Indian Geography Quiz 2

The Mettur Dam is the largest in Tamil Nadu, located across the river Cauvery where it enters the plains. Mettur Dam Hydro Power Project is a small town in Salem District, Tamil Nadu.

Shipki La is a mountain pass is located in Kinnaur district in the state of Himachal Pradesh, India and Ngari Prefecture in Tibet, China.

Although cyclones affect the entire coast of India, the East coast (Bay of Bengal) is more prone as compared to the West coast. Four states - Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal and one Union Territory - Pondicherry on the East Coast are most vulnerable to cyclone disasters. Coastal Andhra (Coromandal) is a region in the state of Andhra Pradesh.

Narmada and the Tapti does not form delta due to the fact that the west flowing rivers, especially the Narmada and the Tapi flow through hard rocks and hence do not carry any good amount of silt.

Patna is the northern-most city among the given cities/towns.

The river originates from the Kailash ranges of the Himalayas at an elevation of 5300 m. After flowing through Tibet it enters India through Arunachal Pradesh.

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

The Ganga Canal is a canal system that irrigates the Doab region between the Ganges River and the Yamuna River in India. The canal system irrigates nearly 9,000 km² of fertile agricultural land in ten districts of Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand.

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.

Hirakud Dam is built across the Mahanadi River, Sambalpur in the state of Odisha in India.