IAS Dose --- Some Ques Of Geography and GS

Length of important rivers (in km):

Indus - 2900

Brahmaputra - 2900

Ganga - 2510

Godavari - 1450

Narmada - 1290

Krishna - 1290

Mahanadi - 890

Kaveri - 760



West flowing small rivers of India:

Sabarmati, Mahi, Dhandhar, Kalinadi, Sharavathi, Bharathapuzha, Periyar

East flowing small rivers of India:

Subarnarekha, Baitarni, Brahmani, Penner, Palar

Agriculture - Crop Seasons:

India has two crop seasons.

List of Biosphere Reserves and their
location.
1. Nilgiri - Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka
2. Nanda Devi - Uttar Pradesh (part of Chamoli, Pithorgarh and Almora
districts and Meghalaya ( part of Garo hills)
3. Nokrek - Meghalaya
4. Manas - Assam
5. Sunderbans - West Bengal
6. Gulf of Mannar - Tamil Nadu
7. Great Nicobar - (A & N Islands)
8. Simlipal - Orissa
9. Dibru-Saikhowa - Assam
10. Dihang Dibang - Arunachal Pradesh
11. Kanchenchunga - Sikkim
12. Pachmarhi - Madhya Pradesh
13. Agasthyamalai - Kerala
14. Achanakamar -Amarkantak- Parts of MP and parts of Chattisgarh

Length of important rivers (in km):
Indus - 2900
Brahmaputra - 2900
Ganga - 2510
Godavari - 1450
Narmada - 1290
Krishna - 1290
Mahanadi - 890
Kaveri - 760

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National Parks in India

Andhra Pradesh(1)
1	Srivenkateswara National Park(352 sq km)
Arunachal Pradesh(2)
1	Namdapha(1985 sq km)
2	Mauling(483 sq km)
Assam(2)
1	Kaziranga(430 sq km) *
2	Manas(500 sq km) *
Bihar(2)
1	Betla(232 sq km)
2	Valmiki(335 sq km)
Goa(1)
1	Bhagwan Mahavir National Park(107 sq km)
Gujrath(4)
1	Gir(258 sq km)
2	Marine(163 sq km)
3	Vansda(24 sq km)
4	Velavadar(34 sq km)
Haryana(1)
1	Sultanpur(1.43 sq km)	*smallest
Himachal Pradesh(2)
1	Great Himalayan(765 sq km)
2	Pin Valley(675 sq km)
Jammu and Kashmir(4)
1	City Forest(9.07 sq km)
2	Dachigam(141 sq km)
3	Hermis High Altitude(3550 sq km)
4	Kishtawar(310 sq km)
Karnataka(5)
1	Anshi(250 sq km)
2	Bandipur(874 sq km)
3	Bannarghatta(104 sq km)
4	Kudremukh(600 sq km)
5	Nagarhole(644 sq km)