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- A river is a naturally flowing water body containing freshwater.
- It flows towards a big water body such as an ocean or sea.
- In some places, the river flows into the ground and gets dry before meeting another water body.
- Rivers flow through mountains, hills, valleys, plains and other geographical locations.
- Rivers contain only 0.0001% of freshwater on earth.
- Rivers of India play a very important role in the lives of Indians.
- The Ganga, Yamuna, Brahmaputra, Mahanadi, Godavari, Krishna are the important rivers of India.
- The rivers also have an important role in Hindu Religion.
- They are considered holy by many Hindus in the country.
- Rivers are the backbone of human civilizations.