Which river originates from Yamunotri and meets the Ganga at Prayagraj?
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This question examines an important river-or-lake fact: “Which river originates from Yamunotri and meets the Ganga at Prayagraj?” The correct answer is Yamuna. The Yamuna River originates from the Yamunotri Glacier in Uttarakhand and flows through Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Delhi, Haryana, and Uttar Pradesh before meeting the Ganga at Triveni Sangam in Prayagraj. The Yamuna is the longest tributary of the Ganga. Rivers and lakes are central components of the hydrological cycle and physical geography. 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.