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Name the rivers with which the following dams are associated:

(a) Tehri Dam


(b) Sardar Sarovar Dam


(c) Bhakra Dam

(a) Tehri Dam is associated with river Ganga and is the tallest dam in India near Tehri in Uttarakhand.

(b) Sardar Sarovar Dam is associated with river Narmada and is a gravity dam near Navagam in Gujarat.


(c) Bhakra Dam is associated with river Satluj and is a concrete gravity dam in Bilaspur, Himachal Pradesh.


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