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Rivers of India: Niharika Bhattacharjee
Rivers of India: Niharika Bhattacharjee
Niharika Bhattacharjee
The rivers of India play an important role in the lives
of the Indian people.
Rivers provide water for farms and drinking
Photo shows Rhinos in the Kaziranga National Park on the Brahmaputra River
1. The Himalayas
In fact, around Lake Manas Sarovar in Tibet itself one finds the
sources of the Indus, Brahmaputra and the Satlej Rivers
Source : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Arabian_Sea_map.png
Some major rivers of India
Source : wikipedia
I am going to talk about the following rivers
1. Indus River
2. Brahmaputra River
3. Ganga River
4. Narmada River
Indus River
The Sindhu Darshan Festival is held every year there to celebrate the River Indus.
Source of photo : http://www.geoterrestrial.com/pics/745a233d2e18b/omar-inaugurates-sindhu-darshan-festival-today
The Indus then flows through Pakistan and ends in the Arabian Sea
The Indus was the home of the Indus Valley Civilization which is about
5300 years old. The picture on the right shows a toy Ox Cart from that
time.
Source of map : wikipedia
Source of photo : http://www.harappa.com/figurines/gif/2.jpg
The Indus gets water from 5 other major Himalayan rivers
The rivers flow through the Punjab which means “Land of 5 Rivers”.
The Punjab is thus a very fertile area
Source of map: wikipedia
Brahmaputra River
Bhagirathi Alaknanda
Ganga
1. Kanpur
2. Allahabad
3. Varanasi
4. Patna
1. Delhi
2. Agra
This picture shows the Ganga Delta as it flows into the Bay of Bengal
Source of photo : wikipedia
The Delta is very rich in fish
,
Source of photos : wikipedia , http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/31913008.jpg
http://www.instablogsimages.com/images/2008/05/21/local-train-rush-hour_XOCcQ_16751.jpg
and has lots of Royal Bengal Tigers
The river starts from a small pond called Narmada Kund on the Amarkantak
Hill in the state of Madhya Pradesh.
A.Ganga
B.Nile
C.Indus
D.Hudson
E.Brahmaputra
Quiz Answer 1 : Longest river which flows through India is
C. Indus
Quiz Question 2 : The Taj Mahal is on the banks of which river ?
A.Nile
B.Yamuna
C.Indus
D.Hudson
E.Ganga
Quiz Answer 2 : The Taj Mahal is on the banks of river
B. Yamuna
Quiz Question 3 : What does the Punjab mean ?
A. Land of 2 rivers
B. Land of 5 rivers
C. Land of no jobs
D. Land of fun
E. Land of no rivers
Quiz Answer 3 : Punjab mean
B. Land of 5 rivers
Quiz Question 4 : Kaziranga National Park is on the banks of which river ?
A. Ganga
B. Hudson
C. Brahmaputra
D. Nile
E. Narmada
Quiz Answer 4 : Kaziranga National Park is on the banks of the
C. Brahmaputra
Quiz Question 5: Bhim betka is close to which river ?
A. Ganga
B. Hudson
C. Brahmaputra
D. Nile
E. Narmada
Quiz Answer 5: Bhimbetka is close to the river
E. Narmada