BIOSPHERE RESERVES AND RIVERS IN INDIA

LIST OF BIOSPHERE RESERVES IN INDIA

1. Nilgiri        -     Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka

2. Nanda Devi      -     Uttar Pradesh (part of Chamoli, Pithorgarh and Almora districts and Meghalaya ( part of Garo hills)

3. Nokrek       -       Meghalaya

4. Manas      -        Assam

5. Sunderbans       -     West Bengal

6. Gulf of Mannar       -       Tamil Nadu

7. Great Nicobar       -       (A & N Islands)

8. Simlipal         -       Orissa

9. Dibru-Saikhowa       -       Assam

10. Dihang Dibang       -       Arunachal Pradesh

11. Kanchenchunga           -       Sikkim

12. Pachmarhi          -       Madhya Pradesh

13. Agasthyamalai        -         Kerala

14. Achanakamar    -      Amarkantak     -   Parts of MP and parts of Chattisgarh

LENGTH OF RIVERS ( in KM) :-

Indus - 2900

Brahmaputra - 2900

Ganga - 2510

Godavari - 1450

Narmada - 1290

Krishna - 1290

Mahanadi - 890

Kaveri - 760