Yamuna River

  • Yamuna River is the largest and the most important tributary of the Ganga.
  • It originates from the Yamunotri glacier on the Bandarpunch Peak in Garhwal in Uttarakhand.
  • It enters the plains near Tajewala.
  • Tons, a tributary of it, joins it below Kalsi.
  • At this site, the water carried by the Tons is twice the water carried by the Yamuna.
  • It takes a southerly course up to Mathura and southeasterly in its onward journey up to Prayagraj where it unites with the Ganga.

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Alaknanda joins it at Devaprayag.

Pindar River joins it at Karan Prayag and Mandakini or Kali Ganga at Rudra Prayag.

The combined waters of the Bhagirathi and the Alaknanda flow in the name of the Ganga, below Devprayag.

Brahmaputra River

Brahmaputra River rises in the great chemayungdung glacier in the Kailas range of the Himalayas.

It flows eastward from its source region.

Mariam La separates the source of the Brahmaputra from the Manasarovar Lake.

Narmada River

Narmada River is the largest of all the west-flowing rivers of Peninsular India.

It rises from the Maikala range near the Amarkantak plateau in the Shahdol district of Madhya Pradesh.

It flows through a rift valley between the Vindhyan Range on the north and the Satpura Range on the south.

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