Arrange the following rivers according to their drainage basin in India from highest to lowest 1 Ind...........

Geography India - Water bodies

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Arrange the following rivers according to their drainage basin in India from highest to lowest:

1. Indus

2. Godavari

3. Krishna

4. Brahmaputra

Select the code from following:

1-2-3-4

4-2-3-1

2-3-1-4

3-1-2-4

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Explanation:

On the basis of the size of catchment area, the river basins of India have been classified into three categories.
I. Large river basins: River basins with a catchment area of more than 20,000 sq km are known as large river basins.
II. Medium River basins: River basins with a catchment area between 20,000 sq km to 2000 sq km are known as medium river basin.
III. Minor river basin: River basins with a catchment area of less than 2000 sq km are known as minor river basin.
Details of Major river basins of India are as follows:
River Basin Basin Area (km2) Percentage area Annual discharge (m3/km2)
Ganga 861404 26.2 468700
Indus 321284 9.8 79500
Godavari 312812 9.5 118000
Krishna 258,948 7.9 62,800
Brahmaputra 258008 7.8 627000
Mahanadi 141589 4.3 66640
Narmada 98795 3.0 54600
Kaveri 87900 2.7 20950