Which river is called the 'Dead River' because it does not reach the sea?
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This question examines an important river-or-lake fact: “Which river is called the 'Dead River' because it does not reach the sea?” The correct answer is Ghaggar. The Ghaggar River is often called the 'Dead River' because it eventually loses itself in the Thar Desert and does not reach any sea. The Ghaggar-Hakra river system is identified by many historians and geographers as the course of the ancient Saraswati River mentioned in the Vedas. A river system includes its source, tributaries, distributaries, drainage basin, watershed, channel, floodplain, delta or estuary and final outlet. River behaviour depends on relief, geology, rainfall, snowmelt, sediment load, vegetation and human intervention.