Question

Explain the following:

The Himalayan rivers are typical examples of antecedent drainage.

The Himalayan rivers are typical examples of antecedent drainage. Explain.

Answer 1

Antecedent drainage is a river system originating before a period of uplift and folding of the land as a result of earth movements. The Himalayan rivers like the Indus, Satluj and Brahmaputra, continue to cut down their valley at approximately the same rate as the uplift of the land and so maintain the general pattern and direction. So these rivers are known as Antecedent drainage.