GK
INDIAN GEOGRAPHY
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Damodar
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Kamodar
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Yamuna
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Jhatta
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Detailed explanation-1: -Damodar River (Pron: /ˈdʌmoˌdaː/) is a river flowing across the Indian states of Jharkhand and West Bengal. The valley is rich in mineral resources and is home to large-scale mining and industrial activity. It was also known as the Sorrow of Bengal because of its ravaging floods in the plains of West Bengal.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Damodar river was known as ‘Sorrow of Bengal’ because it used to flood many areas of Hooghly, Howrah, Bardhaman and Medinipur districts. The floods were an annual event earlier.
Detailed explanation-3: -Damodar River, river in northeastern India, rising with its many tributaries, notably the Bokaro and Konar, in the Chota Nagpur plateau of south-central Bihar state. It follows a generally eastward course for 368 miles (592 km) through West Bengal to join the Hugli (Hooghly) River southwest of Kolkata (Calcutta).