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Data Structure and Encoding Analysis

The rivers play an important role in Indian life by providing irrigation, water, transportation, electricity, and livelihoods. Nearly all major Indian cities are located on river banks. Rivers also feature prominently in Hindu mythology and are considered holy. India's major river systems originate from the Himalayas, Vindhya Range, and Western Ghats, draining into the Bay of Bengal and Arabian Sea. Over time, river courses and beds have shifted significantly.

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The rivers play an important role in Indian life by providing irrigation, water, transportation, electricity, and livelihoods. Nearly all major Indian cities are located on river banks. Rivers also feature prominently in Hindu mythology and are considered holy. India's major river systems originate from the Himalayas, Vindhya Range, and Western Ghats, draining into the Bay of Bengal and Arabian Sea. Over time, river courses and beds have shifted significantly.

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Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (September 2009) The rivers and India play an important role in the lives of the Indian people. The river systems provide irrigation, potable water, cheap transportation, electricity, and the livelihoods for a large number of people all over the country. This easily explains why nearly all the major cities of India are located by the banks of rivers. The rivers also have an important role in Hindu mythology and are considered holy by all Hindus in the country. Seven major rivers along with their numerous tributaries make up the river system of India. Most of the rivers pour their waters into the Bay of Bengal; however, some of the rivers whose courses take them through the western part of the country and towards the east of the state of Himachal Pradesh empty into the Arabian Sea. Parts of Ladakh, northern parts of the Aravalli range and the arid parts of the Thar Desert have inland drainage. [Link] Buchanan surveyed the courses of the rivers of India along with their tributaries and branches in 1810-11 AD and presented a minute accounts of it. The shifting of the courses and bed over the centuries is very remarkable. Many of the channels mentioned in that survey have now become dead , dried or even instinct. All major rivers of India originate from one of the three main watersheds: 1. The Himalaya and the Karakoram ranges 2. Vindhya and Satpura ranges and Chotanagpur plateau in central India 3. Sahyadri or Western Ghats in western India

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1 The Himalayan River System o 1.1 Ganga River System o 1.2 Indus River System  1.2.1 Beas  1.2.2 Chenab  1.2.3 Jhelum

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