Question
Write the main characteristic features of Ganga-Brahmaputra Basin.
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Answer
- The tributaries of rivers Ganga and Brahmaputra together form the Ganga Brahmaputra basin in the Indian subcontinent.
- The basin area has varied topography. The plains of the Ganga and Brahmaputra, the mountains and the foothills pf the Humalayan and the Sundarbans delta are are the the main features of the basin.
- the vegetation cover of the area Area various according to the type of landforms. In the Ganga Brahamputra plain tropical deciduous trees groe, thick banboo groves are common in the Brahmaputra plain. The delta area is covered with mangrove forest.
- It is the most densely populated river basins of the world.
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