SSC MTS EXAM

Detailed explanation-1: -Main source of water for Wular Lake is River Jhelum. This lake also has a small island in its centre called the ‘Zaina Lank’.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Tulbul project is a “navigation lock-cum-control structure” at the mouth of the Wular Lake. Wular Lake is the largest freshwater lake in India, and is situated on the Jhelum; it provides an important means for the transportation of goods and movement of people of Jammu & Kashmir.

Detailed explanation-3: -Satluj, Beas, Ravi Chenab and Jhelum which are ultimately merging with river Indus in Pakistan is the west flowing river. The Jhelum (Vyeth in Kashmiri, Vetesta in Sanskrit and Hydaspes in Greek) is the main waterway of the Kashmir valley. Jhelum river originates from a magnificent spring called “Chashma Verinag”.