GK
INDIAN GEOGRAPHY
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Question
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Indus and Ganges are ____ Rivers.
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Himalayan
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peninsular
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Answer: The origins of the river Ganga and Indus are in the Himalayas. Ganga flows from the Gangotri Glacier and Indus flows from Tibet, near Lake Mansarovar. Ganga-Ganga is the largest river basin in India. The length of the river is over 2500 kilometres.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Indus and the Ganges are the two great Rivers which originate in the Himalayas/ Trans-Himalayas and all the Rivers of the Western and Central Himalayas drain into either of these two Rivers.
Detailed explanation-3: -The major Himalayan rivers are the Indus river, Ganga river, Yamuna, and the Brahmaputra.
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