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Write a note on the drainage system in india

Answer 1

Answer:

The Indian Drainage System is divided into 3 categories: (1) Major River Basin with catchment area up to 20000 sq. km. and above, accounts for 83% of the total run off and are 13 in number in India. ... Himalayan drainage system mainly comprises the basin areas of the Indus, the Ganga and the Brahmaputra.

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Answer 2

The drainage system in india consists of the himalaya and the peninsular rivers.

Explanation:

• The drainage system is formed by the patterns of the streams, rivers, and lakes that make the drainage basin.

• The drainage system in India is divided into three categories as major drainage with 85% of total runoff and a catchment area of 20,000 km sq.

• The medium drainage with a catchment of 2000 to 20,000 km and 8 km of runoff. Minor with a catchment of 2000 km sq and 9% of the runoff.

• All the Himalayan river systems like the Indus, the Ganga and the Brahmaputra form gorges, canyons and meanders to forms features like deltas.

• Many of the peninsular rivers located in the southern parts of the country are much older and Mahanadi, Godavari, Krishna, and Cauvery flow eastwards while Narmada, Tapi, Mahi, Kalindi flow westwards.

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