Welcome to Real Time Awareness Our topic today is Rivers of Uttarakhand This topic is important Questions on this have been repeatedly asked in exams by UK PCS UK Triple SC also UPSC and State PCS We will specially cover the important rivers Okay first is Kali River Where does Kali River originate from Lipulekh glacier Where is it in Pithoragarh Pithoragarh shares its boundary with Tibet in the North and Nepal in the East And it forms the longest natural international boundary And it is the only district to do so Okay, it was earlier called Saur or Pithora So Kali River originates from Lipulekh glacier Its length is 252 km So this is an important river Its tributaries have to be counted It has six tributaries First is Lad Ya which originates from Thali glacier Second is Saryu which originates from Sarmal glacier Third is Gauri which originates from Milam Glacier Fourth is Kuti which originates from Lapla Dhara glacier Fifth This is Dhauliganga East which originates from Govan Khana glacier and sixth is Ramganga East which is also called Rath Vahini in Uttarakhand. So all these tributaries are of Kali river. Questions can also be made on these tributaries in the exam. So you have to definitely memorize them. There is no option here. Next river is Bhagirathi. From which glacier does it originate? What is its source? It is Gaumukh glacier. Now where is Gomu glacier in Uttar Kashi. Where is Uttar Kashi in Garhwal? What was Uttar Kashi called earlier? Saumya Kashi and Bada Hat. There is a place in Uttar Kashi, Barkot. What was it called earlier? Rajgadhi. So what is the length of Bhagirath? 205 km. So again it has become important. What are its tributaries? Jahan is also Kedarkantha, Dhari Garh is fine. Jalandhar Garh. So these four tributaries are of Bhagirathi. Next is Nanda river. From where does it originate? From Satapath glacier, what is its length? 195 km. So what are its tributaries? These are the two rivers, first is Dhauliganga which originates from Dhar Pani, second is Manda Kini which originated due to floods in Kedarkantha river, due to which Kedarkantha occurred, sixth is Nandakini Nandakini originates from Nanda Ghunti glacier and seventh is Bhagirathi so 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 there are seven tributaries of Alaknanda. This question has been asked many times here. Our fourth river is Bhillan Ganga river, where does it originate from? From Khatling glacier, Bhillan Ganga river has two tributaries, their names are Bal and Dharm Ganga. Suppose Bhillan Ganga is a mother, she has two children, the names of those children are Bal and Dharm originates from Kausani. Before going further Kosi river I will ask you a question that where is Khat glacier located in Tahri, the old name of Tahri was Tri Hari Bhillan Ganga originates from Khat glacier and Bhillan Ganga has two children, Bal and Dharm Ganga. Tons river originates from Rupan Supin glacier and Rupin Supin glacier belongs to Uttar Kashi. Yamuna originates from Yamunotri and Yamunotri belongs to Uttar Kashi, Gangotri is also in Uttar Kashi, okay, both are dhams and next is where does Ganga originate from, from Devop and what was the old name of Devpreet, Sudarshan Tirtha, which river originates from Ever Mount, Lohawat and where is Champawat, Alaknanda and Saraswati river originate from Devtalab, Ramganga originates from Ponting Glacier and where is this Ponting Glacier in Pithoragarh, Ramganga West and Nair Nivar East and West, where do these two originate from, Duda Toli, where is this Duda Toli glacier in Chamoli, next is Dhauli River, where does this Dhauli River originate from, from Dio Forest, next is Dhauli Ganga and Gaula River, where does this Dhauli Ganga and Gaula River originate from, from Phar Pani, where is this Phar Pani in Almora, where is Almora in Kumaon, now Dhauli Ganga has two children whose names are Girth Ganga and Rishi Ganga, here our topic ends, all the Rivers of Uttarakhand The main important rivers were the ones on which questions have come and will come, I have covered them all, their glaciers and their tributaries, their length, so you will meet in the next video in which I will take you around Uttarakhand. Now some waterfalls are also formed on these rivers, those waterfalls are important, questions may come on them, so we will cover those waterfalls in the next video, okay, thank you so much.