Class 9 Social Science: Drainage Worksheet (with Answers)
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- 1. Drainage refers to the ___ of an area.
- (a) soil
- (b) climate
- (c) river system
- (d) vegetation
- 2. Himalayan rivers flow:
- (a) only in summer
- (b) only in winter
- (c) never
- (d) throughout the year (perennial)
- 3. Which is a Himalayan river?
- (a) Ganga
- (b) Godavari
- (c) Krishna
- (d) Kaveri
- 4. Which Peninsular rivers flow westwards?
- (a) Godavari and Krishna
- (b) Narmada and Tapi
- (c) Ganga and Yamuna
- (d) Mahanadi and Kaveri
- 5. What is a drainage basin?
- 6. Name two west-flowing Peninsular rivers.
- 7. Distinguish between the Himalayan and Peninsular river systems.
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- 1. (c) river system — It means the river system.
- 2. (d) throughout the year (perennial) — They are perennial.
- 3. (a) Ganga — The Ganga is a Himalayan river.
- 4. (b) Narmada and Tapi — The Narmada and Tapi flow west.
- 5. The area drained by a river and its tributaries.
- 6. The Narmada and the Tapi.
- 7. India's rivers fall into two major systems that differ in several ways. The Himalayan rivers — the Indus, Ganga and Brahmaputra with their tributaries — rise in the snowy Himalayas. Because they are fed by both rainfall and melting snow, they are perennial and flow throughout the year. They carry large amounts of silt, form broad fertile plains, and develop large meanders and deltas in their lower courses. The Peninsular rivers, by contrast, flow across the old, hard plateau. Most of them, such as the Godavari, Krishna, Kaveri and Mahanadi, flow eastwards into the Bay of Bengal and form deltas, while a few like the Narmada and Tapi flow westwards into the Arabian Sea and form estuaries. Since they depend mainly on rainfall, their flow varies with the seasons. Thus, the Himalayan rivers are snow-fed and perennial, while the Peninsular rivers are rain-fed and seasonal.
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- Which board and class is this for?
- This worksheet is aligned to CBSE Class 9 Social Science, chapter “Drainage”.