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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
Give Reasons:
North Indian Rivers are perennial.
Distinguish between the following:
Himalayan rivers and Peninsular rivers.
The Indus river flows into Pakistan through ______.
Name the major west-flowing rivers in the peninsular plateau.
Name the largest river of the Indian Ocean.
The deltaic region of lower Ganga, the uplands are known as ______.
On an outline map of India mark and label the following lakes: Chilika, Sambhar, Wular, Pulicat, Kolleru.
With the help of the given statistical data prepare a simple bar graph and answer the following questions.
| Ganga River | Amazon River | |
| Total catchment area (in sq.km) | 10,16,124 | 70,50,000 |
| The total length of the river (in km) | 2,525 | 6400 |
| Water discharge (Cu.m. per sec) | 16,648 | 2,09,000 |
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- What is inferred from the graph?
- What can be said about the water discharge of the Amazon river?
Mark the following in the outline map of India. Write the names and given index.
- Lakshadweep Islands
- Coromandel Coast
- Gulf of Khambhat
- Any Major Port
- Thar Desert
- Palk Strait
