Paper I · 4 Geography of India & AP · 4.2.3 Drainage systems

4.2.3.1 Drainage patterns and Himalayan and peninsular rivers compared

India's rivers fall into two families: the young, snow-fed, perennial Himalayan rivers and the older, rain-fed, mostly seasonal rivers of the Peninsula, and most of the country's water drains east to the Bay of Bengal.

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Key terms

  • drainage pattern
  • dendritic
  • trellis
  • radial
  • centripetal
  • water divide
  • antecedent
  • river basin
  • catchment

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