Indian Geography Quiz 2

More than 64% of India's electricity generation capacity comes from thermal power plants, further, 21% from renewable, 13% from hydro and 2% from nuclear.

Badlands are a type of dry terrain where softer sedimentary rocks and clay-rich soils have been extensively eroded by wind and water. They are characterized by steep slopes, minimal vegetation, lack of a substantial regolith, and high drainage density. Badland topography is a major feature of the Chambal valley is characterized by an undulating floodplain, gullies and ravines.

The Indus Waters Treaty is a water-distribution treaty between India and Pakistan, brokered by the World Bank, to use the water available in the Indus River and its tributaries. It was signed in Karachi on 19 September 1960 by Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and Pakistani President Ayub Khan. Treaty gives control over the waters of the three “eastern rivers” — the Beas, Ravi and Sutlej — to India, while control over the waters of the three “western rivers” — the Indus, Chenab and Jhelum — to Pakistan.

The Thar Desert also known as the Great Indian Desert. Tt is a large, arid region in the northwestern part of the Indian subcontinent that covers an area of 200,000 km² and forms a natural boundary between India and Pakistan. It is the world's 20th-largest desert, and the world's 9th-largest hot subtropical desert.

NTPC Kawas is located at Aditya Nagar, Hazira in Surat district in the Indian state of Gujarat. The power plant is the gas-based combined cycle power plants of NTPC. Korba Super Thermal Power Plant is located in Chhattisgarh; Ramagundam in Telangana and Talcher in Odisha.

India is one of the few countries which has a forest policy since 1894. The first National Forest Policy in independent India came into effect in 1952.

Ranthambore National Park is a vast wildlife reserve near the town of Sawai Madhopur in Rajasthan. Gir Forest National Park is a wildlife sanctuary in Gujarat. Bandipur National Park is in the southern Indian state of Karnataka.

The Indira Gandhi Canal (Rajasthan Canal) is the longest (649km) canal in India and the largest irrigation project in the world.

Most of the major rivers of the peninsula such as the Mahanadi, the Godavari, the Krishna and the Cauvery (Kaveri) flow eastwards and drain into the Bay of Bengal. West flowing rivers such as the Narmada, the Tapi drained into the Arabian Sea. Flowing into the Arabian Sea: Narmada, Tapi, Sindhu, Sabarmati, Mahi, Purna. Flowing into the Bay of Bengal: Brahmaputra, Yamuna, Ganga (with its main tributaries), Meghna, Mahanadi, Godavari, Krishna (and their main tributaries), Cauvery.

Tata Steel Limited is an Indian multinational steel-making company based in Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, and is headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.