2023 · GeographyPrevious Year Question
Q31.
Consider the following statements: 1. Jhelum River passes through Wular Lake. 2. Krishna River directly feeds Kolleru Lake 3. Meandering of Gandak River formed Kanwar Lake. How many of the statements given above are correct?
A. Only one
B. Only two
C. All three
D. None
Answer

A

Explanation

Lake is the 2nd largest fresh-water lake of Asia, on the foothills of Haramuk Mountain. It is in a total area of 200 square km covering almost km in length while its breadth is 10 km. The lake lies the towns of Sopur and Bandippore, in near Baramulla Road. Main source of water Wular Lake is River Jhelum. This lake also has a island in its center called the ‘Zaina Lank’. This was constructed by King Zainul-Abi-Din. Wular is also said to be a remnant of Satisar Lake that in ancient times. The premises of this lake also a popular sunset point. Hence statement 1 is Lake is a natural eutrophic lake, situated the two major river basins of the Godavari and Krishna, fed by two seasonal rivers Budameru and and a number of drains and channels, which as a natural flood balancing reservoir between deltas of the two rivers. Hence statement 2 is not a haven for migratory birds, the Kanwar lake in Asia’s largest freshwater oxbow lake, is today a wetland ecosystem. Kanwar jheel, as it is locally is located 22 km north-west of Begusarai town. is a residual oxbow lake, formed due to meandering Burhi Gandak river, a tributary of Ganga, in the past. It is largest of a series of shallow and ephemeral wetlands formed in the between River Burhi Gandak and of River Bagmati. Kanwar lake was a notified area under the Wildlife (Protection) of 1972. To check poaching of birds, it was declared protected zone by the Bihar state government in the government of India declared it a bird in 1989. The authorities had notified 15,000 in the area as wetland, which makes it six times than Keoladeo National Park in Bharatpur, well-known bird sanctuary of India. statement 3 is not correct. burhi Gandak rise in the West Champaran district the spring of Someshwar hills. The river is known Sikrchana in its upper reaches. It flows through the Champaran district in south east direction and is by several tributaries like Masan, Harbora, Siriswa, Koria, Pasaha, Tiar Hahwa with their in Someshwar hills. Affter the confluence of river Sikrchana is known as Burhi. After receiving Bainty Balan river flows in easterly direction falls into the River Ganga about 7 km east from the Khagaria. The Burhi Gandak Basin is bounded on north by the Himalayas, on the south by the River on the east by the Kosi Basin and on the west by Gandak Basin. The basin extends over the district Champaran,Muzaffarpur, Samstipur and Khagaria Bihar state. river Gandhak originates at an altitude of 7620 m in north of Dhaulagiri in Tibet near Nepal border in the of the Himalyas. The river enters the territory near Tribeni town in Nepal. Thereafter river flows in a southerly direction and forms between Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. It flows the west Champaran, East Champaran, Gopalganj, Siwan, Saren and Vaishali of Bihar and Gorakhpur and Deoria district of Pradesh before joining Ganga at Hazipur near