Important questions.
1. What
is a drainage basin?
2. What
is the water divide?
3. Name
the world’s largest drainage basin.
4. What
are the four different drainage patterns?
5. What
is a river system?
6. When
was the Indus Water Treaty signed?
7. Name
the world’s largest and fastest-growing delta.
8. By
what name, the river Brahmaputra is known in Tibet and Bangladesh?
9. Which
Indian River is known as the ‘Dakshin Ganga’?
10. Where do the two rivers Indus and Ganga
have their origin?
Ans1- The area drained by a single River system is called a drainage basin.
ReplyDeleteAns2- Any uplifted area such as mountain or an upland separated by two drainage basin is known as a water divide
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ReplyDeleteAns4- Drainage patterns are dendritic trellis, rectangular and radical patterns.
ReplyDeleteAns5- A river along with its tributaries are called as a River system.
ReplyDeleteAns3- The world's drainage basin is of the Amazon River
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ReplyDeleteAns7- Sundarban delta
ReplyDeleteAns8- Brahamputra river is known as Tsang Po in Tibet and Jamuna in Bangladesh
ReplyDeleteAns9-Godavari River
ReplyDeleteAns10- The second biggest waterfall in India is the Jog Falls in the Kaveri river
ReplyDeleteAns11- Indus river has its origin in Tibet near Mansarovar Lake while Ganga River has its origin in Gangotri Glacier, Uttaranchal
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