Social Science 1 Marks Each

Sambhar lake is a saline water lake.

water pollution is the result of Industrialization and urbanization.

the flow of river Godavari is very long and it has a large basin area like Ganga river.

the physiography of India and the mountain have slopes from west to east.

there is frequent meandaring and the floods are dominant.

the Brahmaputra river flows in a braided form.

the volume of water in most of the peninsular rivers is dependent on only rainfall.

the rivers get water through rainfall during monsoon and due to the melting of snow over the Himalayan peaks during summer.

The natural fresh water lakes of India are Wular. Dal, Bhimtal, Nainital, Loktal, Badapani. Kolleru, Dhebar, etc.

Lake Sambhar is located in Rajasthan State. It is a saline water lake..

The three 'Lagoon' lakes on the eastern coast of India are Chilka, Kolleru and Pulicat.

The Kaveri river basin is spread in Kerala, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu states.

The main tributaries of river Kaveri are Amaravati, Bhavani, Hemavati and Kalini.

River Kaveri originates in Brahmagiri Range of Western Ghats in Karnataka and meets the Bay of Bengal.

Krishna river basin is spread in Maharashtra. Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh states.

Mahanadi basin is spread in Chhattisgarh. Jharkhand and Odisha states.

River Mahanadi originates in Chhattisgarh Mountains, flows through Odisha and meets the Bay of Bengal.

Koyna, Ghatprabha, Bhima. Tungabhadra and Must are the main tributaries of river Krishna.

River Godavari originates in Nashik district of Maharashtra and meets the Bay of Bengal.

Godavari is the largest river among the peninsular rivers.

The Narmada river basin is spread in Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat states

Narmada river has formed 'Dhuandhar Falls'

Narmada originates near Amarkantak in Madhya Pradesh and meets the Arabian Sea.

Narmada and Tapi rivers of peninsular India flow through rift valleys.

Narmada and Tapt rivers of peninsular India meet the Arabian Sea.

The main rivers of peninsular India ers of peninsular Indows Mahanadi, Godavari. Krishna and Kaveri.

The delta of rivers Ganga and Brahmaputra is known as 'Sundarvan'.

River Brahmaputra meets Ganga in Bangladesh.

The confluence of Ganga and Yamuna takes place at Prayag near Allahabad.

Yamuna and Son are large rivers which meet Ganga on her right bank.

Large rivers from north which meet Ganga are Gomati. Ghaghra. Gandak and Kosi.

Names of the two rivers whose confluence forms river Ganga are Alaknanda and Bhagirathi.

Rivers Zaskar, Shyok. Nubra, Gilgit. Hunza, etc. meet Sindhu in Ladakh and Jammu-Kashmir.

The sindhu river originates in Kailas-Mansarovar region in Tibet.

Sindhu, Ganga and Brahmaputra are the major rivers of Himalayas.

The main watershed of peninsular rivers is Western Ghats.

The three stages of a river system are: (1) Upper Course. (2) Middle Course and (3) Lower Course.

Indian rivers are divided into two parts: (1) Himalayan Rivers and (2) Peninsular Rivers.

In recent times, river water is used for drinking and other domestic uses, irrigation. hydro-electricity, navigation, etc.

The main tributaries of Godavari are Purna, Manjra, Penganga, Vardha, Vainganga, Pranhita and Indravati. Among them. Manjra, Penganga and Vainganga are the larger rivers.

Tapi originates near Satpuda Range in Baitul district Madhya Pradesh and meets the Arabian Sea near Surat.

Brahmaputra is known as "Tsangpo In Tibet, as 'Sitang' or 'Dihang in Arunachal Pradesh, as 'Brahmaputra' in Assam and as 'Jamuna' in Bangladesh.

Main distributary of Ganga in West Bengal is known as 'Bhagirathi' and 'Hugli', and in Bangladesh its main flow is known as 'Padma' and its combined flow is known as 'Meghna'.

Rivers of two Indian states. Himachal Pradesh and Punjab and two union territories of Ladakh and Jammu-Kashmir are included in the Sindhu River System.

The combined flow of five rivers of Punjab, Jhelum. Chenab. Ravi. Beas and Satluj. meets Sindhu river in her upper course near Mithankot in Pakistan.

When a large river and her tributaries meet each other, they form a specific pattern which is called 'Drainage Pattern

A river is divided into many distributaries at her mouth. Eventually, that region becomes a fertile region and turns into a triangle shape. It is called 'Delta'.

When a river flows in an interwoven situation along with many branches, it is called a 'Braided River Islands may be formed within their flow. e.g.. Brahmaputra river.

Due to the obstruction caused by the deposition on the river bed, the river flows in zigzal path, like a snake, which is called 'Meandering'.

The entire area within which the land slopes towards the river and the rainwater of that area flows into that river, is called 'River Basin of that river.