Consider the following pairs: National Park River flowing through the Park 1. Corbett National Park Ganga 2. Kaziranga National Park Manas 3. Silent Valley National Park Kaveri Which of the above pairs is/are correctly matched?

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UPSC CSE Prelims 2013

Consider the following pairs:

National Park	River flowing through the Park
1. Corbett National Park	Ganga
2. Kaziranga National Park	Manas
3. Silent Valley National Park	Kaveri

Which of the above pairs is/are correctly matched?

None of the pairs are correctly matched.

Pair 1: Corbett National Park is primarily drained by the Ramganga River, a significant tributary of the Ganga, rather than the main Ganga River itself.
Pair 2: Kaziranga National Park is located on the floodplains of the Brahmaputra River. The Manas River flows through Manas National Park, a separate protected area in Assam.
Pair 3: Silent Valley National Park, situated in Kerala, is drained by the Kunthipuzha (Kunthi River), which is a tributary of the Bharathapuzha. The Kaveri River does not flow through this national park.

SOURCENCERT Class 11 Geography Chapter 3: Drainage System, Environment by Shankar IAS, Chapter 10: Protected Area Network