Tons River

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The sound ( Hindi: टोंस, clay ) is a right tributary of the Yamuna in northern India. The majority of the located in east-west direction of river course is located in the state of Uttarakhand, its drainage area is the border of the states of Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh. In Dakpathar (30 ° 30 'N, 77 ° 48' O30.49683333333377.801527777778 ) in the state of Uttar Pradesh leads the clay into the Yamuna and this case has a larger amount of water than the main river. The headwaters of the clay are Rupin and Supin that flow together at 1401 m altitude in the small town of netwar, the most famous town in the clay valley. Nearest large town is Dehradun.

The upper course of the river deeply incised clay valley is a habitat for a wide variety of plants, whose largest species include Himalayan cedars. The upper catchment area of the river lies in Govind Wildlife Sanctuary, in which, among other things, snow leopards, Asian black bears and musk oxen live. The section of the clay at Haripur is one of only four sections of 39 rivers in the Yamuna basin, where a completely clean water quality was attested by the Indian Environment and Forest Ministry.

Because of its rapids, some sections of the river for rafting or wild water canoeing, are used.

A dam is located about 26 km upstream from Dakpathar (30 ° 36 ' 50 "N, 77 ° 47' 27" O30.6137577.790916666667 ).

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  • Ganges river system
  • River in Asia
  • River in India
  • Geography ( Uttarakhand )
  • Geography ( Uttar Pradesh )
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