DRAINAGE OF INDIA
INDIAN DRAINAGE
Question
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Goa
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West Bengal
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Sri Lanka
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Maldives
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Palk Strait isolates India from Sri Lanka. It is surrounded on the south by Pamban Island (India), Adam’s (Rama’s) Bridge (a chain of shoals), the Gulf of Mannar, and Mannar Island (Sri Lanka). The southwestern division of the strait is also called Palk Bay.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Palk Strait is a strait which is located between Tamil Nadu (India) and Jaffna District(Sri Lanka). It has a minimum depth of less than 9.1m, 85 miles long and 40-85 miles wide, and connects the Bay of Bengal with the Palk Bay. Hence the correct answer is A i.e. Sri Lanka.
Detailed explanation-3: -Palk Strait separates India and Sri Lanka. The strait is named after Robert Palk, who was a governor of Madras (1755–1763) during the Company Raj period. The Palk Strait is a strait between the Tamil Nadu state of India and the Jaffna District of the Northern Province of the island nation of Sri Lanka.
Detailed explanation-4: -The chain of reefs and low islands known as Adam’s Bridge (also called Rama Sethu in India) separates the Gulf of Mannar from Palk Bay. The Jaffna District of the Northern Province of the island nation of Sri Lanka and the Tamil Nadu of India consists of a strait in between them, known as the Palk Strait.
Detailed explanation-5: -Gulf of Mannar, inlet of the Indian Ocean, between southeastern India and western Sri Lanka.