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UPPCS Indian Geography Gap Sheet: Where Rivers Begin.
UPPCS has asked 23 of these. 3 have not been asked yet. Lock the first list, then read the second: it holds what UPPCS has not used yet.
First, the concept
Himalayan rivers start from glaciers and flow all year. Peninsular rivers start from plateaus and hills and depend on rain.
Amarkantak is one source point for two rivers: the Narmada flows west, the Son flows north. The Western Ghats feed the big east-flowing rivers: Godavari, Krishna, Kaveri.
UPPCS asks a river with its source, or asks which river starts from a given place.
✅ Already asked (23)
Himalayan rivers
- Indus · Near Lake Mansarovar, Tibet (Bokhar Chu glacier)
- Sutlej · Rakas Tal near Mansarovar, Tibet
- Brahmaputra (Tsangpo) · Chemayungdung glacier, near Mansarovar
- Ganga (Bhagirathi) · Gangotri glacier at Gaumukh, Uttarakhand
- Alaknanda · Satopanth glacier; joins the Bhagirathi at Devprayag
- Yamuna · Yamunotri glacier, Uttarakhand
- Chenab · Chandra and Bhaga meet at Tandi (Lahaul)
- Ghaghara and Kosi · Rise in the Himalaya of Tibet and Nepal; the Kosi is the 'Sorrow of Bihar'
Rivers from the central highlands
- Narmada and Son · Amarkantak, Madhya Pradesh
- Tapi · Multai, Betul (Madhya Pradesh)
- Chambal · Janapav hills near Mhow (Madhya Pradesh)
- Betwa and Ken · Vindhyan ranges of Madhya Pradesh; flow north into the Yamuna
- Mahi · Vindhyas, Dhar (Madhya Pradesh); crosses the Tropic of Cancer twice
- Luni · Near Pushkar (Ajmer); ends in the Rann of Kutch
- Sabarmati · Aravalli, Udaipur (Rajasthan)
- Gomti · Fulhar Jheel, Pilibhit (Uttar Pradesh)
Peninsular rivers
- Godavari · Trimbakeshwar, Nashik (Maharashtra)
- Krishna · Mahabaleshwar (Maharashtra)
- Kaveri · Talakaveri, Brahmagiri hills, Kodagu (Karnataka)
- Mahanadi · Sihawa, Dhamtari (Chhattisgarh)
- Tungabhadra · Tunga and Bhadra meet at Kudli (Karnataka)
- Damodar and Subarnarekha · Chotanagpur plateau (Jharkhand)
- Periyar · Sivagiri hills (Western Ghats, Kerala–Tamil Nadu)
❌ Not asked yet (3)
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🔒 3 items not asked yet
Himalayan rivers: 2 · Peninsular rivers: 1
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⚠️ Narmada and Son both start at Amarkantak but flow in different directions. The Godavari starts in Maharashtra, not Andhra Pradesh. The Mahanadi starts in Chhattisgarh, not Odisha.
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