Son River basin

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The Son River basin is a major river drainage area in central and eastern India, encompassing parts of Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, and Bihar, and serving as an important tributary system of the Ganges.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Son River basin canonical 5
Son River valley 1
Sone River basin 1

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Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf drainage basin
river basin
climate tropical monsoon climate
containsStructure Bansagar Dam
Dehri Anicut
Indrapuri Barrage
Rihand Dam
country India
drainagePattern dendritic drainage pattern
drainedBy Son River NERFINISHED
environmentalIssue deforestation in upper catchment
siltation
soil erosion
water pollution in lower reaches
flowsThroughPhysiographicRegion Chotanagpur Plateau
Kaimur Range
linked to: Kaimur Hills

Middle Ganga Plain
linked to: Indo-Gangetic Plain

Vindhyan plateau
hasPart Banas River (Son tributary) basin
Bihar segment of the Ganges alluvial plain
Gopad River basin
Johilla River basin
Kanhar River basin
Mahan River (Son tributary) basin
North Koel River basin
linked to: North Koel River

Rihand River basin
Son River NERFINISHED
locatedIn central India
eastern India
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Bihar
Chhattisgarh
Jharkhand
Madhya Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh
majorCityInBasin Dehri-on-Sone
Renukoot
Sidhi
Singrauli
Sonpur
mouthLocatedNear Patna
partOf Ganges basin
linked to: Ganges Basin
primaryUse domestic water supply
hydroelectric power generation
industrial water supply
irrigation
receivesWaterFrom southwest monsoon rainfall
supportsEconomicActivity agriculture
mining
thermal power generation
tributaryOf Ganges River
linked to: Ganges

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Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Maikal Hills formsWatershedBetween Son River basin
Sasaram locatedNear Son River basin
Son River drainageBasin Son River basin
subject linked to: Son
Sonbhadra district locatedIn Son River valley
linked to: Son River basin
Son Valley partOf Son River basin
Palamu division river Son River basin
subject linked to: Palamu division of Jharkhand
Aurangabad district (Bihar) locatedOnRiverBasin Sone River basin
subject linked to: Aurangabad district
linked to: Son River basin