Question

Differentiate between himalayan and peninsular drainage system.

Answer 1

Answer:

Himalayan Drainage system:

• Himalayan rivers are perennials...
• The Himalayan rivers have a long course from their origin to sea....
• They are drained by melting of snow as well as from monsoonal rainfall...
• These rivers forms meanders, oxbow lakes, deltas,and other depositional features in their float plain...
• ex-Indus,Ganga and Brahmaputra

Peninsular drainage system:

• They are seasonal....
• The peninsular rivers have shorter course from their origin to sea....
• They are drained by only monsoonal rainfall...
• The depositional activities of river is very less and have a very shallow course....
• ex-Krishna , kaveri , Mahanadi, Godavari, Narmada......

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