Indus Water Treaty

 

Kushiyara river

• Distributary of Barak River
• Flows through Assam

Kushiyara Agreement

• India and Bangladesh

Kali Bein

• starts from Hoshiarpur
• meets the confluence of the rivers Beas and Sutlej in Kapurthala

Significance

• First Guru, Nanak Dev, is said to have got enlightenment here

**CM Punjab: drink water from it

Po River

Po River: Italy

Source: Cottian Alps

Mouth: Adriatic Sea

Yamuna River

The catchment of the Yamuna the river system covers parts of Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh & Delhi states.

• The famous river has its source in the Yamunotri Glacier 
• The important tributaries of the Yamuna River are Tons, Chambal, Hindon, Betwa and Ken. Other small tributaries of the Yamuna River include the Giri, Sind, Uttangan, Sengar and the Rind. The main Yamuna and Tons are fed by glaciers, viz., the Bandar Punch Glacier and its branches and originates from the Great Himalayan range.

Geography and Wildlife

•  Asian Elephant
• Khair (Acacia), Sal, and Rosewood (Sissoo) trees and the Chir Pine woodlands of the Shivalik Mountains.
• Assan Barrage: Bird Sanctuary
• Ganges-Yamuna Doab: Basmati Rice

Source:

1. Central Water Commission
2. India-WRIS
3. Maps of India

Mandakini river

 Mandakini river: emerges from the Chorabari glacier in Kedarnath.