Son River is the major southern tributary of the Ganges, UPSC.

Sone River

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Context: More than 40 people trapped in the flooded Sone River near Lohargada and Merauni village of Hariharpur in Garhwa districts of Jharkhand.

Name	Sone.
Other Name	Maikalsut, Shona(Ancient name) .
Rise	Near Amarkantak Hill in the Gaurela-Pendra-Marwahi district of Chhattisgarh.
Flows Into	Merges with the Ganges River near Patna in Bihar.
Nature of flow	Rain-fed.
Flows through (States)	500 km lies in the Madhya Pradesh, 82 km in Uttar Pradesh and remaining 202 km in Jharkhand and Bihar.
Length	784 km.
Catchment area	71,259 km2.
River Cource and valley	Cuts through the Kaimur Range before merger with the Ganges. The Son Valley is an extension of the Narmada River valley.
Soil	Major groups of soils of the Son basin are red yellow soil, red sandy soil and younger alluvial soil.
Tributary of	Ganges (Right) (the 2^nd-largest tributary after Yamuna).
Tributaries	The Rihand River, the Koel River, Gopad River, the Kanhar River. The Koel River is the largest tributary.
Projects/Dams	Bansagar dam and Indrapuri barrage.
Navigation	National Waterway 94- Bihar.
National Parks/wild life sanctuary	Bagdara Wildlife Sanctuary.
Threat from the river.	Flood.
Threat to the River	Urbanization, Pollution, Illegal sand mining. Initiatives: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has ordered a complete stoppage of mining operations in the Son riverbed located in Sonbhadra district, Uttar Pradesh.

Sources:

https://www.ias.ac.in/article/fulltext/jess/124/06/1293-1309

PRACTICE QUESTION

Q. Consider the following statements.

1.Sone River cuts through the Kaimur Range and joins the Ganges above Patna.

2.Sone River is the largest southernmost tributary of the Ganga river.

3.The Rihand is the major tributary of the Son river.

How many of the statement/s given above is/are incorrect?

A.Only one

B.Only two

C.All three

D.None

Answer D