Himalayan Rivers
Himalayan Rivers
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quiz Questions
Q101
The famous multi-purpose asset known as the 'Baglihar Dam', which has historically been a focal point of transboundary hydro-diplomacy under the Indus Waters Treaty, is engineered across which major mountain channel?
Jhelum
Chenab
Ravi
Indus Mainstream
Explanation
The Baglihar Hydroelectric Power Project is a run-of-the-river power project constructed across the Chenab River in the Doda/Ramban district of Jammu & Kashmir.
Q102
Which of the following highly specialized left-bank tributaries of the Ganga river system marks its international exit tracking out of the Valmiki Tiger Reserve foothills?
Kosi Core
Gandak River
Ghaghara Matrix
Bagmati Branch
Explanation
The Gandak River flows through a dramatic mountain gorge in the Himalayas, forms the western structural boundary layout of the Valmiki Tiger Reserve in Bihar, and steps cleanly onto the alluvial plains.
Q103
The Shigar River, which carves a high-velocity structural trench across the rugged Karakoram terrains, is a key right-bank alpine tributary of which major mountain river system?
Ganga Headwaters
Indus River System
Brahmaputra Upper Core
Jhelum Network
Explanation
The Shigar River is fed by glacial meltwater from the massive Baltoro and Biafo glaciers and flows down a deep rocky canyon before its strategic mountain confluence with the Indus River at Skardu.