Question

River that makes a boundary between Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh is
1. Jamni
2. Chambal
3. Betwa
4. Gambhir

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 1 : Jamni

The correct answer is Jamni.

• Jamni:
  • The Jamni River flows through northern India. It enters Lalitpur District near Madanpur village and is a major tributary of the Betwa River. Near Orchha, it meets the Betwa river.
  • In Madhya Pradesh, this river covers apparently a smaller area of 29 km with a catchment space of 1235 sq km.
  • The remaining 85 km of the river forms a barrier between Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh. Uttar Pradesh boasts of getting the major chunk of 87 km of the river.

• The Betwa river is a tributary of the Yamuna.
• It rises in the Vindhya Range.
• The Chambal is the Yamuna River's main tributary, rising in the Vindhya Range about south of Mhow in western Madhya Pradesh.
• It runs north from its headwaters into the state of Rajasthan in the southeast.
• The Gambhir River originates from Janapav near Mhow in Madya Pradesh.

•  The length of the Chambal River is 960 km. The river has its source near the Singar Chouri crest in the northern sides of the Vindhyan cliffs, 15 km west to southwest of Mhow in Indore District, Madhya Pradesh.
• The origin of the Chambal River lies at a height of around 843 m.
• It runs initially according to a northward itinerary in Madhya Pradesh for a distance of around 346 km and subsequently in a typically northeastward course for a span of 225 km across Rajasthan.
• The river runs for a further 217 km amid Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan and an extra 145 km amid Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh.
• The Chambal River moves into Uttar Pradesh and runs for around 32 km prior to meeting the Yamuna River in Etawah district of Uttar Pradesh at an altitude of 122 m, for creating a portion of the greater Gangetic drainage system.