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प्रश्न
Answer the following question briefly.
What is meant by a water divide? Give an example.
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उत्तर
Any elevated area, such as a mountain or an upland, which separates two drainage basins is known as water divide; for example, the water divide between the Indus and the Ganga river systems. Ambala is located on this water divide. The Western Ghats form the main water divide in Peninsular India.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Identify the wrong pair.
Rivers and tributaries
a) Sindhu-Satluj
b) Amazon- Uruguay
c) Paraguay –Parana
d) Ganga-Yamuna
Match the following:
| 1. | Tsangpo | Tributary of River Ganga |
| 2. | Yamuna | Highest peak in India |
| 3. | New alluvium | River Brahmaputra in Tibet |
| 4. | Mt. Godwin Southern part of East Austen (K2) | Coastal Plain |
| 5. | Coromandel Coast | Khadar |
Give Reasons:
West flowing rivers do not form deltas.
Distinguish between the following:
Himalayan rivers and Peninsular rivers.
India is connected with Europe through ______.
Name the largest river of the Indian Ocean.
The deltaic region of lower Ganga, the uplands are known as ______.
The ______ river system is the largest drainage system of India.
Answer the following in paragraph:
What do you mean by drainage system? Write a note on it.
Give geographical reason.
The peninsular rivers don't face the problem of flood.
