the river narmada
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RIVERS OF INDIA
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NARMADA RIVER
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LOCATION• Country -India
• States-Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Gujarat
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ORIGINATING PLACE
• Source- Narmada Kund• Location-
Amarkantak Plateau, Shahdol district,Madhya Pradesh, India• Elevation-1,048
m
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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
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IMPORTANT CITIES ON BANK
• Hoshangabad• Jabalpur• Mandhata• Barwani• Omkareshwar
• Dewas• Maheshwar• Mandla• Bharuch• Rajpipla• Dharampuri
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AREAS BBENEFITTED The upper hilly areas covering the
districts of -• Shahdol• Mandla• Durg• Balaghat • SeoniThe upper plains covering the
districts of –• Jabalpur • Narsinghpur
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•Chhindwada•Hosangbad•Betul•Raisen •Sehore•Sagar•DamohThe middle plains covering the districts of-•Khandwa•Dewas•Indore •Dhar
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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-
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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
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• 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.
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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.
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MADE BY-SHUBHAM PATELCLASS-IX A
ROLL.NO.-08SUBJECT-SOCIAL SCIENCE
(GEOGRAPHY)TAUGHT BY-GANESH SIR
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