Geography: Drainage Systems and River Basins

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What does the term 'drainage' refer to?

The flow of water in a single stream

The size of a lake or sea

The river system of an area (correct)

The elevation of a mountain

What is the area drained by a single river system called?

Perennial rivers

Drainage basin (correct)

Peninsular rivers

Water divide

What separates two drainage basins?

Small streams

Elevated area (correct)

Large water body

Lofty mountains

What distinguishes the Himalayan rivers from the Peninsular rivers?

Perennial flow Signup and view all the answers

Where do the two major Himalayan rivers, the Indus and the Brahmaputra, originate from?

North of the mountain ranges Signup and view all the answers

What do most of the Himalayan rivers have from their source to the sea?

Long courses Signup and view all the answers

Which river has the largest basin in India?

Ganga River Signup and view all the answers

Where do most of the rivers of peninsular India originate?

Western Ghats Signup and view all the answers

What type of drainage pattern develops where hard and soft rocks exist parallel to each other?

Trellis pattern Signup and view all the answers

Which river system is joined by tributaries including Zaskar, Nubra, Shyok, and Hunza?

Indus River System Signup and view all the answers

In which part of India does the Indus River enter?

Ladakh district of Jammu and Kashmir Signup and view all the answers

What are the main Himalayan rivers mentioned in the text?

Indus, Ganga, Brahmaputra Signup and view all the answers

What is the source of the Indus River?

Tibet, near Lake Mansarowar Signup and view all the answers

Where do most of the rivers of peninsular India flow towards?

Bay of Bengal Signup and view all the answers

What is the area drained by a single river system called?

drainage basin Signup and view all the answers

What separates two drainage basins?

water divide Signup and view all the answers

What distinguishes the Himalayan rivers from the Peninsular rivers?

perennial Signup and view all the answers

Where do most of the rivers of peninsular India originate?

Peninsular India Signup and view all the answers

Which river system is joined by tributaries including Zaskar, Nubra, Shyok, and Hunza?

Indus River Signup and view all the answers

Where do the two major Himalayan rivers, the Indus and the Brahmaputra, originate from?

north of the mountain ranges Signup and view all the answers

Which river originates in Tibet near Lake Mansarowar and forms a picturesque gorge in the Ladakh district of Jammu and Kashmir?

Indus Signup and view all the answers

What are the major Himalayan rivers mentioned in the text?

Indus, Ganga, Brahmaputra Signup and view all the answers

In which part of India does the Indus River enter?

Ladakh district of Jammu and Kashmir Signup and view all the answers

Where do most of the rivers of peninsular India flow towards?

Bay of Bengal Signup and view all the answers

What type of drainage pattern develops where hard and soft rocks exist parallel to each other?

Trellis Signup and view all the answers

What distinguishes the Himalayan rivers from the Peninsular rivers?

Length and tributaries Signup and view all the answers

What is the source of the Indus River?

Tibet, near Lake Mansarowar Signup and view all the answers

What do most of the Himalayan rivers have from their source to the sea?

Many large and important tributaries Signup and view all the answers

What separates two drainage basins?

Water divide Signup and view all the answers

What is the area drained by a single river system called?

Drainage basin Signup and view all the answers

Geography: Drainage Systems and River Basins

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What does the term 'drainage' refer to?

What is the area drained by a single river system called?

What separates two drainage basins?

What distinguishes the Himalayan rivers from the Peninsular rivers?

Where do the two major Himalayan rivers, the Indus and the Brahmaputra, originate from?

What do most of the Himalayan rivers have from their source to the sea?

Which river has the largest basin in India?

Where do most of the rivers of peninsular India originate?

What type of drainage pattern develops where hard and soft rocks exist parallel to each other?

Which river system is joined by tributaries including Zaskar, Nubra, Shyok, and Hunza?

In which part of India does the Indus River enter?

What are the main Himalayan rivers mentioned in the text?

What is the source of the Indus River?

Where do most of the rivers of peninsular India flow towards?

What is the area drained by a single river system called?

What separates two drainage basins?

What distinguishes the Himalayan rivers from the Peninsular rivers?

Where do most of the rivers of peninsular India originate?

Which river system is joined by tributaries including Zaskar, Nubra, Shyok, and Hunza?

Where do the two major Himalayan rivers, the Indus and the Brahmaputra, originate from?

Which river originates in Tibet near Lake Mansarowar and forms a picturesque gorge in the Ladakh district of Jammu and Kashmir?

What are the major Himalayan rivers mentioned in the text?

In which part of India does the Indus River enter?

Where do most of the rivers of peninsular India flow towards?

What type of drainage pattern develops where hard and soft rocks exist parallel to each other?

What distinguishes the Himalayan rivers from the Peninsular rivers?

What is the source of the Indus River?

What do most of the Himalayan rivers have from their source to the sea?

What separates two drainage basins?

What is the area drained by a single river system called?

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