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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
Choose the right answer from the alternative given below.
Which one of the following describes the drainage patterns resembling the branches of a tree?
______ River is known as ‘Sorrow of Bihar’.
Give Reasons:
South Indian rivers are east flowing.
Give Reasons:
West flowing rivers do not form deltas.
State the west following rivers of India.
Give a detailed account on the basin of the Ganga.
India is connected with Europe through ______.
The ______ river system is the largest drainage system of India.
The Gangetic plain was formed due to ______.
The rivers passed their ways by eroding their ______ when Himalayas lifted themselves high.
