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Ch 03 - Drainage9th Geography
Drainage Basin
What is a 'Drainage Basin'?
What is a 'Drainage Basin'?
DEFINITION
River System Area
- Definition: The area drained by a single river system is called a drainage basin.
- Fact: The Amazon River has the largest drainage basin in the world.
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Water Divide
What is a 'Water Divide'? Give an example.
What is a 'Water Divide'? Give an example.
DEFINITION
Separating Upland
- Definition: Any elevated area, such as a mountain or an upland, that separates two drainage basins.
- Example: Ambala is located on the water divide between the Indus and the Ganga river systems.
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Dendritic Pattern
Describe the 'Dendritic' drainage pattern.
Describe the 'Dendritic' drainage pattern.
DEFINITION
Tree-like Structure
- Formation: Develops where the river channel follows the slope of the terrain.
- Appearance: The stream with its tributaries resembles the branches of a tree.
- Example: Rivers of the northern plains.
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- 4Trellis Pattern
- 5Rectangular Pattern
- 6Radial Pattern
- 7Himalayan vs. Peninsular Rivers: Flow
- 8Origin of Indus River
- 9Mithankot
- 10Indus Water Treaty (1960)
- 11Headwaters of Ganga
- 12Tributaries of Ganga
- 13Bifurcation at Farakka
- 14Brahmaputra in Tibet
- 15Brahmaputra's Entry into India
- 16Majuli Island
- 17Sundarban Delta
- 18West Flowing vs. East Flowing Rivers
- 19Narmada Basin Features
- 20Namami Devi Narmade
- 21Tapi Basin
- 22The Godavari (Dakshin Ganga)
- 23Tributaries of Godavari
- 24Mahanadi Basin
- 25Krishna River Basin
- 26Kaveri River Basin
- 27Unique Rainfall Pattern of Kaveri
- 28Smaller East-Flowing Rivers
- 29Sorrow of West Bengal
- 30Ox-bow Lakes
- 31Lagoons
- 32Sambhar Lake
- 33Wular Lake
- 34Formation & Examples of Artificial Lakes
- 35Jog Falls
- 36Economic Benefits of Rivers
- 37Causes of River Pollution
- 38National River Conservation Plan (NRCP)
- 39Namami Gange Programme
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