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Important Points to Remember in Chapter -1 - Drainage System of Haryana from Arihant Expret Team Know Your State : Haryana Solutions

Drainage System of Haryana

Haryana has no perennial rivers of its own. Yamuna, Saraswati and Ghaggar are important rivers flowing through the state. Several small streams, namely, the Markanda, the Sahibi and Indori, also flow through the state.

Important Rivers and Dams of Haryana:

S.N Name Origin Tributaries Dam
1 Ghaggar Shivalik Hills Markanda, Kaushalaya Ottu Barrage in Sirsa
2 Markanda Shivalik Hills Begna Barrage at Jalbehra in Kurukshetra
3 Tangri Shivalik Hills Many seasonal streams  
4 Choutang Shivalik Hills Seasonal streams  
5 Dohan Aravali Hills Seasonal Streams Hamidpur Check Dam
6 Krishnavati Aravali Hills Season Aravali Streams Norana Check Dam, Rajasthan
7 Yamuna Bandarpunch Glacier, Uttarakhand Somb, Thapana, Sahibi Hathnikund Barrage
8 Sahibi Aravali Hills Sota, Kotkasim, Indori Masani

Major Canals of the State:

(i) Western and Eastern Yamuna Canal is the oldest canal in the state.

(ii) Gurgaon Canal has been drawn at the Okhla barrage from the Yamuna.

(iii) Bhakra Canal has been drawn from the Sutlej river near Nangal.

(iv) Bhiwani Canal is a small canal drawn out of Bhakra Canal; it passed through the district of Bhiwani.

(v) Jawahar Lal Canal has also been drawn from Bhakra Canal and passes through Mahendragarh.

Soil is formed almost entirely of alluvium; the state is situated towards the depressions of the rivers Ganges and Indus.

Important Lakes of Haryana

(i) Badkhal Lake is situated near Faridabad in Haryana.

(ii) Brahma Sarovar Lake

(iii) Karna Lake is a human-made lake in Karnal city of Haryana.

(iv) Sannihit Sarovar,

(v) Surajkund Lake

(vi) Tilyar Lake

(vii) Blue Bird Lake