DRAINAGE OF INDIA
INDIAN DRAINAGE
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Indus River system
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Ganga River System
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Brahmaputra River System
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none of above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Ganga ( which is the Himalayan river) is the largest river system in India with its length about 2500 KM. After Ganga, Godavari river system is the second largest river system of India. It is the largest Peninsular river of India. Its length is about 1500KM.
Detailed explanation-2: -Ganga is the largest river system in India. The Indus basin has the largest number of glaciers (3500), whereas the Ganga and Brahmaputra basins contain about 1000 and 660 glaciers, respectively.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Amazon is the longest river in the world and also the largest river by discharge volume and drainage basin area. With about 7 million square kilometres, the Amazon basin is nearly twice as big as the Congo river basin. The Amazon crosses Peru (headwaters), Bolivia, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela and Brazil (mouth).
Detailed explanation-4: -The Ganges, Indus, and the Brahmaputra are the three largest rivers flowing in and through India.
Detailed explanation-5: -The Ganges River-2525 km The Ganges is the longest river in India and also the largest river in India followed by Godavari (1465 kms).