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H i
m a l a y a n R i v e r s
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Major Himalayan Rivers: |
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Himalayan Coverage Area: |
2,250-km
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Average Width: |
200-km
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Himalayan Forests: |
Pine, Deodar, Fir, Oak, Rhododendron, Birch
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Monsoon Season: |
Mid-June Till The End Of September
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Five Sisters
Before the birth of Pakistan
this configuration of rivers was one of the most magnificent features of the
Indian sub-continent. Came 1947, the year of partition and roughly two thirds of
the length of this river system was assigned to Pakistan. But the rivers still
take birth on the Indian side and still go crashing through the Himalayas to
create some of the most spectacular scenery to be found anywhere in the world.
M o r e I n f o.
Indus River
In the Rivers of Himalayas the
Trans Himalayan Indus River rises near the Mansarovar Lake on the Tibetan
plateau. This beautiful lake is the examples of stunning beauty It enters the
Himalayas in southeastern Ladakh near its confluence with the River Gurtang at
an elevation of 4,200m.
M o r e I n f o.
Sutlej River
River Sutlej takes birth on the
southern slopes of the holiest of mountains - Kailash, near the holiest of lakes
Mansarovar. After a long run, parallel to the Himalayas, it finally penetrates
these at Shipki pass. Later it cuts through the Zanskar range, makes a diagonal
thrust through the Himalayas and blasts a deep gorge at the base of the Kinner
Kailash massif.
M o r e I n f o.
Chenab
River
Chandra River is one of the two
rivers; the other one is Bhaga, which merges to form the Chenab in the Lahaul
region of Himachal Pradesh. The chenab river rises in the Himalayan Ranges of
Kashmir and flows through the plains of the Punjab, forming the boundary between
the Rechna and the Jech Doabs. Its joins the Jhelum river at uch sharif to form
Panjnad, a cributary of the Indus. The total length of the chenab is
approximately 960 kilometers.
M o r e I n f o.
Ganga River
The River Ganges (Ganga
in Indian languages) is a major river in northern ndia. It originates as the
Bhagirathi from the Gangotri Glacier in the Uttaranchal Himalaya and joins the
Alaknanda near Deoprayag to form the Ganga. Then on, the Ganga flows across the
large plains of North India (called the Gangetic Plains) and empties into the
Bay of Bengal after dividing up into many distributaries.
M o r e I n f o.
Yamuna River
The Yamuna, which originates
less than a hundred miles east of the Bhagirathi, flows parallel to the Ganga
and a little to the south for most of its course before merging with the Ganga
at the holy city of Allahabad, also known as Triveni Sangam,
literally, Three-way Junction, the third river being the mythical Saraswati
which is also supposed to be an underground river.
M o r e I n f o.
Brhamaputra River
The Brahmaputra enters India in
the far eastern state of Arunachal Pradesh after traveling hundreds of miles
across Tibet as the Tsangpo from its birthplace near the holy lake of Mansarovar.
It is one of the world's largest, on a scale with the Indus, Mississippi, and
the Nile. It runs through dense forests and tribal settlements. Our rafting trip
starts in a place called Tuting, so remote that we have to reach there via
helicopter ride! A seldom-run river, the Brahmputra offers beautiful scenery,
excellent big white water and great wild life in a less-visited corner of the
sub-continent. After having big fun and adventure, we finish our rafting at
Passighat.
M o r e I n f o.
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