Tag: Song river

The Song River is a river in Dehradun district that drains the central and eastern part of the Doon Valley. A tributary of Sooswa river, which in turn is a tributary of the Ganges, it originates as the spring-fed stream in the southern slopes of the Mussoorie ridge of the Himalayan range and runs from Dhanaulti towards Narendra Nagar.As is common in hilly areas, there are several streams running south from the mountains that merge into one river that emerges from the hills a little after Shahastradhara.Song is one of the largest rivers that drain the Doon Valley, and its tributaries include, Kali Gad, Shahastradhara, Assan River and Rispana River.