INDIAN GEOGRAPHY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Ghaggar-Hakra River is an intermittent river in India and Pakistan that flows only during the monsoon season. The river is known as Ghaggar in India, before the Ottu barrage, and as the Hakra in Pakistan, downstream of the barrage, ending in the Thar Desert.

Detailed explanation-2: -A seasonal river, it receives much of the drainage of the southwest slopes of the Aravalli Range; the Jowai, Sukri, and Jojari rivers are its main tributaries. The Luni derived its name from the Sanskrit lavanavari (“salt river”) and is so called because of its excessive salinity.

Detailed explanation-3: -The sand is moveable here due to strong winds. It receives sediments from the plains and the nearby coastal region. Luni is the only river which flows from it in the Southern Region. It is a saline river as the salt content in this river is very excessive.

Detailed explanation-4: -Luni is a major west-flowing river that originates from western slopes of Naga hills, at an elevation of 772 m in Ajmer district of Rajasthan, where it is known as the Sagarmati.