{"id":282025,"date":"2024-02-10T18:50:57","date_gmt":"2024-02-10T13:20:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=282025"},"modified":"2024-02-11T11:53:19","modified_gmt":"2024-02-11T06:23:19","slug":"gomti-river-rescue-of-turtles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/gomti-river-rescue-of-turtles\/","title":{"rendered":"Rescued Turtles Released in Gomti River"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-282129 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Rescued-Turtles-Released-in-Gomti-River.webp?resize=555%2C433&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Rescued Turtles Released in Gomti River\" width=\"555\" height=\"433\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Rescued-Turtles-Released-in-Gomti-River.webp?resize=300%2C234&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Rescued-Turtles-Released-in-Gomti-River.webp?resize=1024%2C800&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Rescued-Turtles-Released-in-Gomti-River.webp?resize=768%2C600&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Rescued-Turtles-Released-in-Gomti-River.webp?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 555px) 100vw, 555px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Source-This post on <strong>Gomti River<\/strong> has been created based on the article &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/cities\/lucknow-news\/over-600-rescued-turtles-released-in-gomti-river-101707418541163.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Over 600 rescued turtles released in Gomti river<\/strong><\/a>&#8221; published in &#8220;<strong>Hindustan Times<\/strong>&#8221; on 10 February 2024.<\/p>\n<h2>Why in the news?<\/h2>\n<p>Over 600 turtles seized from smugglers were released into the Gomti river in forest area of Malihabad near Chandrika Devi Temple.<\/p>\n<h2>About Gomati river<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_282027\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-282027\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-282027\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Gomti-river-image.jpg?resize=300%2C141&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Gomti river\" width=\"300\" height=\"141\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Gomti-river-image.jpg?resize=300%2C141&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Gomti-river-image.jpg?w=612&amp;ssl=1 612w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-282027\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source-iStock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<table style=\"color: var(--global--color-primary); font-family: var(--global--font-secondary); font-size: var(--global--font-size-base); border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%; height: 390px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 30px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 11.8182%; height: 30px;\"><strong>Aspect<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 88.1818%; height: 30px;\"><strong>Details<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 60px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 11.8182%; height: 60px;\"><strong>Origin<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 88.1818%; height: 60px;\">It is an <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">alluvial river<\/span> that originates from the Gomat Taal, or Fulhaar Jheel from Pilibhit in Uttar Pradesh.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 30px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 11.8182%; height: 30px;\"><strong>Mouth<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 88.1818%; height: 30px;\">\u00a0It joins river Ganga near <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Varanasi<\/span>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 30px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 11.8182%; height: 30px;\"><strong>Drainage<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 88.1818%; height: 30px;\">The total drainage area of the river is 30,437 sq. km.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 30px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 11.8182%; height: 30px;\"><strong>Tributaries<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 88.1818%; height: 30px;\">Kathina, Bhainsi, Sarayan, Gon, Reth, Sai, Pili, and Kalyani.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 11.8182%;\"><strong>Major cities<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 88.1818%;\">There are various cities that are situated on the banks of the River Gomti, such as Sultanpur, <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Lucknow<\/span>, Jaunpur, and Lakhimpur Kheri.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 11.8182%;\"><strong>Nature<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 88.1818%;\">It is a<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> perennial river<\/span>. It has a sluggish flow throughout the year, except during the monsoon season<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><b>Read more-<\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/question\/which-of-the-following-are-the-tributaries-of-ganga-river\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Ganga and its tributaries<\/span><\/a><b>.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPSC Syllabus-Geography in news<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source-This post on Gomti River has been created based on the article &#8220;Over 600 rescued turtles released in Gomti river&#8221; published in &#8220;Hindustan Times&#8221; on 10 February 2024. Why in the news? Over 600 turtles seized from smugglers were released into the Gomti river in forest area of Malihabad near Chandrika Devi Temple. About Gomati&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/gomti-river-rescue-of-turtles\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Rescued Turtles Released in Gomti River<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10374,"featured_media":282129,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,11209],"tags":[11872],"class_list":["post-282025","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-geography-in-news","tag-9pm-daily-factly","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Rescued-Turtles-Released-in-Gomti-River.webp?fit=1280%2C1000&ssl=1","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282025","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10374"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=282025"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282025\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/282129"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=282025"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=282025"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=282025"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}