UPSC PYQ: Wetlands and River Confluences (2014)
UPSC Prelims 2014 — pair matching, worked on the map
Consider the following pairs: Wetlands — Confluence of rivers 1. Harike Wetlands — Confluence of Beas and Satluj/Sutlej 2. Keoladeo Ghana National Park — Confluence of Banas and Chambal 3. Kolleru Lake — Confluence of Musi and Krishna Which of the above pairs is/are correctly matched?
Correctly matched — Harike Wetland in Punjab sits right at the confluence of the Beas and Sutlej rivers, which is what makes it one of the largest wetlands in northern India.
See Harike Wetlands on the map ↗Keoladeo (Bharatpur), in Rajasthan, is fed by the Gambhir and Banganga rivers, not a Banas–Chambal confluence.
See Keoladeo Ghana National Park on the map ↗Kolleru Lake in Andhra Pradesh lies between the Krishna and Godavari river deltas, not at a Musi–Krishna confluence.
See Kolleru Lake on the map ↗Explore every pair yourself on the Protected Areas & Wetlands Map — switch to Recall mode once you've seen where each one actually sits.