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Drainage System of India - Short Trick

Rivers in order, tributaries, sources, waterfalls, dams and canals — one sentence each

3 trick sentences5 pairs8 parts
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How to read
  • Guru Ram Each coloured word = one name in the list, shown below in the same colour
  • Panda Two colours in one word = two names
  • ➜ Order the numbered order matters · ⇄ Any order no order
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Types of Drainage and Nicknames

Antecedent, superimposed and inland rivers, and the famous nicknames of rivers.

Trick 1

Antecedent rivers

⇄ Any order

Indu and Suresh brought Kiran a toy submarine.

  1. Indus
  2. Sutlej
  3. Brahmaputra
  4. Kosi
  5. Subansiri

Antecedent = a river that flowed before the Himalaya rose and kept cutting down as the land rose, carving a deep gorge.

Trick 2

Superimposed rivers

⇄ Any order

Dad subscribed to a channel.

  1. Damodar
  2. Subarnarekha
  3. Chambal

Superimposed = a course formed on a younger cover that cut down unchanged into older rocks of a different structure below.

Trick 3

Inland rivers — they never reach the sea

⇄ Any order

Gita left Kanta’s soap with the Kakkars.

  1. Ghaggarrises near Kalka, lost in the sand around Hanumangarh · a remnant of the Vedic Saraswati
  2. Luniends in the Rann of Kachchh
  3. Kantli
  4. Sabi
  5. Kakni

About 77% of the drainage goes to the Bay of Bengal and the rest to the Arabian Sea (the notes’ second table splits it as Arabian Sea 18%, inland 5%).

Pairs

Nicknames and meanings of rivers

5 sentences

Kiran cried over her bike.

Kosi=The “Sorrow of Bihar” — dumps heavy silt and keeps shifting its course

Dad cried in the west.

Damodar=Once the “Sorrow of Bengal” — now tamed by the Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC)

Golu lives in the south.

Godavari=The “Dakshin Ganga” / “Vriddha Ganga” — the largest Peninsular river system

Tsering drinks pure water.

Tsangpo (the Brahmaputra in Tibet)=Means “the purifier”

Indu saw a lion’s mouth.

Indus=Called Singi Khamban in Tibet — “Lion’s mouth” · source near Bokhar Chu (Kailash range)

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Indus River System

The five rivers of Punjab in order, the Indus Waters Treaty, Vedic names, sources and projects.

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Ganga River System

The five prayags, the Ganga’s length by state, its left-bank tributaries and the tributaries of the Yamuna.

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4

Projects of the Ganga System

The order of the dams on the Chambal, and which river each big dam or barrage of the Ganga system is on.

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Brahmaputra River System

The names of the Brahmaputra from Tibet to the Bay of Bengal, and its tributaries in the Assam valley.

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Peninsular Rivers

The big Peninsular rivers by length, their tributaries and their sources.

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Major Waterfalls

Which river each waterfall is on.

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Projects, Canals and River Linking

Which river each Peninsular project is on, some main canals and the river-linking plan.

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Read the full chapter for the complete notes — a trick helps you remember the list; understanding comes from the notes.