9th Class Social Science Drainage Question Bank Long Answer Type - Drainage

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    Write main features of Indus Basin.

    Answer:

    (i) The river Indus rises in Tibet, near lake Mansarovar. (ii) Flowing west, it enters India in the Ladakh district of Jammu & Kashmir. It forms a picturesque gorge in this part. (iii) It flows through Baltistan and Gilgit and emerges from the mountain at Attock. (iv) All its major tributaries-the Satluj, the Beas, the Ravi, the Chenab and the Jhelum-join together to enter the Indus near Mithankot in Pakistan. (v) Beyond this, the Indus flows southwards eventually reaching the Arabian Sea, east of Karachi. Indus is 2,900-km long and is one of the longest rivers of the world.


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