of the following rivers was known as the ‘Sorrow of Bengal’? (a) The Gandak (c) The Kosi (b) The Son (d) The Damodar (ii) Which one of the following rivers has the largest river basin in India? (a) The Indus (c) The Ganga (b) The Brahmaputra (d) The Krishna (iii) Which one of the following rivers is not included in ‘Panchnad’? (a) The Ravi (c) The Indus (b) The Chenab (d) The Jhelum (iv) Which one of the following rivers flows in a rift valley?
(a) The Son (c) The Yamuna (b) The Narmada (d) The Luni EXERCISES (v) Which one of the following is the place of confluence of the Alaknanda and the Bhagirathi? (a) Vishnu Prayag (c) Karan Prayag (b) Rudra Prayag (d) Deva Prayag . State the differences between the following. (i) River Basin and Watershed (ii) Dendritic and Trellis drainage pattern (iii) Radial and Centripetal drainage pattern (iv) Delta and Estuary .
Answer the following questions in about words. What are the socio-economic advantages of inter-linking of rivers in India? Write three characterstics of the Peninsular river. .
Answer the following questions in not more than words. What are the important characteristic features of north Indian rivers? How are these different from Peninsular rivers? Suppose you are travelling from Haridwar to Siliguri along the foothills of the Himalayas.
Name the important rivers you will come across. Describe the characteristics of any one of them. Project/Activity Study the Appendix III and answer the following questions. Which river has the largest proportion of catchment area in the country?
Make a comparative bar diagram on a graph paper to show the length of the courses of the rivers.