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Drainage Patterns in India: A High School Geography Exercise, Study Guides, Projects, Research of Geography

Geography

NCERT chapter Drainage notes for grade 9

Typology: Study Guides, Projects, Research

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DRAINAGE

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Infer about the drainage patterns in India

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Examine the differences between the different drainage basins of India

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Examine the different types of lakes existing in India

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Enumerate the cause and effect of the pollution of rivers

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Analyze the signi

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icance of rivers and lakes to the Indian economy

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DRAINAGE

Infer about the drainage patterns in India
Examine the differences between the different drainage basins of India
Examine the different types of lakes existing in India
Enumerate the cause and effect of the pollution of rivers
Analyze the signiicance of rivers and lakes to the Indian economy

MEANING

The river system of an area
Small streams lowing from different directions come together to form the main river which ultimately drains into a large water body such as a lake, a sea or an ocean

Any elevated area such

as a mountain or an

upland that separates

two drainage basins --

Water shed

TRIBUTARY

River which flows into a large river
Increases the volume of the main river
Formed in the upper and middle course of the river
River Yamuna - tributary of River Ganga

DISTRIBUTARY

River which flows away from a large river
Decreases the volume of the main river
Formed generally in the lower course
River Hoogly - distributary of River Ganga