INDIAN GEOGRAPHY

PHYSIOGRAPHIC DIVISION OF INDIA

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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
World’s longest canal Indra Gandhi canal found in Rajasthan supply water to-
A
Ganganagar and Bikaner
B
Ganganagar and Suratgarh
C
Bikaner and Suratgarh
D
none of above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -Indira Gandhi Canal is the longest canal in India. It is approximately 650 km long and flows across Punjab, Haryana, and Rajasthan. The Indira Gandhi Canal Project is the largest irrigation project of the world to provide irrigation to semi-arid and arid areas of Rajasthan.

Detailed explanation-3: -Gandhi Canal (formerly called the Rajasthan Canal), which carries water some 400 miles (640 km) from the Beas and Sutlej rivers in Punjab.

Detailed explanation-4: -Buckingham Canal is second longest canal in India with an length of 421.55 km runs, along with Coromandel Coast of India. It connect most of the water bodies like Pulicat Lake, Krishna River and the port of Chennai.

Detailed explanation-5: -Indira Gandhi Canal provides irrigation water to an arid area in Rajasthan starting Ganganagar district to Jaisalmer along the Indo-Pakistan border.

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