JAGRAN JOSH----4th NOVEMBER 2014

IOC WELCOMED THE UN RESOLUTION ON SPORT TO PROMOTE PEACE,HEALTH,EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT.
LAW COMMISSIONED HAS REPEAL 73 MORE CASES WITH THIS,THE TOTAL NUMBER OF CASES HAS GONE UP BY 258 IN WHICH REPEAL WAS RECOMMENDED.
MALLIKA ARJUN KHARGE HAS BEEN APPOINTED AS MEMBER THREE MEMBER COMMITEE TO MAKE THE SELECTION OF CIC.
INDIA AND SRILANKA JOINT MILLTARY EXERCISE KNOWN AS MITHRA SHAKTI HAS BEEN STARTED.
THE MILLITARY EXERCISE TOOK PLACE IN UVA-KUDOYA MILLITARY REGIMENT NEAR COLOMBO.
THE NAME OF MILLITARY EXERCISE BETWEEN INDIA AND NEPAL IS SURYA KIRAN.
MARUTI HAS LAUNCHED THE CHEAPEST AUTOMATIC CAR KNOWN AS ALTO K10.
HASMUKH ADHIA IS THE NEW UNION FINANCIAL SERVICES SECRETARY.
HE WILL REPLACE GS SANDHU WHO WILL BE NOW CHAIRMAN OF NATIONAL AUTHORITY FOR CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION.
STANDARD AND POOR HAS DOWNGRADED THE CREDIT RATING OF INDIAN OVERSEAS BANK.
BILL GATES FOUNDATION HAS DONATED A SUM OF 500 MILLION DOLLAR FOR FIGHTING MALARIA.
GOOGLE INDIA HAS LAUNCHED THE INDIAN LANGUAGE INTERNET ALLIANCE TO PROMOTE THE INDIAN LANGUAGE.
THE WEBSITE NAME IS HINDIWEB.COM.
MARUTI SWIFT AND DATSUN GO HAS FAILED TO PASS THE CRASH TEST  AND GOT ZERO RATING UNDER THE ADULT PROTECTION.
MUKUL MUDGAL COMMITTEE HAS SUBMITTED THE FINAL REPORT ON SPOT FIXING.
UNION GOVERNMENT HAS APPROVED THE DISSOLUTION OF DELHI LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY GIVING THE CLEAR WAY TO ELECTION IN DELHI.
NEW TOWER OF WORLD TRADE CENTER HAS BEEN OPENED AFTER 13 LONG YEARS.
ASHOK KUMAR HAS BEEN APPOINTED AS DGP OF TAMIL NADU.
MANMOHAN SINGH HAS BEEN CHOSEN FOR JAPAN's TOP AWARD.
THE AWARD NAME IS GRAND CORDON OF THE ORDER OF THE PAULOWNIA.

GODAVARI RIVER SYSTEM

GODAVARI RIVER RISES IN THE WESTERN GHAT NEAR NASHIK DISTRICT.

IT IS THE LARGEST PENNINSULAR RIVER.

IT MAJORILY FLOW IN THE MAHARASTRA REGION.

THE TRIBUTARIES OF GODAVARI ARE MANJRA,WEINGANGA AND PENGANGA.

THE RIVER WEINGANGA,PENGANGA AND MANJRA,TOGETHER ARE CALLED AS DAKSHIN GANGA,BECAUSE OF ITS SIZE.

TAPI RIVER SYSTEM

TAPI RIVER ORIGINATE FROM THE SATPURA RANGES NEAR BETUL DISTRICT IN MADHYA PRADESH.

THIS RIVER ALSO FLOW IN A RIFT VALLEY.

THE OTHER WEST FLOWING RIVER ARE PERIYAR,MAHI,SABARMATI AND BHARATPUZHA,

NARMADA RIVER SYSTEM

NARMADA RISES AT THE AMARKANTAK IN MADHYA PRADESH.

THE RIVER FLOWS THROUGH WESTWARD.

THIS RIVER IN INDIA FLOWS IN THE RIFT VALLEY.

NARMADA RIVER COVER MOST OF THE REGION OF GUJRAT AND MADHYA PRADESH.

BRAHMAPUTRA RIVER SYSTEM

BRAHMAPUTRA RIVER ORIGINATE AT MANSAROVAR LAKE IN TIBET.
THE ORIGIN OF BRAHMAPUTRA RIVER ORIGINATE VERY CLOSE TO THE INDUS RIVER.
IT IS SLIGHTLY LONGER THAN INDUS AND HAS MAJOR COURSE OUTSIDE THE INDIA.
IT FLOWS EASTWARD PARALLEL TO THE HIMALAYAS.
ON REACHING THE NAMCHA BARWA,IT TAKES U TURN AND ENTER INDIA AT ARUNACHAL PRADESH.
HERE ITS NAME IS DIHANG AND IT IS JOINED BY LOHIT TO FORM BRAHMAPUTRA IN INDIA.
IN CHINE,BRAHMAPUTRA IS CALLED AS TSANGPO AND IN BANGLADESH,IT IS CALLED AS JAMUNA.
BRAHMAPUTRA RIVER FORM THE LARGEST RIVERINE ISLAND OF THE WORLD CALLED AS MAJULI

GANGA RIVER SYSTEM

THE SOURCE WATER OF GANGA IS SAID TO BE BHAGIRATHI RIVER WHICH ORIGINATE FROM THE GANGOTRI GLACIER IN THE HIMALAYA.

THE PLACE NAME IS GOMUKH.

ALAKNANDA IS ALSO SAID TO BE THE SOURCE WATER OF GANGA.

THE  ALAKNANDA AND BHAGIRATHI MEET AT DEVPRAYAG IN UTTARAKHAND.

FROM THE DEVPRAYAG,THE GANGA STARTS.

YANUNA RUN PARALLEL TO THE BHAGIRATHI RIVER AND YAMUNA ORIGINATE FROM THE YAMNOTRI.

GANGA AND YAMUNA MEET AT ALLAHABAD.

GANGA HAS MANY TRIBUTARIES.

YAMUNA IS ALSO THE TRIBUTARY OF GANGA.

KOSI,GHAGRA AND GHANDAK IS ALSO THE TRIBUTARY OF GANGES.

KOSI,GHAGRA AND GHANDAK ORIGINATE FROM NEPAL.

GOMTI IS ALSO THE TRIBUTARY OF GANGA WHICH ORIGINATE FROM FULHAAR WATERFALL AT PILIBHIT.

GOMTI AND GANGA MEET AT VARNASI.

FARAKHAA IN WEST BENGAL IS THE NORTH MOST POINT OF GANGE.

AFTER FARAKHHA,GANGES DIVIDE IN TWO DISTRIBUTARY CALLED BHAGIRATHI AND HOOGLY.

THE MAIN STREAM OF THE STREAM GOES IN BANGLADESH.

BRAHMAPUTRA RIVER MEET WITH THE GANGES RIVER IN BANGLADESH AND FORMS THE DELTA.

FURTHER DOWN THE STREAM IS KNOWN AS MEGHNA.

INDUS RIVER SYSTEM

INDUS RIVER RISES IN TIBET,NEAR MANSAROVAR LAKE.

FLOWING WEST,IT ENTERS IN INDIA IN LADAKH IN JAMMU AND KASHMIR DISTRICT.

ITS TRIBUTARIES ARE ZASKAR,NUBRA,SHYOK AND HUNZA.

THESE TRIBUTARIES MEET IT IN KASHMIR REGION.
THE INDUS RIVER FLOW THROUGH BALTISTAN AND GILGIT AND EMERGES FROM ATTOCK MOUNTAIN RANGES.
INDUS ENTER INTO THE PAKISTAN FROM MITHANKOT.
THE FOUR TRIBUTARIES OF INDUS WHICH JOIN WITH THE INDUS RIVER ARE RAVI,CHENAB,BEA,SATLUJ AND JHELUM.
INDUS DRAIN ITS WATER INTO THE ARABIAN SEA.
IT IS THE LARGEST RIVER OF PAKISTAN.
INDUS WATER TREATY IS SIGNED BETWEEN INDIA AND PAKISTAN IN THE YEAR 1960.IT STATES THAT INDIA CAN USE ONLY 20 PERCENT OF INDUS WATER AND REST WILL BE USE BY PAKISTAN.

HIMALAYAN RIVER SYSTEM

THE HIMALAYAN RIVER ARE MOSTLY PERENNIAL.
IT MEANS THEY HAVE WATER ACROSS THE YEAR.
THEY RECEIVE WATER FROM BOTH RAINFALL AND MELTED SNOW.
THE TWO IMPORTANT RIVER OF HIMALAYAN SYSTEM IS INDUS AND BRAHMAPUTRA.
THEY ORIGINTE FROM NORTH OF THE MOUNTAIN.
THEY PERFORM HUGE EROSIONAL ACTIVITY IN THE UPPER COURCE OF THEIR FLOW.
IN THE LOWER AND MIDDLE COURCE,THEY FORM MEANDER ,OXBOW LAKES ETC.
THE HIMALAYAN RIVER HAVE LARGER SHALLOWER COURCE AS COMPARES WITH PENNINSULAR RIVER.
THE MAJOR HIMALAYAN RIVER ARE INDUS,BRAHMAPUTRA AND GANGA.
A RIVER WITH ITS TRIBUTARIES ARE CALLED AS RIVER SYSTEM.

PENNINSULAR RIVER SYSTEM

THE PENNINSULAR RIVER SYSTEM RIVER's ARE MAINLY SEASONAL,AS THEIR FLOW IS DEPENDENT ON RAINFALL.
THE PENNINSULAR RIVER HAVE SHORTER SHALLOWER COURCE AS COMPARED WITH HIMALAYAN RIVER.
SOME OF THEM ORIGINATE FROM THE CENTRAL HIGHLAND AND FLOW TOWARD THE WEST.
FOR EXAMPLE-NARMADA,MAHI,TAPTI.
BUT MOST OF THE RIVER OF PENNISULAR RIVER SYSTEM ORIGINATE FROM WESTERN GHATS AND FLOW TOWARD BAY OF BENGAL.

DRAINAGE

THE DRAINAGE MEANS THE WATER SYSTEM OF AN AREA.
AREA DRAINED BY SINGLE RIVER IS CALLED DRAINAGE BASIN.
ANY ELEVATED AREA SUCH AS MOUNTAIN SEPERATES THE TWO DRAINAGE BASIN AND ARE CALLED WATER DIVIDE.
THE WORLD LARGEST DRAINAGE BASIN IS OF AMAZON RIVER.
IN INDIA,THE LARGEST RIVER SYSTEM IS OF GANGES RIVER.
INDIAN RIVER ARE DIVIDED INTO TWO MAJOR RIVER SYSTEM:
1)HIMALAYAN RIVERS
2)PENNINSULAR RIVERS.