DRAINAGE
Full Chapter
, CHAPTER PROGRESS
1 INTRODUCTION
2 DRAINAGE SYSTEMS IN INDIA
3 THE HIMALAYAN RIVERS
4 THE PENINSULAR RIVERS
5 LAKES
6 ROLE OF RIVERS IN THE ECONOMY
7 RIVER POLLUTION
,● Many small streams flowing
from different directions
come together to form the
main river. ● The term drainage describes the river
system of an area.
● This ultimately drains into a
large water body such as a
lake or a sea or an ocean.
● The area drained by a single river system is
called a drainage basin.
Any elevated area,
such as a
mountain or an
upland which
separates two
drainage basins
is known as a
water divide.
,
Full Chapter
, CHAPTER PROGRESS
1 INTRODUCTION
2 DRAINAGE SYSTEMS IN INDIA
3 THE HIMALAYAN RIVERS
4 THE PENINSULAR RIVERS
5 LAKES
6 ROLE OF RIVERS IN THE ECONOMY
7 RIVER POLLUTION
,● Many small streams flowing
from different directions
come together to form the
main river. ● The term drainage describes the river
system of an area.
● This ultimately drains into a
large water body such as a
lake or a sea or an ocean.
● The area drained by a single river system is
called a drainage basin.
Any elevated area,
such as a
mountain or an
upland which
separates two
drainage basins
is known as a
water divide.
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