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Question : 30
Total: 100
What among the following is/are the features of Himalayan rivers?
1. Rivers with fixed courses and well-adjusted valleys.
2. Perennial rivers receiving water from glaciers.
3. Young rivers with large basins.
Which of the following statements given above is/are correct?
1 only
1 and 2 only
2 and 3 only
1, 2 and 3
Validate
Solution:
Aspects
Himalayan River
Peninsular River
Place of origin
Himalayan Mountains covered with glaciers.
Peninsular plateau and central highlands.
Nature of flow
The perennial river receives water from glaciers and rainfall.
Seasonal, dependent on monsoon rainfall.
Type of drainage
Antecedent and consequentl eading to dendritic patterns in plains.
Superimposed, rejuvenated resulting in trellis, radial and rectangular patterns.
Nature of river
Long course, flowing through rugged mountains experiencing head ward erosion and river capturing. In plains, meandering and shifting of course occurs.
Smaller, a fixed course with well-adjusted valleys.
Catchment area
Very large basin.
Relatively smaller basins.
Age of river
Young and youthful, active and deepening in valleys.
Old rivers with graded profiles and have almost reached their base levels.
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