Question

describe any three feature of Himalayan River

Answer 1

Main features of the Himalayan Rivers :

i. Himalayan rivers have large basins.

ii. Many of them make spectacular gorges.

iii. They are perennial in nature.

iv. They perform intensive erosional activities upstream and carry large amount of load of sand and silt.

v. In plains they iluw forming large meanders due to gentle scope.

vi. They form numerous depositional features like flood plain, river bluffs and levees.

Answer 2

● Himalayan rivers are perennial in nature.
● Himalayan rivers cause much erosion and have great flow of water.
● Himalayan rivers are meandering.
● Himalayan rivers create great plains suitable for agriculture, urbanization, and industrialization. These are some of the most densely populated areas in the country.
● Himalayan rivers are much longer and deeper.
● Basins of Himalayan rivers are much deeper.
● Himalayan rivers irrigate the northern plains.