River System of

India
Types of drainage patterns found in India
• Dendritic : A drainage pattern which looks like tree
• branches with lots of twigs is known as a Dendritic
• drainage pattern. For example, the rivers of the northern
• plain.
• Radial: Radial drainage patterns form when rivers
• originate from a hill and flow in all directions. For
• example, the rivers originate from the Amarkantak
• Centripetal : Centripetal drainage pattern is
• formed when rivers discharge their waters from all
• directions into a lake or a depression.
•Trellis : Trellis drainage pattern is formed when the
• primary tributaries of main rivers flow parallel to each
• other and secondary tributaries join them at right angles.
• For example, rivers in the upper part of the Himalayan
• region and The old folded mountains of the Singhbhum
• (Chotanagpur Plateau) i.e Damodar River system
•Rectangular : In rectangular drainage, both the main
• stream and its tributaries show right-angled bends. A
• rectangular drainage pattern develops on strongly
• joined rocky terrain. For example: streams found in the
• Vindhya Mountains of India
Tributaries of Indus -
Tributaries of Brahmaputra :
Rivers of the peninsular India
• East flowing rivers
• ▪ Mahanadi, , Godavari, Krishna,
• Cauvery are major Rivers of Peninsular India.
• ▪ While Godavari, Krishna, Cauvery originate from the
• Western Ghats.
• ▪ They drain into the Bay of Bengal.
• West flowing rivers
• Narmada, Tapi , Sabarmati, Mahi Rivers
• are major west flowing rivers which
• empty into the Arabian Sea .
Important Lakes in India
13 Major Ports of India
• • Kandla Port (Gujarat)
• Jawaharlal Nehru Port (Maharashtra)
• Mumbai Port
• Visakhapatnam Port (Andhra Pradesh)
• Chennai Port
• Mormugao Port (Goa)
• Port Blair Port (Andaman and Nicobar Islands)
• Kolkata Port
• Paradip Port (Orissa)
• Cochin Port (Kerala)
• Tuticorin Port (Tamil Nadu)
• Ennore Port (Chennai)
• New Mangalore Port (Karnataka)