PHYSIOGRAPHIC DIVISION OF INDIA
GREAT INDIAN DESERT
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Question
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Ganga river
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Satluj river
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Yamuna river
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Chambal river
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Detailed explanation-1: -Gandhi Canal (formerly called the Rajasthan Canal), which carries water some 400 miles (640 km) from the Beas and Sutlej rivers in Punjab. Rajasthan shares the Bhakra Nangal project with Punjab and Haryana and the Chambal Valley project with Madhya Pradesh; both are used to supply water for irrigation and…
Detailed explanation-2: -The Indira Gandhi Canal (originally, Rajasthan Canal) is the longest canal in India. It starts at the Harike Barrage near Harike, a few kilometers downriver from the confluence of the Satluj and Beas rivers in Punjab state, and ends in irrigation facilities in the Thar Desert in the northwest of Rajasthan state.
Detailed explanation-3: -Flowing northwestward and then west-southwestward through Himalayan gorges, it enters and crosses the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh before beginning its flow through the Punjab plain near Nangal, Punjab state.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Chambal is the only perennial river of Rajasthan. Its tributaries are Banas, Parvati, Kalisindh, etc.