgit
Mithankot in and emerges at Attock
Pakistan mountain,
enters Pakistan and
flows southwards
towards Arabian Sea.
Ganga River Headwaters- Meets with Over *Left bank *From Dev Prayag,
System Bhagirathi from Brahmaputra in 2500km tributaries: the river flows in the
Gangotri glacier Bangladesh and Ghaghara, Gandak rugged mountainous
meets Alaknanda at forms the largest and Kosi rising region and enter the
Dev Prayag in delta of the world from Nepal plains at Haridwar.
Uttarakhand to form known as Himalayas.
river Ganga. Sundarban Delta
(Bay of Bengal) *Right bank *Crossing the states
tributaries: like Uttarakhand,
**Yamuna is the Uttar Pradesh, Bihar
largest tributary. and West Bengal the
**Son, a river enters
peninsular Bangladesh.
river is also a
right
bank tributary. *At Farakka in West
**Sind, Chambal, Bengal, the river
Betwa are the divides itself into
tributaries of distributaries like
Yamuna and Hoogli. From here,
therefore, the river moves
becomes a part of southward to form
Ganga river the delta towards
system. Bay of Bengal
Brahamaputra East of Mansarovar Meets with Ganga Over Dibang, Lohit, *It flows eastward
River System lake in Tibet in Bangladesh and 2900km Kenula, etc. parallel to Himalayas
forms the largest in the Tibet. On
delta of the world reaching Namcha
known as Barwa, it takes a ‘U’
Sundarban Delta turn and enters India
(Bay of Bengal) througha gorge in
Arunachal Pradesh.
*The river moves
forward towards
Assam and enters
Bangladesh to form
the delta with Ganga.
Narmada From Forms an estuary All the tributaries *The river flows
basin Amarkantak while entering of towards the west in a
hills in Madhya into the Arabian Narmada are very rift valley.
Pradesh Sea. short and join the
main stream at *Near Jabalpur, the
right river flows through a
angle deep gorge.
*Narmada basin
covers parts of
Madhya Pradesh and
Gujarat.
Tapi basin Rises in Satpura Forms an estuary Shorter *It also flows in a rift
range, Betul while entering than valley, parallel to
district of into the Arabian Narmada Narmada.
Meghalaya. Sea.
*Its basin covers parts
Madhya Pradesh,
Maharashtra, and
Gujarat.
Mahanadi Rises in the Forms a delta About The drainage basin
Basin highlands of while entering into 860km of river Mahanadi is
Chattisgarh. Bay of Bengal. shared by
Maharashtra,
Chattisgarh,
Jharkhand and Orissa
Godavari Rises from Forms a delta 1500km Purna, Wardha, Godavari has the
Basin slopes of the while entering into (largest Penganga, largest drainage basin
Western Ghats Bay of Bengal peninsular Wainganga etc. among the peninsular
in Nasik district river) rivers.
of Maharashtra. It coves Maharashtra
(50%), Madhya
Pradesh, Orissa, and
Andhra Pradesh.
Krishna Basin Rises from a Forms a delta About Tungabhadra, The drainage basin
spring near while entering into 1400km Bhima, Musi, of river Krishna is
Mahabaleshwar Bay of Bengal Koyana etc. shared by
in Maharashtra Maharashtra,
Karnataka, and
Andhra Pradesh.
Kaveri Basin Rises in Forms a delta About Amravati, Its basin drains parts
Brahmagri range while entering into 760km Bhavani, of Karnataka, Kerela,
of Western Bay of Bengal to Hemavati, Kabini. and Tamil Nadu.
Ghats. the south of
Cuddalore.
