DRAINAGE OF INDIA
INDIAN DRAINAGE
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Gola river
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Beas river
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Tapi river
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none of above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Pong Dam, also known as the Beas Dam, is an earth-fill embankment dam on the Beas River in the state of Himachal Pradesh, India, just upstream of Talwara. The purpose of the dam is water storage for irrigation and hydroelectric power generation.
Detailed explanation-2: -Constructed over the mighty Beas river upstream of Talwara in Himachal Pradesh, the Pong Dam is one of the most beautiful embankments in India.
Detailed explanation-3: -Pong wetland, situated in the Kangra District of Himachal Pradesh. It is one of the largest man-made wetlands of Northern India, formed by the construction of the Pong Dam in 1974 across the Beas River.
Detailed explanation-4: -Pong-Dam | District Kangra, Government of Himachal Pradesh | India.
Detailed explanation-5: -The Pong wetland, also called Maharana Pratap Sagar, one of the largest manmade wetland of Northern India, was formed with the construction of a dam across the Beas River in 1975 and is located in district Kangra in Himachal Pradesh. The area of the wetland is 307 sq. kms and the catchment is 12, 650 km2.