RIVERS OF INDIA
NARMADA RIVER
LOCATION• Country -India
• States-Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Gujarat
ORIGINATING PLACE
• Source- Narmada Kund• Location-
Amarkantak Plateau, Shahdol district,Madhya Pradesh, India• Elevation-1,048
m
TRIBUTARIESTributaries of Narmada are-• Burhner river• Banjar river• Sher river • Shakkar river• Dudhi river• Tawa river• Ganjal river• Kundi river
• Goi river• Karjan river• Hiran river• Tendoni river• Barna river• Kolar river• Man river • Uri river • Hatni river• Orsang river
IMPORTANT CITIES ON BANK
• Hoshangabad• Jabalpur• Mandhata• Barwani• Omkareshwar
• Dewas• Maheshwar• Mandla• Bharuch• Rajpipla• Dharampuri
AREAS BBENEFITTED The upper hilly areas covering the
districts of -• Shahdol• Mandla• Durg• Balaghat • SeoniThe upper plains covering the
districts of –• Jabalpur • Narsinghpur
•Chhindwada•Hosangbad•Betul•Raisen •Sehore•Sagar•DamohThe middle plains covering the districts of-•Khandwa•Dewas•Indore •Dhar
The lower hilly areas covering –•parts of the west Nimar•Jhabua •Dhulia•Narmada •parts of VadodaraThe lower plains covering mainly the districts of-•Narmada•Bharuch
AGRIULTURAL ACTIVITIES• The Narmada
basin mainly consists of black soils providing the best nutrients to plants paving way for development of agricultural activities.
• Organic farming plan has been made for Narmada's catchment area.
MULTIPURPOSE PROJECTS AND POWER STATIONS
• Sardar Sarovar Dam- Hydroelectric power station
• Indirasagar DamIrrigation projects • 1) Matiyari (1992)• 2) Rani Avantibai Sagar (1988)• 3) Barna (1978)• 4) Tawa (1992–93)• 5) Sukta (1984) in Madhya
Pradesh and Karjan project in Gujarat.
FEATURES FORMED• It forms watersheds at
the northern slopes of the Satpuras, and the steep southern slope of the Vindhyas.
• The Narmada North fault and Narmada South fault, parallel to the river's course, mark the boundary between the Narmada block and the Vindhya and Satpura blocks.
• Narmada valley itself is a graben.
• It forms the Dhuander waterfall in Jabalpur.
RIVER REGIME• Flows between the Satpura and the
Vindhyan ranges.• Its first fertile basin extends up to 320km
and on an average 35km wide.• At National Highway 3 , Narmada enters
the Mandleshwar plain, the second basin,about 180 km long and 65 km wide.
• Below Makrai, the river flows between Vadodara district and Narmada district. The width of the river spans from about 1.5 km at Makrai to 3 km near Bharuch and to an estuary of 21 km at the Gulf of Cambay.
• Its total length is 1312 km.
SOCIAL ISSUES• An issue rose over sharing
water of narmada among the states of Maharashtra ,Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh.
• Narmada Water Disputes Tribunal (NWDT) was set up in 1969 to resolve the conflict.
• The tribunal allocated the water and power sharing as follows-
STATES WATER SHARE % POWER SHARE
MADHYA PRADESH
18,250,000 acre feet 57
GUJARAT 9,000,000 acre feet 16
MAHARASHTRA 250,000 acre feet 27
RAJASTHAN 500,000 acre feet NIL
TOTAL 28,000,000 acre feet
100
• Another dispute was over the construction of sardar sarovar dam.
• The construction would displace a huge number of tribals from their habitats.
• These tribals were led by Medha Patkar in opposing the construction.
• Presently, a controversy is going on over increasing the height of Sardar Sarovar Dam.
CONCLUSION
• Narmada river serves as an important water resource for states of Maharashtra ,Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh.• Narmada basin serves as a
center for agricultural production.• Thus, it plays a crucial role in
development of Indian economy.
MADE BY-SHUBHAM PATELCLASS-IX A
ROLL.NO.-08SUBJECT-SOCIAL SCIENCE
(GEOGRAPHY)TAUGHT BY-GANESH SIR
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