CLASS 6 · NCERT GEOGRAPHY · PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY (RIVERS ACROSS NCERT 6-8)
Major Rivers of India 🌊
NCERT-aligned Class 6 Geography topic from The Earth: Our Habitat. Every item is anchored to a real location on India's map — built for boards (CBSE, ICSE, state) and UPSC aspirants.
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Key locations covered (32)
- Ganga (Source: Gangotri) — Uttarakhand
- Yamuna (Source: Yamunotri) — Uttarakhand
- Ghaghara (Karnali) — Bihar (entry from Nepal)
- Gandak — Bihar (entry from Nepal)
- Kosi — Bihar (entry from Nepal)
- Sone (Son) — Madhya Pradesh
- Indus (enters India) — Ladakh
- Sutlej (enters India) — Himachal Pradesh
- Beas (enters India) — Himachal Pradesh
- Chenab (enters India) — Jammu & Kashmir
- Jhelum — Jammu & Kashmir
- Ravi — Himachal Pradesh
- Brahmaputra (enters India) — Arunachal Pradesh
- Tista (Teesta) — Sikkim
- Godavari (Source: Trimbakeshwar) — Maharashtra
- Krishna (Source: Mahabaleshwar) — Maharashtra
- Tungabhadra — Karnataka
- Bhima — Maharashtra
- Kaveri (Source: Talakaveri) — Karnataka
- Vaigai — Tamil Nadu
- Periyar — Kerala
- Mahanadi (Source: Sihawa) — Chhattisgarh
- Subarnarekha — Jharkhand
- Damodar — Jharkhand
- Hooghly (Bhagirathi-Hooghly) — West Bengal
- Narmada (Source: Amarkantak) — Madhya Pradesh
- Tapti / Tapi (Source: Multai) — Madhya Pradesh
- Sabarmati — Rajasthan
- Mahi — Madhya Pradesh
- Luni — Rajasthan
- Chambal — Madhya Pradesh
- Saraswati / Ghaggar-Hakra — Haryana–Punjab
Sample questions (12 of 362)
Source of the Ganga?
Gangotri Glacier in Uttarakhand — emerges as the Bhagirathi from Gaumukh.
At what point does it become the Ganga?
At Devprayag, where Bhagirathi joins the Alaknanda.
Length of the Ganga?
2,525 km — India's longest river.
Where does it enter the plains?
Haridwar (Uttarakhand).
Major left-bank tributaries?
Ramganga, Gomti, Ghaghara, Gandak, Kosi.
Major right-bank tributaries?
Yamuna, Son, Damodar (via Hooghly distributary system).
Largest tributary by volume?
Ghaghara (Karnali) — exceeds Ganga's own discharge upstream of confluence.
States it flows through?
Uttarakhand → UP → Bihar → Jharkhand (border) → West Bengal → Bangladesh.
Where does it split into Hooghly and Padma?
Near Farakka, West Bengal.
What is the Ganga called in Bangladesh?
Padma — meets Brahmaputra (Jamuna) and Meghna before draining into the Bay of Bengal.
Ancient kingdoms on the Ganga?
Magadha (Pataliputra), Kashi (Varanasi), Anga (Champa), Vatsa (Kausambi).
Holiest city on the Ganga?
Varanasi (Kashi) — one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities; also Prayagraj (Triveni Sangam).
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About this topic
This topic is part of the NCERT Class 6 Geography syllabus, specifically the textbook The Earth: Our Habitat, drawn from the chapter Physical Geography (rivers across NCERT 6-8). Content is cross-referenced against the latest NCERT textbook editions + standard reference works (Bipan Chandra, R.S. Sharma, Romila Thapar, Satish Chandra for history; G.C. Leong, Savindra Singh for geography; the UPSC Civil Services prelims + mains syllabus).
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