indian drainage irrigation rivers & projects section 9 MCQ Questions & Answers Detailed Explanation

Answer: (c)

Any elevated area, such as a mountain or upland, that separates two drainage basins is known as a water divide; for example, the water divide between the Indus and the Ganga river systems.

Ambala is located on this water divide. Similarly, the Western Ghats form the main water divide in Peninsular India.

Answer: (d)

Answer: (c)

Answer: (c)

The Vindhya Range constitutes the main dividing line between the geological regions of the Indo-Gangetic Plain and the Peninsula. This range lies north of the Narmada River which flows through a narrow gorge between Vindhya in the north and Satpuras in the south.

Answer: (d)

The Ganges Delta (also known as the Ganges– Brahmaputra Delta, or the Sunderbans Delta) is a river delta in the South Asia region of Bengal, consisting of Bangladesh and the state of West Bengal, India.

It is the world's largest delta and empties into the Bay of Bengal. It is also one of the most fertile regions in the world, thus earning the nickname The Green Delta. The delta stretches from the Hooghly River on the west to the Meghna River on the east.

Answer: (a)

The Yarlung Tsangpo is a watercourse that originates at Tamlung Tso lake in western Tibet, southeast of Mount Kailash and Lake Mansarovar. It later forms the South Tibet Valley and Yarlung Tsangpo Grand Canyon, before passing through the state of Arunachal Pradesh, India, where it is known as the Dihang.

Downstream from Arunachal Pradesh, the river becomes wider and at this point is called the Brahmaputra River. From Assam (India) the river enters Bangladesh at Ramnabazar.