Table of Contents
- 1 How is drainage pattern determined by water divide?
- 2 How drainage system is divided in India?
- 3 Which place is water divide for Ganga and Indus river system?
- 4 How tributaries are decided?
- 5 Which factors mainly control the Indian drainage system?
- 6 What is the drainage system of India?
- 7 What are the differences in drainage pattern and water levels?
How is drainage pattern determined by water divide?
A river joined by its tributaries develops a Trellis pattern at approximately right angles. Here soft and hard stones occur parallel to one another and this way Trellis drainage pattern occurs. The radial pattern emerges as streams flow from a central peak or dome-like structure in the various path.
How drainage system is divided in India?
1. The Indian Drainage System is divided into 3 categories: (1) Major River Basin with catchment area up to 20000 sq. (2) Medium River Basin with catchment area of 2000-20000 sq.
What are the major water divides in India?
Vindya range: Vindya ranges divided the Ganga drainage basin and Narmada river valley. Satpuda range: Satpuda range divided Narmada river valley and Tapi river valley. Himalayas: Himalayas act as a water divide as it separates the rivers flowing in the Himalyalan system from the river flowing in Trans Himalayan ranges.
Which of the following hills form the water divide for the drainage system in India?
The Aravalli Range is a mountain range in Northwestern India, running approximately 692 km in a south-west direction, starting near Delhi, passing through southern Haryana and Rajasthan, and ending in Gujarat.
Which place is water divide for Ganga and Indus river system?
Ambala
Ambala is situated on the water divide between the Indus and the Ganga waterway Systems.
How tributaries are decided?
Decision of Mainstream and Tributary is based on one or more of the following criteria : Length of the river up to confluence. Mean annual discharge of the river up to confluence. More straighter path or final flow of water (as mentioned by Garima )
What is the drainage pattern of India?
The radial drainage pattern develops around a central elevated point and is common to conically shaped features such as volcanoes. When the rivers originate from a hill and flow in all directions, the drainage pattern is known as ‘radial’.
Which is the main water divide in southern India?
The main water divide in Peninsular India is formed by the Western Ghats, which runs from north to south close to the western coast. Most of the major rivers of the Peninsula such as the Mahanadi, the Godavari, the Krishna and the Kaveri flow eastwards and drain into the Bay of Bengal.
Which factors mainly control the Indian drainage system?
drainage system of India are mainly controlled by the broad relief features of the subcontinent like land and precipitation.
What is the drainage system of India?
Drainage System. Indian drainage system consists of a large number of small and big rivers. It is the outcome of the evolutionary process of the three major physiographic units and the nature and characteristics of precipitation. The Himalayan drainage system includes the Ganga, the Indus and the Brahmaputra river basins.
What are the different types of river systems in India?
The river systems of India can be classified into four groups viz. Himalayan rivers, Deccan rivers and Coastal rivers that drain into the sea. Rivers of the inland drainage basin ( endorheic basin ). Streams like the Sambhar in western Rajasthan are mainly seasonal in character, draining into the inland basins and salt lakes.
Which body of water drains into the Bay of Bengal?
India’s 90 per cent total surface water drained into the Bay of Bengal and rest are in the Arabian Sea. The drainage systems flowing into the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal are separated by a water divide extending approximately along the Western Ghats, Aravallis and Yamuna Sutlej divide.
What are the differences in drainage pattern and water levels?
Differences in Drainage Pattern and water levels are found in these (fig below) two types of river system which is shown in the below figure: In India, water mainly drains in two directions of the main water divide line. 90\% of land water drains into Bay of Bengal and the rest drains into Arabian Sea.