Wednesday, 19 September 2012

rivers

WORLD

NILE-----MEDITERRANEAN SEA
CONGO-----ATLANTIC OCEAN
MURRAY----INDIAN OCEAN
INDUS------ARABIAN SEA



GANGA----BANARES
BRAHMAPUTRA---GUWHATI
YAMUNA---AGRA
TAPTI----SURAT





ZAIRE-------CROSSES THE EQUATOR TWICE




DEVPRAYAG------ALAKNANDA AND BHAGIRATHI
VISHNUPRAYAG----ALAKNANDA AND VISHNUGANGA
KARNA PRAYAG--------ALAKNANDA AND PINDAR
RUDRA PRAYAG-----ALAKNANDA AND MANDAKINI


RIVERS FLOWING IN RIFT VALLEY----NARMADA,TAPTI,CHAMBAL







NEW YORK------------LOCATED ON THE BANKS OF HUDSON

COLOSSEUM LOCATED AT-----ROME

FIRST WOMAN PRIME MINISTER IN THE WORLD BELONGED TO SRILANKA



FIRST TALKIE FILM IN INDIA---ALAM ARA MADE IN 1931





rivers south to north
krishna, godavari, tapi, narmada








LUNI RIVER DRAINS INTO----GULF OF KUTCH





Paleo-river found near Narmada: Research
As per a group of researchers traces of Paleo- river has been found in Dhar district of Madhya Pradesh.
What is a Paleo-river?
It is an inactive river or water stream buried under sediment.
As per Mangal Panchayatam Parishad, the group doing research, the 65 million year-old river got buried under basaltic
lava due to geological activities.
The river flowed in the same direction (East to West) as the Narmada.
Currently, the course of the Narmada is about 10 km from the site of the paleo-river, parallel to it.

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