Rivers and Lakes of India

Wular Lake in Jammu and Kashmir is linked with the Jhelum River area. For exams remember Jhelum Wular and Kashmir together.

Lohit Dibang and Subansiri are linked with the Brahmaputra system. For exams remember rivers of Northeast India separately.

Channel shifting and silt deposition in Kosi increase flood problems. For exams remember Kosi as a Himalayan tributary of Ganga.

Ghaghara Gandak and Kosi are major Himalayan tributaries of Ganga. For exams remember them as left bank rivers.

Damodar was earlier called the Sorrow of Bengal due to floods. For exams also remember the Damodar Valley Project.

Mayurakshi River is linked with the Jharkhand and West Bengal region. For exams remember rivers of eastern India separately.

Barak River is linked with the Barak Valley of Assam in Northeast India. For exams distinguish Brahmaputra Valley and Barak Valley.

Shipra River is associated with Ujjain city. For exams remember such city river pairs on the map.

Gomti is linked with Lucknow and is a tributary of the Ganga system. For exams remember city river relations.

Musi River is linked with Hyderabad and is a tributary of the Krishna system. For exams remember the Hyderabad Musi relation.

Chilika is a brackish coastal lagoon of Odisha. For exams remember state and lake type together.

Pulicat Lake is linked with the Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu area on India's eastern coast. For exams remember it as a coastal lagoon.

Kolleru Lake is located in Andhra Pradesh between the Godavari and Krishna delta regions. For exams see it on the map.

Sambhar is a salt lake of Rajasthan and Luni is linked with the dry Rajasthan region. For exams remember water features of Rajasthan.

Phumdi of Loktak Lake are floating vegetation masses. For exams remember Loktak Manipur and Phumdi together.

Vembanad and Ashtamudi are major lakes of Kerala's backwater region. For exams remember coastal lakes of Kerala.

Sasthamkotta is a famous freshwater lake of Kerala. For exams distinguish it from Vembanad.

Lonar Lake in Maharashtra is famous as a meteoritic crater lake. For exams remember its origin.

Pangong Tso and Tso Moriri are high altitude lakes of Ladakh. For exams place them among Himalayan lakes.

Gurudongmar and Tsomgo are high altitude lakes of Sikkim. For exams identify Sikkim lakes on the map.