{"id":31395,"date":"2025-03-22T03:23:58","date_gmt":"2025-03-21T21:53:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=31395"},"modified":"2025-04-16T11:37:36","modified_gmt":"2025-04-16T06:07:36","slug":"gambhir-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/gambhir-river\/","title":{"rendered":"Gambhir River"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Gambhir River Latest News<\/h2>\n<p>Rajasthan High Court recently sought a reply from chief secretary, divisional commissioner, Bharatpur, principal revenue secretary, district collector, Karauli, and SP, Karauli, in a case of alleged encroachment on the floodplain of Gambhiri river which supplies water to Ghana Bird Sanctuary.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>About Gambhir River<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The Gambhir River, also <strong>known as the Utangan River,<\/strong> is a significant watercourse in <strong>Rajasthan<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>It is a <strong>seasonal river<\/strong> and flows only in the rainy season.<\/li>\n<li>The Gambhir River Basin is located in the northeastern portion of Rajasthan.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>It is <strong>bounded by the Banganga river basin<\/strong> in the north, the <strong>Banas river basin <\/strong>in the southwest, <strong>Chambal and Parbati<\/strong> in the southeast; <strong>Uttar Pradesh state <\/strong>constitutes part of the <strong>boundary in the northeast.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Course:\u00a0<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Originating in the Aravalli Hills<\/strong> near Hindaun, the river flows through several districts before j<strong>oining the Yamuna River in Uttar Pradesh.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The river flows in a south-to-north direction, eventually forming the boundary between Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh.<\/li>\n<li>Its total length is approximately <strong>288 kilometres.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>The r<strong>iver is ephemeral, <\/strong>but b<strong>ecomes perennial after its confluence with the Parbati,<\/strong> outside Dhoulpur District.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>It <strong>supplies water to the Keoladeo National Park<\/strong>, a UNESCO World Heritage Site known for its bird sanctuary.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>The important <strong>tributaries <\/strong>of the Gambhir River are <strong>Sesa, Kher, and Parbati.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Gambhir River FAQs<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q1<\/strong>. In which Indian state is the Gambhir River primarily located?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans<\/strong>. Rajasthan<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q2<\/strong>. What is the approximate total length of the Gambhir River?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans<\/strong>. 288 km<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q3<\/strong>. Which major river does the Gambhir River ultimately join?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans<\/strong>. Yamuna<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/city\/jaipur\/hc-seeks-raj-govt-reply-on-of-gambhiri-river-floodplain\/articleshow\/119271374.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TOI<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Gambhir River, also called the Utangan River, is a vital watercourse in Rajasthan, supporting agriculture and local ecosystems with its seasonal flow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":31396,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-31395","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31395","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31395"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31395\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31396"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31395"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31395"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}