Which of the following statements correctly defines an Endorheic drainage basins ........

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Which of the following statements correctly defines an Endorheic drainage basins?

These are underground drainage basins responsible for making Karst topography.

These are the drainage basins which finally drain in the open sea.

These are inland drainage basins which do not drain to an ocean.

This is the name given to large drainage basins with area over 20,000 sq km.

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Explanation:

Endorheic drainage basins:
Endorheic drainage basins are inland basins that do not drain to an ocean. Around 18% of all land drains to endorheic lakes or seas or sinks.The largest of these consists of much of the interior of Asia, which drains into the Caspian Sea, the Aral Sea, and numerous smaller lakes. Other endorheic regions include the Great Basin in the United States, much of the Sahara Desert, the drainage basin of the Okavango River (Kalahari Basin), highlands near the African Great Lakes, the interiors of Australia and the Arabian Peninsula, and parts in Mexico and the Andes. Some of these, such as the Great Basin,are not single drainage basins but collections of separate, adjacent closed basins.
Endorheic Drainage basin in Central Asia:
In endorheic bodies of standing water where evaporation is the primary means of water loss, the water is typically more saline than the oceans. An extreme example of this is the Dead Sea.In India lakes of Rajasthan, Bhopal, Bangalore acts as inland sink are area around them act as endorheic drainage basin.