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Passes

Dungri La Pass

  • aka Mana Pass
  • located in Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve of the Zaskar range in Uttarakhand
  • connects India and Tibet

Chang La Pass

  • elevation of over 5300 m
  • connects Indus valley to Pangong Lake region
  • Changtang plateau is known for its high altitude giant lakes and vast highlands of great himalayas

Karakoram Pass

  • elevation of 4694 m
  • between India and China in the Karakoram Range
  • oldest route between Leh and Yarkant
  • tallest pass of Karakoram mountain range

Sela Pass

  • elevation of 4170 m
  • Tawang District of Arunachal Pradesh
  • connects Tawang to rest of India through Tezpur and Guwahati
  • receives heavy snowfall in winter
  • remains opens throughout the year
  • only gateway to the Tawang and Buddhist Tawang Monastery

Khardung La Pass

  • elevation of 5800 m
  • highest motorable pass
  • located near Ladakh region

Bomdi La Pass

  • elevation of 2600 m
  • connects Arunachal Pradesh with Lhasa, Tibet

Zoji La Pass

  • elevation of 3950 m
  • connects Srinagar with Kargil and Leh
  • vital link between Ladakh and Kashmir

Shipki La Pass

  • Indo-Tibet border
  • Located in Kinnaur district in Himachal Pradesh
  • Sutlej river enters India through this pass

Pir Panjal Pass

  • connects Kullu Valley with Lahaul Valley and Spiti Valley of Himachal Pradesh

Nathu La Pass

  • elevation of 4310 m
  • connects Sikkim and China

Lipu Lekh Pass

  • elevation of 5340 m
  • connects Kumaon region of Uttarakhand with Tibet

Diphu Pass

  • elevation of 4587 m
  • at tri-point of borders of India, China and Myanmar
  • strategic approach to eastern Assam

Jelep La Pass

  • elevation of 4267 m
  • connects Sikkim with Lhasa, Tibet

Rivers

Name Origin Mouth Mixes With
Indus Sengge Zangbo and Gar, Tibet Indus river delta, Karachi
Sutlej Lake Rakshas Tal, Tibet Indus near Bhawalpur, Pak
Beas Beas Kund, Rohtang Sutlej near Firozpur, Punjab
Parbati Man Talai near Parbati Pass Beas near Kullu
Chenab Bara Lacha Pass, Lahaul and Spiti Sutlej near Unch Sharif, Pak
Ravi Kangra, HP Chenab in Pakistan
Jhelum Verinag spring, Anantnag, J&K Chenab in Pakistan
Brahmaputra Angsi glacier, Tibet Ganges Delta, Bangladesh
Subansiri Himalayas, China Brahmaputra at Lakhimpur, Assam
Dihang Patkai Hills Brahmaputra at Dihingmukh, Assam
Manas Bhutan Brahmaputra at Jogighopa, Assam
Teesta Cholamu and Gurudongmar lakes Brahmaputra near Rangpur, Bangladesh
Lohit Zayal Chu, east Tibet Brahmaputra
Dibang Keya pass, Dibang Valley in Arunachal Pradesh Lohit in Sadiya, Assam
Ganga Gangotri, Uttarakhand Ganges Delta, Bangladesh
Hooghly Splits from Ganga near Farkka bridge, Murshidabad Bay of Bengal
Damodar Chandwa, Latehar, Jharkhand Hooghly in West Bengal
Kosi Saptkoshi tributaries in Nepal Ganga near Kursela, Bihar
Gandak Nhubine glacier, Mustang, Nepal Ganga near Sonpur, Bihar
Son Amarkantak, MP Ganga near north Patna
Yamuna Yamunotri Glacier, Uttarakhand Ganga at Allahabad
Alaknanda Satopnath Ganga at Devprayag, Uttarakhand
Bhagirathi Gaumukh, Uttarakhand Ganga at Devprayag, Uttarakhand
Godavari Brahmagiri mountains, Nasik East Godavari district, AP
Indravati Dandakaranya, Kalahandi, Orissa Godavari near border of Maharashtra, Chhatisgarh and Telengana
Krishna Mahabaleshwar, Maharashtra Krishna district, AP
Tungabhadra Confluence of Tunga and Bhadra near Koodli, Karnataka Krishna near Alampur, Telengana
Bhima Bhimashankar, Maharashtra Krishna near Raichur
Indrayani Lonaval, Maharashtra Bhima
Kaveri Talakaveri, Kodagu, Karnataka Kaveri delta, TN
Amravati Anamalai Hills Kaveri at Karur, TN
Mahanadi Dandkaranya, Chhatisgarh False point, Kendrapada, Odisha
Pennar Nandi hills, Chikkaballapur, Karnataka Nellore, AP
Tapti Satpura Range, MP Gulf of Khambat, Surat
Narmada Narmada Kund, Amarkantak, MP Gulf of Khambat, Surat
Sabarmati Dhebar lake, Aravalli, Rajasthan Gulf of Khambat
Periyar Sivagiri hills, TN Lakshadweep sea, Kerala

Dams

Dam River State
Tungabhadra Tungabhadra Karnataka
Mettur Kaveri Tamil Nadu
Krishnarajsagar Kaveri Karnataka
Indira Sagar Narmada Madhya Pradesh
Sardar Sarovar Narmada Gujarat
Omkareshwar Narmada Madhya Pradesh
Hirakud Mahanadi Odisha
Bhakra Nangal Sutlej Punjab/Himachal Pradesh
Nagarjuna Sagar Krishna Telengana/Andhra Pradesh
Uri Jhelum Jammu & Kashmir
Ramagundam Godavari Andhra Pradesh
Dummaguden Godavari Andhra Pradesh

Straits

Name Connects Seperates
Palk Bay of Bengal/Gulf of Mannar India/Sri Lanka
Malacca Pacific Ocean/Indian Ocean Malaysia/Indonesia
Makassar Celebes Sea/Java Sea Borneo/Sulawesi
Sunda Java sea/Indian Ocean Java islands/Sumatra islands
Tsugaru Sea of Japan/PAcific Ocean Honshu/Hokkaido
Strait of Tartary Sea of Okhatsk/Sea of Japan Russian island of Sakhalin/Mainland Russia
Formosa South China Sea/East China Sea Taiwan/China
Hormuz Persian gulf/gulf of omman UAE&Oman/Iran
Bab al-Mandab Red sea/Gulf of aden Yemen/Ethiopia
Mozambique Within Indian Ocean Mozambique/Madagascar
Bosphorous Black Sea/Sea of Marmara European Turkey/Asian Turkey
Oranto Adriatic Sea/Ionian Sea Italy/Albania
Messina Strait Terranian Sea/Ionian Sea Sicily Islands/Calabria Italy
Gibraltar Strait Atlantic Ocean/Mediterranean Sea Spain/Morocco
Torres Pacific Australia/New Guinea
Bass Tasman Sea/Pacific Ocean Tasmania/Victoria
Cook Tasman Sea/Pacific OCean South and North Islands of New Zealand
Yucatan strait Gulf of mexico/Carribean Sea Cuba/Mexico
Florida Gulf of mexico/Atlantic Ocean USA/Cuba
Hudson Atlantic OCean/Labrador Sea Canada
Davis Strait Baffis bay/Atlantic OCean Greenland/Canada
Denmark Atlantic Ocean Greenland/Iceland
Dover North Sea/English Channel England/France
North Strait Irish Sea/Atlantic OCean Ireland/Scotland
Bering Arctic Ocean/Pacific Ocean Russia/USA