Name Two States through which the mother river flows

   Jharkhand and West Bengal

Which river Mahanadi flows

River Mahanadi flows through Madhya Pradesh Chhattisgarh and Visa it ride in Madhya Pradesh and pass through Chhattisgarh and Orissa and then falls in the Bay of Bengal

Lake

A large low-lying area filled with water is called as lake. It can have fresh or saltwater

Name river valley made of peninsular rivers

1. Betul valleys Madhya Pradesh
2. Nashik Maharashtra
3. Chhattisgarh
4. Mahabaleshwar
5. Brahmgiri valleys Western Ghat

Drainage basin

 The area drained by a single River system called a drainage basin

Biggest waterfall in India

Jog waterfalls on the river Kaveri is the biggest waterfall in India

uses of lakes

1. Lakes help to regulate the flow of rivers.
2. The moderate the climate of the surroundings

Two Marine lake of eastern coast of India

Chilka and Pulicat Lake

name the two important rivers of India through which waterways is carried on

 Ganga and Brahmaputra

Name peripheral tributaries of Indus river

Satluj Beas Ravi Chenab Jhelum

In what activities do we use water of a river

Rivers are sources of domestic industrial hydro electrical production and other uses for men

Name the three Himalayan River system

1.  The Indus River system.
2. The Ganga River system.
3. The Brahmaputra River system

What is river Basin

 The area drained by a single River system is called a river basin or drainage basin

what is called Brahmaputra river in Tibet and Bangladesh

Brahmaputra is known as the Tang Po  in Tibet and Jamuna in Bangladesh

Lakes created by human beings in India

Govind Sagar Rana Pratap Sagar nizamsagar nagarjunsagar heerakund

Lakes created by human beings in India

Govind Sagar Rana Pratap Sagar nizamsagar nagarjunsagar heerakund

Name of natural lakes in India

William,Dal, Nainital, Bhimtal loktal Bara Pani Chilka Sambhar Pulicat

Which two peninsular rivers in India flow through trough

Narmada and Tapti are the two peninsular rivers that flow through trough

Why does the Brahmaputra in its Tibetan part have less silt despite a longer course

The Brahmaputra in its Tibetan part carries a smaller volume of water and less silt as it is a cold and a dry area

Name the two headstreams of the Ganga where do they meet to form the Ganga

The two headstreams of the Ganga Bhagirathi and Alaknanda.
They meet to from the Ganga at Devprayag in Uttarakhand

Ganga river origin

 The river Ganga originates at the Gangotri Glacier on the southren slopes of the Himalaya

Indus river origin

 The river Indus has its origin in Tibet near Lake Mansarovar

Largest river basin in India

 Ganga river basin is the largest one in India the length of river basin is over 2500 kilometres

Water divide

And elevated area such as  mountain or an upland that separates two drainage basins is known as water divide example the water divide between the Indus and the Ganga River system Ambala is situated on this water divide

Longest river of the Peninsular India

Godavari

Saltwater lake in India

 Sambhar

Narmada has its source at

 Amarkantak

Wular Lake

Jammu and Kashmir

Describe the drainage patterns resembling the branches of a tree

Dendritic

Coral reefs rings

 The Great Barrier Reef Australia is a good example of the first kind of coral reef. Atolls are circular or horse shoe shaped coral reefs.

Satpura Range

They are located in Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat. They are covered with forest. Rivers Narmada and Tapti flow through them before Falling In the Arabian Sea

Hill range of Deccan Plateau

Hill range of Deccan Plateau are:-
Sahyadri in Maharashtra and Karnataka Nilgiri and Anaimalai in Andhra Pradesh and Tamilnadu

Active volcano in India

Barren Island, situated in the Andaman and Nicobar group of island

Which place in India is located on three oceans

 Kanyakumari
The oceans are Arabian Sea Indian Bay of Bengal

Name two passes of the Eastern Himalayas

1. Bomdi la Pass
2.  Nathu la Pass

How was the Arabian Sea formed

 Thousand of years ago when the Himalayas were being formed by the movement of the tectonic plates and extensive volcano took place in the North Western part of the the peninsular plateau as a result of which the western part of the plateau subsided. Sun the Indian Ocean advanced to occupy this depression and in this way the Arabian Sea was formed

Island group of India having Coral origin

 Lakshadweep Island have Coral origin

Which plateau lies between the the Aravali and the Vindhyan range

The Malwa plateau lies between the Aravali and Vidya and range

Major division of the Himalayas from north to south

 The Himalayas are divided into following three division from the north to the south:-

1.  The greater Himalayas or the inner Himalayas they are also called Himadri.
2.   The middle Himalayas or Himachal.
3.   The outer Himalayas or shivaliks

Which continents of today were part of the gondwana land

Asia Africa Australia South America and Antarctica

Tectonic plates types

 Tectonic plates are two types
Continental plates
Ocean plates

What are tectonic plates

 A tectonic plate it is part of of lithosphere which floats over dance semi molten Rock below it

The highest peak in the Eastern Ghat is

Mahindra Giri

The Western Coastal strip south of Goa is referred to as

Konkan

Mountain range in the Eastern part of India forming its boundary with Myanmar are collectively called as

 Purvanchal

A land mass bounded by sea on 3 side is referred to as

Peninsula