Question

explain in detailed about himalayan rivers

Answer 1

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.