DRAINAGE SYSTEMS TEXT BOOK QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS - #CLASS9#GEOGRAPHY
DRAINAGE SYSTEMS TEXT BOOK QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS - #CLASS9#GEOGRAPHY (i) What is meant by a water divide? Give an example. An elevated area, such as a mountain or an upland, that separates two drainage basins is known as a water divide. An example is Ambala, which is located on the water divide between the Indus and the Ganga river systems. (ii) Which is the largest river basin in India? The largest river basin in India is that of the Ganga river system. Although the document does not explicitly state the largest river basin in India, it prompts the reader to find out which river has the largest basin in India , and later discusses the Ganga River System and its extensive network of tributaries. The world's largest drainage basin is the Amazon river. (iii) Where do the rivers Indus and Ganga have their origin? The river Indus rises in Tibet, near Lake Mansarowar. The headwaters of the Ganga, called the 'Bhagirathi', are fed by the Gangotri Glacier. (iv) Name ...