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2. How has climate change affected the glaciers of the Himalayas?
5. Differentiate between the following-
a) Himalayan rivers and peninsular rivers
b) Eastern coastal plains and western coastal plains
c) Himadri range and Himachal range
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Answer:
5. (a). Himalayan rivers get water from snow and rain, whereas Peninsular rivers are fed by rain only. The drainage basin of Himalayan rivers is comparatively larger than the Peninsular rivers. ... Himalayan rivers form a V-shaped valley, while Peninsular watercourses form valley having a U-shape
2. Glaciers are thinning and receding in response to warmer temperatures, and thinning glaciers are easier to float. We know that basal melting of ice shelves drives ice sheet loss34, and we can observe the impacts of climate change around the Antarctic Peninsula today. A significant threat posed by climate change in the Himalayas is the continual formation of a large number of glacial lakes. ... The enhanced rate at which the snow and ice is melting means that the water accumulating in these lakes is increasing rapidly
5. (b) Eastern Coastal Plain is in between the Bay of Bengal in the East and the Eastern Ghats to its West. Western Coastal Plain is between the Arabian Sea and the Western Ghats. No Deltas are formed in Western Coastal plains, by small rivers. ... Western Coastal plain is intersected by mountain ridges