Which of the following are the features of the Himalayan rivers 1 They are of youthful nature formin...........

Geography India - Water bodies

Which of the following are the features of the Himalayan rivers?

1. They are of youthful nature, forming deep gorges and performing intense erosional activity.

2. They are free to form their courses and follow a dendritic pattern.

3. They have very large basins compared to peninsular rivers.

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1 and 2 only

1 and 3 only

2 and 3 only

All of the above

All the statements are correct. Following are the features of the Himalayan rivers:-

i. Himalayan rivers have large basins.

ii. Many of them make spectacular gorges.

iii. They are perennial in nature.

iv. They perform intensive erosional activities upstream and carry large amount of load of sand and silt.

v. In plains they iluw forming large meanders due to gentle scope.

vi. They form numerous depositional features like flood plain, river bluffs and levees

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