MCQ
Q.
Chuliya falls in Kota district of Rajasthan are formed on which river?
Correct Answer: A
The correct answer is Chambal.
Important Points
- Kota city is situated on the bank of the Chambal River.
Key Points
- Chuliya falls is formed on the Chambal River.
- The Chambal River is a tributary of the Yamuna River in central India.
- Chambal River originates from the Janapav, south of Mhow town on the south slope of Vindhya Range in Madhya Pradesh.
- Chambal flows north-northeast through Madhya Pradesh, running for a time through Rajasthan, then forming the boundary between Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh before turning southeast to join the Yamuna in Uttar Pradesh.
- Right bank tributaries of Chambal River
- Parbati
- Kali Sindh
- Shipra
- Left bank tributaries of Chambal River
- Banas
- Mej
- Major dams on the Chambal River
- Gandhi Sagar Dam
- Rana Pratap Sagar Dam
- Jawahar Sagar Dam
- Kota Barrage
Additional Information
- River Ghaghara
- Major left-bank tributary of the Ganga River.
- It rises as the Karnali River in the high Himalayas of southern Tibet Autonomous Region, China, and flows southeast through Nepal.
- It cuts southward across the Siwalik Range, it splits into two branches that rejoin south of the Indian border and form the Ghaghara proper.
- It flows southeast through Uttar Pradesh and Bihar states to enter the Ganges below Chapra after a 600-mile (970-km) course.
- River Narmada
- The Narmada rises at an elevation of about 3,500 feet (1,080 meters) in the Maikala Range in eastern Madhya Pradesh state on the border with Chhattisgarh state.
- It first follows a tortuous course through the hills near Mandla and then turns northwest to pass the city of Jabalpur.
- There it turns southwest and then enters the structural trough between the Vindhya and Satpura ranges at Marble Rocks Gorge.
- Turning more westward, the river continues across Madhya Pradesh until it passes into Gujarat state.
- The Narmada enters the Gulf of Khambhat through an estuary 13 miles (21 km) wide, just below Bharuch.
- River Sabarmati
- It originates in the Aravalli Range of the Udaipur District of Rajasthan and meets the Gulf of Khambhat of the Arabian Sea after traveling 371 km (231 mi) in a south-westerly direction across Rajasthan and Gujarat.
- It is one of the major west-flowing rivers in India.