Showing posts with label drainage. Show all posts
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Thursday, October 3, 2019

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