Consider the following pairs : Wetlands Confluence of rivers

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?

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UPSC IAS – 2014

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Pair 1 is correctly matched. Harike Wetlands are located at the confluence of the Beas and Satluj rivers in Punjab.

The question tests knowledge of the geographical locations of prominent Indian wetlands and national parks relative to river systems.

Pair 2 is incorrect; Keoladeo Ghana National Park in Rajasthan is fed by the Ban Ganga and Gambhir rivers, not the Banas and Chambal rivers. Pair 3 is incorrect; Kolleru Lake in Andhra Pradesh is located between the deltas of the Godavari and Krishna rivers, not specifically at the confluence of the Musi and Krishna (Musi is a tributary of Krishna, but the lake’s location is described by its position relative to the deltas).

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