Give description about river basins of all peninsular rivers

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The Brahmaputra rises in Tibet east of Mansarowar lake very close to the sources of the Indus and the Satluj. It flows eastwards parallel to the Himalayas. On reaching the Namcha Barwa  it takes a U turn and enters India in Arunachal Pradesh through a gorge.
Here, it is called the Dihang and it is joined by the Dibang,  Lohit, and many other tributaries to form the Brahmaputra in Assam. In Tibet the river carries a smaller volume of water and less silt as it is a cold and a dry area. The length of Brahamputra river is 2900 kms.

The Ganga River Basin The Ganga basin covers over 12,500 sq. kilometers in northern India and ranks among the largest in the world in drainage basin area and length. Flowing across the great alluvial Indo-Gangetic plains, the Ganga is bordered by the Himalayas to the north and the Vindhya-Satpura ranges to the south. The river has two main headwaters in the Himalayas--the Bhagirathi and the Alaknanda and others for each of its other tributaries. The Bhagirathi flows from the Gangotri glacier at Gomukh and the latter from a glacier near Alkapuri. Farther downstream, the river is joined by a number of other Himalayan rivers, the Yamuna, Ghaghara, Gomti, Gandak and Kosi. However, the Ganga and its major tributaries, the Yamuna, Ram Ganga, and Ghaghara are the only Himalayan rivers that have significant base and flood flows.
According to scientific theory, the level of pollution in a river depends upon the concentration of pollutants and the discharge of the river. Both concentration and discharge are affected by hydrologic, geomorphologic, topographic and cultural factors. The rivers of the Ganga basin drain the southern slopes of the Great Himalaya and carry one of the largest sediment loads on earth. Deglaciation at the headwaters of tributaries that form the Ganga, human-instigated forms of erosion such as tree felling, farming, and construction of settlements all contribute to the river's discharge and concentrations of pollution.

Satluj River is the longest of the five rivers that flow through the historic crossroads region of Punjab in northern India and Pakistan.
Satluj River is also known as Satadree. It is addressed as Shatarudra by the Gorkhalis.
The Sutlej River Basin is the major part of Indus River Basin and is the easternmost tributary of the Indus River.
The river basin area in India is located in Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Jammu and Kashmir, Rajasthan and Haryana states.
It rises near the Darma Pass near Mansarovar Lake, enters the Zarkar range and flows through Tibet before entering India.
It cuts through the Great Himalayan range and the outer Himalayas and enters the plains at Roper.
It receives the Beas River at Harike at Punjab and forms the boundary between India and Pakistan for nearly 120 km.
And then, It finally enters Pakistan near Sulemanki.


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