Hindon
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Overview
The Hindon is a tributary of the Yamuna in western Uttar Pradesh. Alamgirpur, the easternmost Harappan site, is on it.
It rises in the Shiwalik hills in Saharanpur district and flows south through Muzaffarnagar, Meerut and Ghaziabad.
It joins the Yamuna near Greater Noida.
Its heavy pollution from industry and sewage has been taken up by the National Green Tribunal.
The river is seasonal in its upper reaches and depends on rain.
It has been described as heavily polluted along its course.
It flows through industrial areas like Ghaziabad.
Several Harappan-related sites, including Alamgirpur, are near the river.
Geography and key facts
- Yamuna tributary
- Alamgirpur
- Saharanpur to Ghaziabad
- Joins Yamuna
- Polluted (NGT)
Why it matters for UPSC
Asked on Harappan sites.
Note for UPSC
A Yamuna tributary through western Uttar Pradesh.
Prelims asks about tributaries, the states a river flows through, its basin and the projects on it, so trace the course on the map.
Asked in PYQs
No question in our Prelims bank names Hindon yet.
Key facts
- Type
- River
- State / UT
- Uttar Pradesh
- River system
- Himalayan
- Basin
- Ganga
- Extent on map
- 28.4°–30.0°N, 77.4°–77.6°E
From the Map Explorer data; positions are for orientation.