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Drainage System

INDIA-DRAINAGE SYSTEM
• The total yield of water in the rivers of India is 18,58,100 million cubic meters. There are
total 14 major river basin, 49 medium river basin and hundreds of minor river basin.
• Based on the origin, the rivers of India are divided into the Himalayan Rivers and the
Peninsular Rivers.
• Over 77% of the total drainage area of the country is towards the Bay of Bengal and the
remaining 23% towards the Arabian Sea.

DRAINAGE SYSTEM IN INDIA

• Drainage refers to the channel of a river system in an area.
• Drainage Basin refers to an area which is drained by one river system, i.e. Main River along
with its tributaries.
• Drainage system refers to the group of channels of drainages, i.e. channels of the main
(original) river and its tributaries.
• The function of time of the geological period determines the characteristics of the
drainage pattern.
• The major characteristics of drainage pattern are – topography, slope, amount of water
flow, nature and structure of rocks.

DRAINAGE PATTERNS
• Drainage patterns are formed based on the channel and shape of rivers which forms a
part of the drainage basin.
• Based on the formation of river patterns, the drainage patterns are classified into two
types – Discordant and Concordant Drainage Pattern.

DISCORDANT DRAINAGE PATTERN

• In the Discordant drainage pattern, the rivers will not change its path according to the
change in topography or landform in an area.
• The discordant drainage pattern further divided into two types:
• Antecedent and
• Superimposed drainage pattern
• Example: R. Indus, R. Brahmaputra, etc.,

CONCORDANT DRAINAGE PATTERN

• In the Concordant drainage pattern, the rivers will change its path in accordance with the
slope and topography of a region.
• The concordant drainage patterns are further divided into:
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b. Subsequent rivers
c. Dendritic Drainage pattern
d. Trellis Drainage Pattern
e. Radial Drainage Pattern
f. Centripetal Drainage Pattern

• Inconsequent rivers, the rivers flow through the general slope of an area. Mostly main
(original) rivers have this drainage pattern. E.g., Godavari, Cauvery, etc.
• In Subsequent rivers, the tributary streams are formed after the formation of the original
stream by the vertical and lateral erosion along the slope. E.g., Ken, Chambal. Etc.
• In Dendritic Drainage pattern, the pattern of flow of the original river and its tributaries
looks like branches of a tree. E.g., Indus, Mahanadi, Godavari, etc.,
• In Trellis Drainage Pattern the tributaries (Subsequent rivers) joins the original river at
right angles, and the tributaries flow parallel to each other.
• In Radial Drainage Pattern the rivers originate from a common area and flow in all
direction from the source region. E.g., Amarkantak Plateau
• In Centripetal Drainage Pattern rivers from different directions drains into a common
area. E.g., Loktak Lake, Manipur.

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HIMALAYAN RIVERS

INDUS RIVER SYSTEM

• It originates near Lake Mansarovar at an elevation of 5182 meters in Tibetan plateau. The
total length of the river Indus is 2880 kms out of which only around 700 kms is in India. In
the state of Jammu and Kashmir, the Himalayan tributaries of the river Indus are Zanskar,
Dras, Gartang, Shyok, Shigar, Nubra etc.
• The most important tributaries of Indus are the five rivers that flow through Punjab (land
of 5 rivers) which are Sutlej, Beas, Jhelum, Chenab and Ravi. In the Nari Khorsan province
of Tibet, the Indus has created an extraordinary canyon which is sometimes compared to
the Grand Canyon of the USA on the river Colorado.
• Finally, after travelling the long distance, the river Indus fells into the Arabian Sea in
Pakistan.

Origin of the main Tributaries

• Jhelum- It originates from a spring at Verinag in Jammu and Kashmir
• Chenab- It originates near the Bara Lacha La pass in the Lahaul-Spiti district of Himachal
Pradesh.
• Ravi- It originates from the Kullu hills near the Rohtang pass in Himachal Pradesh
• Beas- It originates from the Rohtang pass near the river Ravi
• Sutlej- It originates from the Mansarovar- Raka lake near Darma pass in Tibet. It enters
into India via Shipki La Pass.

Brahmaputra River System

• The river Brahmaputra originates from the Chemayundung glacier in the Kailash range
near the lake Mansarovar in Tibet. The total length of the Brahmaputra is 2900 kms, but
only one-third of its part flows into India. It is known as Tsangpo in Tibet. It enters from
the state of Arunachal Pradesh where it is known as Dihang.
• After entering into Assam, it is known as the Brahmaputra where it crosses one of the
biggest Riverine Island of the world known as the Majuli Island in the Jorhat district of
Assam. It enters into Bangladesh near the Gwalpara where it is known as Jamuna and
meets the Ganga at Goalondo in Bangladesh.
• The National Waterway Number 2(NWW-2) is situated on the river Brahmaputra from
Sadiya to Dhubri.
• The river Brahmaputra is the largest river of India. It empties itself in the Bay of Bengal.
The major tributaries of the Brahmaputra are Subansiri, Dhansiri, Kameng, Teesta and
Manas.

The Ganga River System

• It originates in the form of 2 different streams known as Bhagirathi and Alaknanda from
a place known as Gaumukh in the Gangotri glacier. The Bhagirathi and the Alaknanda
meet at the Devprayag district of Uttarakhand where it is known as Ganga.

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• The total length of the river Ganga is 2510 kms, but since the major part of the river flows
into India it is known as the longest river of India. The Ganga meets with one of its major
tributary Yamuna at Allahabad in Uttar Pradesh.
• The National Waterway Number 1 (NWW-1) is situated on it which is also the longest
waterway in India from Allahabad to Haldia West Bengal, after crossing the Farraka in
the state of West Bengal it is known as the Padma in Bangladesh.
• There are hundreds of tributaries of river Ganga, but major amongst them are
1. Yamuna- It originates from the Yamunotri glacier in the Garhwal range of
Uttarakhand.
2. Chambal- It originates near Mhow in the highlands of Janapao Hills near Indore
in Madhya Pradesh.
3. Son- It originates from the Amarkantak plateau in Madhya Pradesh.
4. Damodar- It originates from the hills of the Chota Nagpur plateau in the Palamau
district of Jharkhand. It is also known as Sorrow of Bengal.
5. Ramganga- It originates from Garhwal district of Uttarakhand.
6. Ghagra- It originates from the south of the Mansarovar near Gurla Mandhoa peak
in Tibet.
7. Gandak- It originates near the Tibet- Nepal border.
8. Kosi- It consists of seven Himalayan tributaries. It is also known as Sorrow of
Bihar.
• Apart from the tributaries the river Ganga also has a distributary known as Hooghly which
flows through Kolkatta.
• After meeting with the river Brahmaputra in Bangladesh, the joint stream of both the
rivers which is known as the Padma fell into the Bay of Bengal where it is known as
Meghna thus makes the biggest delta of the world known as Sunderban delta.

RIVER SOURCE MOUTH TRIBUTARIES DESCRIPTION

Left: Jhelum,
Chenab, Sutlej,
Known as Singi Khamban
Ravi, Beas,
(Lion’s Mouth)
Zanskar
Near Bokhar Arabian Sea
INDUS Chu Glacier, (near Karachi, In India, it flows only in
Right: Shyok,
Tibetan Plateau Pakistan) Jammu & Kashmir state
Hunza, Gilgit,
Kabul, Khurram,
Tochi, Gomal,
Viboa, Sangar
R. Chenab (in Right: Neelum, It passes through
JHELUM Verinag, J & K
Pakistan) Sind Srinagar and Wular Lake
Tandi, Himachal It is also called as
R. Indus (in Right: Marusadar
CHENAB Pradesh (formed Chandrabhaga
Pakistan) river
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Chandra and It is the largest tributary

Bhaga) of river Indus
Rohtang Pass,
RAVI Himachal R. Chenab
Pradesh
It is known as Langchen
Khambab in its source
place.
Raksas Tal, near Left: Baspa
R. Chenab, It enters India through
SUTLEJ Mansarovar,
Pakistan Shipki La pass
Tibet Right: Spiti, Beas
Bhakra Nangal Project is
constructed across this
river
Beas Kund, near
Rohtang pass,
BEAS R. Sutlej
Himachal
Pradesh
Left: Ramganga,
Gomati, Gandak,
Confluence of R. Kosi, Ghaghara,
Sagar Island,
Bhagirathi and Mahananda Ganga is India’s largest
GANGA Bay of Bengal
R. Alaknanda at river system
(Bangladesh)
DevPrayag Right: Yamuna,
Son, Chambal,
Betwa
Left: Rishiganga
R. Ganga,
Yamunotri It is the longest tributary
YAMUNA Allahabad
Glacier Right: Chambal, of Ganga river
(UP)
Betwa, Ken, Sind
R. Yamuna, Left: Banas Badland topography is an
Mhow, Malwa
CHAMBAL Madhya Right: Parbati, important feature of the
plateau
Pradesh Shipra Chambal river system
Left: Trisuli
R. Ganga,
GANDAK Mustang, Nepal
Sonpur, Bihar
Right: Kali Gandak
Left: Rapti
Mapchachungo, R. Ganga,
GHAGHARA
Tibet Bihar Right: Sarda,
Budhi Ganga

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Tribenighat, R. Ganga, It is an antecedent trans-

KOSI
Nepal Bihar boundary river
Pauri Garhwal, R. Ganga,
RAMGANGA
Uttarakhand Uttar Pradesh
It flows northwards to
R. Ganga,
Amarkantak reach Ganga and its
SON Bihar (near
Plateau largest south bank
Patna)
tributary
R. Ganga, Last left bank tributary of
MAHANANDA Darjeeling Hills
West Bengal Ganga
It enters India in the state
of Arunachal Pradesh
(near Sadiya town)

Left: Burhi Dihing, In Tibet, it is called as

Dhansri, Lohit Tsangpo
Chemayungdung
BRAHMAPUTRA Glacier, Kailash Bay of Bengal
Right: Subansri, Takes U-turn and enters
Range, Tibet
Manas, Kameng, India near Namcha
Sankosh Barwa peak

Frequent Shifting of the

channel is one of its main
characteristics

The Peninsular River System

The rivers of Peninsular India are divided on the direction of their flow, i.e. east-flowing (fell into
the Bay of Bengal) and the west-flowing (fell into the Arabian Sea).

The East Flowing River

Mahanadi
• It originates from the Sihawa in the Raipur district of Chhattisgarh. The main tributaries
are Seonath, Hasdo, Mand, Jonk, Tel etc.

Godavari
• It is the longest river in peninsular India. It is also known by the name of Vridha Ganga.
It originates near Nashik (Triambakeshwar) in Maharashtra. The major tributaries are
Majra, Penganga, Wardha, Indravati, Wainganga, Sabari etc.

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Krishna
• It originates from near Mahabaleshwar in the Western Ghats. The major tributaries are
Koyana, Dhudhganga, Panchganga, Ghatprabha, Bhima, Tungabhadra, Musi etc.

Cauvery
• It is the largest river of Peninsular India. It is also known as the Ganga of the South due
to the religious importance. It originates from the Brahamagiri hills in the Western
Ghats. The major tributaries are Hemavati, Lokpawni, Shimsa etc. The famous
Shivasamundram waterfall lies on this river.

The other east flowing rivers are Subarnrekha, Brahmani and the Penneru.

West Flowing Rivers

Narmada
• It is the largest west flowing river of Peninsular India. It originates from the Amarkantak
plateau in Madhya Pradesh. The famous Dhuan Dhar waterfall is formed by the river
Narmada at Jabalpur. The major tributaries of the Narmada are Hiran, Burhner, Banjar,
Shar, Shakkar, Tawa etc.

Tapti
• It originates from Multai in the Betul district of Madhya Pradesh. It is also known as the
twin of the Narmada. The major tributaries are Purna, Betul, Arunavati, etc.
• The Narmada and the Tapti both flow westwards and do not make delta they both merge
with the Arabian Sea near the Gulf of Khambatt in Gujarat.

Sharavati
• It originates from the Western Ghats in Karnataka. The Jog Waterfalls/ Mahatma Gandhi
falls / Gerespa Waterfalls near Bangalore in Karnataka which is the highest Waterfall of
India is formed by the river Sharavati.

The other important rivers of Peninsular India flowing westwards are the Luni, Sabarmati, Mahi
(Cuts Tropic of Cancer twice in Gujarat).

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PENINSULAR
SOURCE MOUTH TRIBUTARIES DESCRIPTION
RIVER
Left: Seonath,
Mand, Ib Maharashtra,
Bay of Bengal
Sihawa, Chattisgarh,
MAHANADI (False Point,
Chattisgarh Jharkhand, Odisha
Odisha) Right: Ong, Jonk, are its basin states
Telen
Left: Prahnita, It is called as
Bay of Bengal, Indravati
Brahmagiri Hills, Dakshin Ganga as
Andhra Pradesh
GODAVARI Nasik, this river is the
(East Godavari
Maharashtra Right: Manjira, largest Peninsular
district)
Pravara, Manair River

Left: Bhima, Musi,

Munneru

Krishna district,
Mahabaleshwar, Right:
KRISHNA Andhra Pradesh,
Maharashtra Tungabhadra,
Bay of Bengal
Koyna,
Dudhganga,
Ghataprabha
Left: Hemavathi,
Arkavathy This river receives
Poompuhar, rainfall from both
Brahmagiri Hills,
CAUVERY Tamil Nadu, Bay south-west and
Karnataka Right: Kabini,
of Bengal north-east
Bhavani, Noyyal, monsoon
Amaravati
Known for Marble
Left: Tawa, Rocks (Jabalpur,
Shakkar MP) and falls
Amarkantak Hills, Gulf of Khambat,
NARMADA
Madhya Pradesh Arabian Sea
Right: Hiran, West flowing river
Kolar, Dindori and flows through
a rift valley
Gulf of Khambat,
Betul District,
TAPI Surat, Arabian West flowing river
Madhya Pradesh
Sea

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Comparison between Himalayan and the Peninsular Rivers of India

S. No. Aspect Himalayan River Peninsular River

Himalayan mountain covered
Peninsular plateau and central
1. Place of origin with
highland
glaciers
Perennial; receive water from Seasonal; dependent on
2. Nature of flow the glacier monsoon
and rainfall rainfall
Superimposed, rejuvenated
Antecedent and consequent
resulting
3. Type of drainage leading to
in trellis, radial and rectangular
the dendritic pattern in plains
patterns
Long course, flowing through
the
rugged mountains
experiencing Smaller, the fixed course with
4. Nature of river headward erosion and river well-adjusted
capturing; valleys
In plains meandering and
shifting of
course
5. Catchment area Very large basins Relatively smaller basin
Old rivers with the graded
Young and youthful, active and
6. Age of the river profile, and have
deepening in the valleys
almost reached their base levels

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Important Indian Cities Situated on Major Rivers

River Town
Ganga Hardwar, Rishikesh, Allahabad, Kanpur, Varanasi, Patna
Brahmaputra Guwahati, Dibrugarh
Alaknanda Badrinath
Sutlej Firozpur, Ludhiana
Jhelum Srinagar
Yamuna Agra, Delhi, Mathura
Gomti Lucknow
Saryu Ayodhya
Kshipra Ujjain
Swarnarekha Jamshedpur/ Tatanagar
Hooghly Kolkata
Chambal Kota
Sabarmati Ahemadabad
Mahanadi Cuttack, Sambhalpur
Musi Hyderabad
Mandavi Panjim
Godavari Nasik
Narmada Jabalpur, Varodara
Tapti Surat
Krishna Vijaywada
Cauvery Tiruchilapalli, Serirangapatnam

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Lakes
A huge amount of accumulated water in a large area known as a lake. Generally, lakes contain
four times more freshwater than the river. Some important types of Lakes are as follows-

• Tectonic Lake: The lakes formed by the tectonic movement of plates like tilting, folding,
faulting etc. for example Caspian Sea, Aral Sea, Lake Baikal etc.
• Organic Lakes: These lakes formed by the action of flora or fauna or both, these lakes are
relatively small in size and generally seasonal.
• Volcanic Lakes: These lakes formed when volcanic crater or caldera filled with water. For
example Lake Titillate (Bolivia and Peru), Lake Malheur (Oregon – U.S.A.)
• Glacial Lakes: It formed from a melted glacier. These are quite common in Canada. For
example, Great lakes.
• Fluvial Lakes: When the river left their bends and meanders, this type of lake are formed.
(Also known as Oxbow lake). For example, wular lake by Jhelum river (J & K).
• Aeolian Lakes: Lakes produced as a result of the action of winds. These lakes generally
formed due to the accumulation of water via precipitation in the cavity between two sand
dunes. For example mores lake (Washington – U.S.A.)
• Landslide Lakes: These lakes are created when a river is damaged by landslide, mudflow,
volcanic eruption and rock avalanche. For example – Usoi (Tajikistan).
• Solution Lakes: These lakes formed when bedrock is the soluble resulting formation of a
cavity which is filled by water create a lake. Such lakes are common in Karst topography
areas. For example, in Croatia, Florida etc.
• Anthropogenic Lakes: These lakes are formed by human activity such as behind dames.
For example, Govind Sea.
• Meteorite Lakes: These lakes are formed by the impact of meteorites strike. For example,
Lonar Lake (Buldhana, Maharashtra)

Lake is a surface water body which is surrounded by land. Lakes are found in various landscapes
like Hilly areas, plains, plateaus, rift zones, etc. In this article, we will read the state-wise list of
Natural Lakes in India.

A) There are various types of lakes which can be classified based on different criteria – They are
Fresh Water Lakes, Saltwater lakes, Natural Lakes, Artificial Lakes, oxbow lake, Crater Lake etc.
Note-
● Crater Lake- Formed due volcanic activity
● Oxbow Lake- Formed by river deposits

B) Lakes have various applications like drinking water, irrigation, navigation, water storage,
livelihood (fishing, etc.), impact on microclimate, etc.

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Important Facts

● Largest freshwater lake in India – Wular Lake, Jammu and Kashmir

● Largest Saline water lake in India – Chilka Lake, Orissa
● Highest lake in India (Altitude) – Cholamu lake, Sikkim
● Longest Lake in India – Vembanad lake, Kerala
● Largest Artificial Lake in India – Govind Vallabh Pant Sagar (Rihand Dam)

Natural Lakes in India (State Wise)

S. Type of
Name State District Facts/Description
No. Lakes

It encompasses
Pulicat Lake Bird
Andhra Brackish Sanctuary;
1 Pulicat Lake Nellore
Pradesh Water Satish Dhawan
Space Centre
located here

Andhra West Home to

2 Kolleru Lake Freshwater
Pradesh Godavari migratory birds

Artificially
3 Nagarjuna Sagar Telangana Nalgonda Freshwater constructed;
Krishna river

4 Haflong Lake Assam Silchar Freshwater High altitude lake

Under Ramsar
5 DeeporBeel Assam Kamrup Freshwater
Convention

Freshwater
Largest wetland in
6 Son Beel Assam Karimganj (Tectonicall
Assam
y formed)

Migratory Birds
(winter);
7 Chandubi lake Assam Kamrup Freshwater
formed by 1897
earthquake

Oxbow Asia’s largest

8 Kanwar Lake Bihar Begusarai (freshwater freshwater oxbow
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Situated in the
9 Hamirsar lake Gujarat Kutch Artificial
centre of Bhuj

During 14th
century by
10 Kankaria lake Gujarat Ahmedabad Artificial
Muhammed Shah
II

Artificial Pilgrimage site for

11 Narayan Sarovar Gujarat Kutch
freshwater Hindus

Constructed for
12 Thol Lake Gujarat Mehsana Lentic lake
irrigation purpose

Narmada River;
13 Vastrapur Gujarat Ahmedabad Freshwater
Picnic spot

14 Badkal Lake Haryana Faridabad Freshwater Man-made

Migratory Birds,
15 Blue Bird Lake Haryana Hisar Freshwater
Wetland Habitat

Ancient water
16 Brahma Sarovar Haryana Thaneswar Freshwater pool sacred to
Hinduism

Constructed by
the British
17 Damdama Lake Haryana Sohna Freshwater government for
Rainwater
Harvesting

Connected to
18 Karna Haryana Karnal Freshwater great epic
Mahabharata

Freshwater
Located inside
19 Tilyar Haryana Rohtak (canal
Tilyar Zoo
inflow)

Himachal Lahul and Sweetwater Ramsar wetland

20 Chandra Taal
Pradesh Spiti lake site

Freshwater
Himachal Lahul and
21 Suraj Taal (High Bhaga River inflow
Pradesh Spiti
Altitude)

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MaharanaPratapSag Himachal
22 Kangra Freshwater Ramsar site
ar Pradesh

Holomitic
Himachal It has a floating
23 Prashar lake Mandi (Freshwater
Pradesh Island
)

Warm Remnants of the

24 Dal lake J &K Srinagar
monomitic past glacial period

Endorheic
25 Pangong Tso J &K Ladakh Lake (saline Indo-China Border
water)

Tectonic
lake Largest freshwater
26 Wular lake J &K Bandipora
(freshwater lake in India
)

27 TsoMoriri J &K Ladakh Saltwater High altitude lake

Located in the
28 Agata lake Karnataka Bangalore Freshwater southwest part of
the city

29 Bellandur Lake Karnataka Bangalore Freshwater -

30 Karachi lake Karnataka Mysore - Butterfly park

It has several
31 Ulsoor lake Karnataka Bangalore Stale water
islands

32 Kukarahalli lake Karnataka Mysore Freshwater Recreational

Holy lake, the
33 Honnamana Karnataka Kodagu Freshwater place for various
festivals
34 Pampa Sarovar Karnataka Hampi Freshwater Tungabhadra river
Brackish Ramsar wetland
35 Ashtamudi Kayal Kerala Kollam
water site
Alappuzha, Backwater paddy
36 Kuttanad Kerala
Kottayam cultivation
Brackish Ramsar wetland;
37 Vembanad Kerala -
water boat race
38 Shashtamkotta Kerala Kollam Freshwater Ramsar wetland
Madhya
39 Bhojtal Bhopal Freshwater Ramsar site
Pradesh

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Maharasht
40 Salim Ali Aurangabad Freshwater Birdwatching
ra
Maharasht
41 Shivsagar Satara Freshwater Koyna dam
ra
National Geo-
Maharasht
42 Lonar lake Buldhana Crater lake Heritage
ra
monument

Ramsar wetland;
Phumdis (Floating
Lenticular
43 Loktak lake Manipur - Islands);
freshwater
Multipurpose
project

Famous for cycling

44 Umiam Meghalaya Shillong Freshwater
and boating

45 Tam Dil Mizoram Saitual Freshwater -

India's largest
Brackish
46 Chilika lake Orissa Puri brackish water
water
lake; lagoon

Wetland of
Bhubanesw
47 Kanjia lake Orissa Freshwater national
ar
importance

Ramsar wetland
48 Harike Punjab Ferozepur Freshwater
site

Manmade riverine
49 Rupar Punjab Rupnagar Freshwater
lake

Ramsar wetland
50 Kanjli Punjab Kapurthala Freshwater
site

Ramsar wetland;
Sambhar largest inland
51 Sambhar lake Rajasthan Saltwater
Lake-town saltwater lake in
India

52 Rajsamand Rajasthan Rajsamand Freshwater -

53 Tsomgo lake Sikkim East Sikkim Freshwater Winter frozen

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Sacred lake for

54 Khecheoplari Sikkim West Sikkim Freshwater Hindus and
Buddhists

55 Ooty lake Tamilnadu Nilgiris Freshwater Boat House

Artificial
56 Chembarambakkam Tamilnadu Chennai -
lake

Dindigul Artificial
57 Kodaikanal Lake Tamilnadu -
district lake

Artificial Artificial Gibraltar

58 Hussain Sagar Telangana Hyderabad
lake rock-island

59 Badrakali lake Telangana Warangal Freshwater Artificial lake

Govind Ballabh Pant Uttar Man-made

60 Sonbhadra Rihand dam
Sagar Pradesh lake

Uttar
61 Belasagar Kulpahar Freshwater Irrigation lake
Pradesh

Uttarakha Medium altitude

62 Bhimtal Nainital Freshwater
nd lake

East Calcutta West Brackish

63 Calcutta Ramsar wetland
wetlands Bengal water

Waterfalls

Waterfall Height Location River

Kunchikal Falls 455 m Shimoga district, Karnataka Varahi river
Barkana Falls 259 m Shimoga district, Karnataka Seetha River
Jog Falls (2nd Highest Sharavati River
253 m Sagara, Karnataka
Plunge type Waterfall)
Barehipani Falls 399 m Mayurbhanj district, Odisha Budhabalanga river
Khandadhar Falls 244 m Sundargarh district, Odisha NA
Duduma Falls 175 m Koraput district, Odisha Machkund river
Simlipal National Park, Budhabalanga River
Joranda Falls 157 m
Mayurbhanj district, Odisha
West Khasi Hills district, Kynshi river
Langshiang Falls 337 m
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Nohkalikai Falls East Khasi Hills district, NA

335 m
(Highest Plunge type) Meghalaya
East Khasi Hills district, NA
Nohsngithiang Falls 315 m
Meghalaya
East Khasi Hills district, NA
Kynrem Falls 305 m
Meghalaya
Dudhsagar Falls 310 m Goa Mandovi River
Shivanasamudra Falls 98 m Mysore, Karnataka Kaveri River
Hundru Falls 98 m Ranchi district, Jharkhand Suvarnrekha river
Teerathgarh Falls 91 m Bastar district, Chhattisgarh Kanger River
Elephant Falls Shillong, Meghalaya NA
Dhuandhar Falls 30 m Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh Narmada River
Soochipara Falls Chaliyar River
200 m Waynad District, Kerala
(Three-tiered)

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