Drainage System in India

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Drainage System in India: Overview

This topic covers concepts, such as Drainage System, Water Divide, Indian Drainage System, Himalayan Rivers & Peninsular Rivers etc.

Important Questions on Drainage System in India

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River in its last stage forms -

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Refer to the given circles below, select the correct option regarding ‘X’ and ‘Y’:

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Name the treaty between India and Pakistan according to which India can use only 20 percent water of river Indus.

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Which type of drainage pattern does an area have where hard and soft rocks exist parallel to each other?

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The second-highest waterfall in India powers which set of the following cities?

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A river cutsoff the ox bow lakes from which of the following?

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Most of the rivers in India drain into the Bay of Bengal except for two. What is the reason for the same?

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What is an elevated area that divides two drainage basin known as?

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Match the items of column A with the corresponding items of column B and select the correct choice:

                                            Column A                                      Column B

                                             1. Drainage                                  i. Elevated area that separates two drainage basins.                                      

                                             2. River system                            ii. River system of an area

                                             3. Water divide                             iii. Area drained by a single river system

                                             4. Drainage basin                         iv. River along with its tributaries

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The delta formed by the Ganga, Brahmaputra and Meghna is known as the ____ Delta.

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Which of the following is a major feature of the Himalayan river?

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The largest river basin formed by the Himalayan rivers in India is _____.

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In which country river Indus rises near Lake Manasarovar?