Indian Rivers and Waterways

The Ganges is the longest and most significant river in India, both geographically and culturally.

A delta is a landform created by the deposition of sediment that is carried by a river as the flow leaves its mouth and enters slower-moving or stagnant water.

The Paraguay and Parana rivers flow through the southwestern region of Brazil, eventually forming part of the Rio de la Plata basin.

The Paraguay and Parana rivers are major tributaries that contribute to the Rio de la Plata basin, which flows through Argentina.

Gobind Ballabh Pant Sagar located in Sonebhadra district, Uttar Pradesh, is the biggest man-made lake of India. The lake is created by the reservoir of Rihand Dam. Similarly, Dhebar Lake, which is also called as Jaisamand Lake and is located in Udaipur district of Rajasthan, is the second biggest man-made lake.

Chilka Lake is a brackish water lagoon located on the east coast of India, situated between the deltas of the Mahanadi and Godavari rivers.

Wular Lake in Kashmir is a tectonic lake formed by the subsidence of the earth's crust, often described as being formed by terminal morainic dams in geological contexts.

Penamakuru is a village located in Krishna district of Andhra Pradesh, India. Bharatha Yuvajana Sangham, a youth welfare organisation, conduct the Games Meet to mark Sankranti in January to prevent illegal activities such as gambling and cock fights, in Penamakuru village of Thotlavalluru mandal in Krishna District.

Krishna district is an administrative district in the Coastal Andhra region of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. Machilipatnam is the administrative headquarters and Vijayawada is the most populated city in the district. It has an area of 8,727 km² and had a population of 45,29,009 as per 2011 census of India.

Kolkata is situated on the banks of the Hooghly River, which is a distributary of the Ganga.

• The Brahmaputra is the broadest (most wide) river of India thus facilitates the formation of big islands. Majuli is the largest riverine island located in the Brahmaputra river in Assam hence it is the correct answer.
• The Ganges has a few islands in its delta regions like Sagar island
• No significant islands are found in Yamuna and Satluj.

Kolkata is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. Located on the east bank of the Hooghly River approximately 80 kilometers (50 mi) west of the border with Bangladesh, it is the principal commercial, cultural, and educational center of East India, while the Port of Kolkata is India's oldest operating port and its sole major riverine port.

The Taj Mahal is an ivory-white marble mausoleum on the south bank of the Yamuna river in the Indian city of Agra. It was commissioned in 1632 by the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan (reigned from 1628 to 1658) to house the tomb of his favorite wife, Mumtaz Mahal; it also houses the tomb of Shah Jahan himself.

Agra is the city that is not located on the banks of river Ganga. It is situated on the bank of river Yamuna, originating from ' Yamnotri' glacier in the uppermost region of lower Himalaya in Uttarakhand. It also the longest tributary of the Ganga river.