CBSE Class 9 Geography Drainage Worksheet

TOPIC- Drainage

Q1. Choose the correct answera?
Which is the largest river basin in India?
1.Tha Godavari basin 2.The Ganga basin
3.The Brahmaputra basin 4.The Indus basin

b) Which of the following lake is not in J&K?
1. NaginLake 2.DalLake 3.NizamSagar 4.WulurLake

c) Which drainage pattern develops when streams flow in different directions from a central peak ?
1. Dendritic 2.Radial 3.Trellis 4.Rectangular

d) Which city is situated on the confluence of the Yamuna & Ganga?
1. Kanpur 2. Delhi 3.Mathura 4. Allahabad

e) which one of the following rivers flows through an estuary?
1. Yamuna 2. Kaveri 3. Krishna 4. Narmada

f) Which of the following rivers rises from the Brahmgir range?
1.The Krishna 2.The Kaveri 3. The Godavari 4. The Narmada

g) Which one is a southern tributary of the Ganga
1. Ghagara 2.Gomti 3.Kosi 4. Son

h) Name a state through which the Krishna river flows.
1.Maharashtra 2. Kerala 3.Tamil Nadu 4.None of the these

i) The main cause of river water pollution is

1.The growing domestic ,agricultural & industrial demand.
2. Draining of a heavy load of untreated sewage & industrial effluents into the rivers.
3. None of the above.
4. Both of the above.

Q2. What is meant by drainage basin?
Q3. What is a water divide?
Q4. Distinguish between the Himalayan and the Peninsular Rivers.
Q5. Describe different types of drainage patterns.
Q6. Name the three main Himalayan river systems.
Q7. Where does the Indus River rise? State important characteristics of the Indus basin.
Q8. What is Indus water treaty?
Q9. Name two head streams of the Ganga.
Q10.Name the right bank and the left bank tributaries of the Ganga.
Q11. Write important features of the Brahmaputra river system.
Q12. Why does the Brahmaputra form a braided stream in Assam?
Q13. Write important characteristics of the peninsular rivers under the following subheads:
  a. Origin
  b. Length
  c. Drainage Basin (states covered)
  d. Delta / Estuary