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The Himalayan Rivers

In Class 9 Geography, this topic from the chapter “Drainage” introduces the Himalayan river systems, especially the Indus, Ganga and Brahmaputra. Students learn how these rivers are fed by glaciers, snow and rainfall, making them largely perennial, and trace their courses, major tributaries and drainage patterns. The topic also explains how Himalayan rivers shape deep gorges, valleys, meanders, floodplains and deltas, while supporting farming, settlements and ecosystems. It highlights their economic importance as well as the challenges of floods, erosion and changing water conditions.

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  1. It can increase water and sediment in the main river
  2. It turns the main river back from the sea
  3. It makes the main river completely underground
  4. It turns the main river into a volcano
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  1. They get water from both rainfall and melting snow
  2. They flow only with sea water
  3. They flow only with groundwater
  4. They flow only from desert lakes
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  1. Narmada Tapi Mahi
  2. Indus Ganga Brahmaputra
  3. Krishna Kaveri Godavari
  4. Luni Sabarmati Periyar
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  1. They flow from sea to mountains
  2. They originate only in plains
  3. They kept cutting their old course after mountain uplift
  4. They all end in deserts
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  1. Ladakh region
  2. Sundarbans region
  3. Deccan Plateau
  4. Malabar Coast
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  1. Ghaghara Gandak Kosi Son Yamuna
  2. Jhelum Chenab Ravi Beas Sutlej
  3. Mahanadi Godavari Krishna Kaveri Vaigai
  4. Narmada Tapi Mahi Sabarmati Luni
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  1. Ganga system
  2. Brahmaputra system
  3. Indus system
  4. Kaveri system
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  1. Yamunotri Glacier
  2. Siachen Glacier
  3. Tibetan Plateau
  4. Gangotri Glacier
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  1. Bhagirathi and Alaknanda
  2. Yamuna and Chambal
  3. Ravi and Beas
  4. Ghaghara and Kosi
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  1. Prayagraj
  2. Haridwar
  3. Patna
  4. Kolkata
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  1. Gangotri
  2. Tsangpo
  3. Yamunotri
  4. Devprayag
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  1. Haridwar
  2. Devprayag
  3. Varanasi
  4. Prayagraj
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  1. Ghaghara Gandak Kosi
  2. Narmada Tapi Mahi
  3. Krishna Kaveri Vaigai
  4. Sabarmati Luni Periyar
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  1. Northern side
  2. Southern side
  3. Eastern sea side
  4. Western coastal side
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  1. Brahmaputra
  2. Indus
  3. Yamuna
  4. Godavari
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  1. It forms an estuary in the Arabian Sea
  2. It rises from the Western Ghats
  3. It always remains dry
  4. It is known for shifting course and causing floods
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  1. Tsangpo
  2. Dihang
  3. Jamuna
  4. Hooghly
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  1. Jamuna
  2. Dihang
  3. Bhagirathi
  4. Hooghly
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  1. High water and sediment load
  2. Lack of desert sand
  3. Direct arrival of sea tides
  4. Flow of lava
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  1. Rift valley formation
  2. Sediment deposition by rivers
  3. Volcanic eruption
  4. Glacier expansion
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  1. Narmada Tapi delta
  2. Indus Jhelum delta
  3. Ganga Brahmaputra delta
  4. Luni delta
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  1. Because the river has no water
  2. Because glaciers freeze in mountains
  3. Because of desert winds
  4. The main stream divides into branches near the mouth
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  1. By long term deposition of alluvial sediments
  2. By deposition of marine coral
  3. By flow of lava
  4. By movement of desert dunes
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  1. It is always saline
  2. It is generally fertile
  3. It is only rock
  4. It forms only from lava
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  1. Old volcanic ash
  2. Marine coral
  3. New alluvial deposits brought by floods
  4. Black lava soil

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