INDIAN GEOGRAPHY

DRAINAGE OF INDIA

INDIAN DRAINAGE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which is world’s largest drainage basin
A
Amazon
B
Nile
C
Mississippi
D
Indus
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Amazon Basin located in northern South America, is the largest river basin in the world. The Amazon River and all of its tributaries drain an area of more than 7 million square kilometres.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Amazon river forms the largest drainage basin in the world.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Amazon basin is the largest drainage basin in the world, with an area of approximately 7, 000, 000 km2 (2, 700, 000 sq mi). The portion of the river’s drainage basin in Brazil alone is larger than any other river’s basin.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Amazon Drainage Basin stretches over 7 million square kilometres. It is the largest Drainage basin in the world. In India the river Ganga forms the largest drainage basin.

Detailed explanation-5: -There are 20 river basins/draining areas, large and small, in India. The Ganga basin is the largest.

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