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Geo-Strategy Module - III

Security and Geo-Strategy
material (Uranium, Thorium and Monozite) as well as the ability to develop
atomic energy. Atomic energy plants are set up at Tarapore, Rana Pratap Sagar,
Kota and Kalpakkam in Madras.

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7.2.2 Natural Resources
• River systems: As you know water is the main source of life and India is bestowed
with several perennial rivers. There are three major river systems in India and
the Himalayan mountains are a good source of one of the greatest river systems
called the Himalayan rivers. They are: the Indus river systems, the Ganges and
the Brahmaputra river systems all of which run to more than 2000 km. Besides
this there are other major rivers like Mahanadi, Godavari, Krishna, Cauvery
and Narmada rivers. As you will see, the river systems provide good source of
power generation for the country.

ACTIVITY 7.1

Find out the difference between perennial and seasonal rivers. Write the names of
at least two perennial and one seasonal river in your state.

• Natural Vegetation: The character of vegetation of a place depends on its
temperature, rainfall, interference by man and soil. The vegetation is tropical

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