Drainage

Q. The area drained by a river and its tributaries is known as a .

1. water divide
2. drainage basin
3. river system
4. lagoon

Q. What is a drainage basin?

1. Area drained by a river and its tributaries.
2. The main river along with all of its tributaries.
3. The main river excluding its tributaries.
4. Streams that make up the river.

Q.

Which pattern is formed by the river when it is joined by its tributary at a right angle?

1. Rectangular

2. Trellis

3. Dendritic

4. Radial

Q. Which of the following is the largest drainage basin in the world?

1. The Amazon drainage basin
2. The Nile drainage basin
3. The Mississippi drainage basin
4. The Congo drainage basin

Q. Which is the largest drainage basin in the world?

1. Amazon Drainage basin
2. Nile drainage basin
3. Congo drainage basin
4. Mississippi drainage basin

Q. are 'any natural stream of water that flow in a channel with defined banks'.

1. Rivers
2. Lakes
3. Ponds

Q.

Which of the following describes the drainage pattern which resembles the branches of a tree?

1. Trellis

2. Radial

3. Rectangular

4. Dendritic

Q. What are known as distributaries?

Q. What are the different stages of a river?

1. Youthful stage and mature stage
2. Youthful stage, mature stage and old stage
3. Old stage and youthful stage
4. Only youthful stage