KSEEB Class 10 SSLC Geography Chapter 6 Indian Water Resources Notes

Class 10 Geography Chapter 6 Indian Water Resources Summary Major Rivers of India

India is endowed with substantial water resources. It has many rivers,gets sufficient rainfall, and has extensive surface water resource.
It also has vast reserves of groundwater.

Water resource can be divided into surface water and groundwater Irrigation:

Types and Distribution…… 237 resources.
The river systems of India can be divided into two groups:
The rivers of North India.
The rivers of Peninsular India.
The River Indus or Sindhu rises near Mt. Kailash (Tibet) and joins the Arabian Sea near Karachi.
The total length of the river Indus is 2897 kms of which 709 kms lies in India.

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The Ganga River is the largest river of India. Its total length is 2525 km.

It rises in the Gangotri glacier and drains into the Bay of Bengal.
The Brahmaputra rises near Lake Manasarovar (Tibet) and its total length is 2589 kms.
It joins Ganga in Bangladesh before draining into the Bay of Bengal.
Many rivers flow across South India and are known as ‘Peninsular rivers’.

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They are grouped into East flowing and West flowing rivers.

The Mahanadi rises in ‘Sihawa’ range, flows towards the east (851 km) and joins the Bay of Bengal.
The Godavari is the largest river in South India, which rises in ‘Triambaka’, flows towards the east (1465 km) and joins the Bay of Bengal.
River Krishna rises near Mahabaleswara then it flows towards the south-east (1400 km) and joins the Bay of Bengal.
The Narmada and Tapi are the important west flowing rivers of South India.
River Narmada rises in Amarkantak hills and flows westward (1312 km) through a narrow gorge called ‘Marble Gorge’ and joins the Arabian Sea.
The Tapi rises near ‘Multai’, flows westward (724 km) and joins the Arabian Sea.

The prevention of destruction, over-exploitation of forests and its management is called conservation of forests.
Wildlife sanctuary (WLS) refers to a place meant for providing protection to wildlife. It is an area where killing or
capturing of any species of animals is prohibited except under orders of the competent authority.

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There are about 523 wildlife sanctuaries in India.
An extensive area, which is specially protected to preserve its natural beauty, wildlife and forests for public recreation and scientific interests is called ‘National Park’.
There are 99 National Parks in India.
The Biosphere Reserves are a special category of protected area of land or coastal environments. Here people are
an integral component of the system. In India, there are 18 Biosphere Reserves have been identified.