• Dr. Ravindra K. Chavan
• Meena R. Chavan

India is one of such country in the world which is best owed with good number of rivers and tributaries. Which are helpful not only in the field of agricultural but also in inland transport system of the country. Rivers also form the basis for domestic and industrial water supply, generation of hydro-electricity, inland fishing, are responsible for deposition of fertile soil in the plains as well as formation of deltas. Some river basins are also responsible for trapping of oil and natural gas which also contribute to the list of usefulness of these rivers (Balsubramanian, 2007). Rivers are the significant sources of water and carry water and nutrients to areas worldwide. Their role is very vital in the water cycle and also as drainage channels for surface water. Rivers drain about 75% of the land surface of the Earth. The inner valleys of some great alluvial rivers contain the sites of ancestral permanent settlements, including pioneer cities. Sedentary settlement in Hither Asia began about 10,000 years ago at the site of Arīḥā (ancient Jericho). Similar settlement in the Tigris-Euphrates and Nile valleys dates back to at least 6000 BP. The first settlers are thought to have practiced a hunting economy, supplemented by harvesting of wild grain.Conversion to the management of domesticated animals and the cultivation of food crops provided the surpluses that made possible the rise of towns, with parts of their populations freed from direct dependence on food getting. Civilization in the Indus River valley, prominently represented at Mohenjo-daro, dates from about 4500 BP, while civilization in the Ganges valley can be traced to approximately 3000 BP.

DRAINAGE PATTERN AND RIVER SYSTEM IN SANGLI DISTRICT

"DRAINAGE PATTERN AND RIVER SYSTEM IN SANGLI DISTRICT", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.1, Issue 2, page no.1972-1976, July-2014, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1701694.pdf

"DRAINAGE PATTERN AND RIVER SYSTEM IN SANGLI DISTRICT", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.1, Issue 2, page no. pp1972-1976, July-2014, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1701694.pdf