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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
The Indus river flows into Pakistan through ______.
Ganga river reaches plain at ______.
Name the part of the Himalayas lying between the Kali and Tista rivers.
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.
The Gangetic plain was formed due to ______.
Which is the west-flowing river in the central part of India?
Give geographical reason.
The peninsular rivers don't face the problem of flood.
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
