Question

III. Distinguish between the following:
1. The Western Ghats and the Eastern Ghats
3. Himalayan rivers and Peninsular rivers
2. The Western Coastal Plains and the Eastern Coastal Plains
IV. Name the following:
1. Waterbodies surrounding the Indian Peninsula
2. Countries which share land borders with India​

Answer 1

Answer:

1. The Western Ghats runs parallel to the western coast in a north-south direction from the Tapi River to Kanyakumari. But the Eastern Ghats runs in a north-east to a south-west direction parallel to theeastern coast from Orissa to the Nilgiri hills. Western Ghat's average width is 50 to 80 km.The Eastern Ghats include several discontinuous and dissimilar hill masses that generally trend northeast-southwest along the Bay of Bengal
2. The Peninsular rivers are non-perennial which means they receive water from glacier and rainfall whereas Himalayan rivers are perennial which means they are seasonal-dependent on monsoon. The Peninsular river have narrow catchment area whereas the Himalayan rivers have large catchment area.

Answer 2

Answer:

1. The western ghats runs parallel to the western coast in a north-south direction from the Tapi river to kaniyakumari. But the eastern ghats runs in a north-east to south-west direction parallel to the eastern coast from Orissa to the Nilgiri hills.

2. The peninsular rivers are non-perrenial which means they receive water from glaciers & rainfall whereas himalayan rivers are perrenial which means they are seasonal-dependent on monsoon

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