Discuss the significant differences between the Himalayan and the Peninsular rivers.

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The Himalayan rivers The Peninsular rivers
(i) They are mostly perennial. They depend not only on rainfall but also on melting of snow. (i) They are mostly seasonal in nature. They depend on rainfall only.
(ii) They perform intensive erosional activity in the upper courses. (ii) They hardly perform erosional activity even in their upper courses
(iii) The Himalayan rivers have long courses from their source of mouth. (iii) The peninsular rivers have shorter and shallower courses.
(iv) These rivers bring new alluvium and enrich the plains. Therefore, they are good for agriculture. (iv) These rivers do not spread silt. Moreover, no major plains are found in the peninsular plateau. Fertile lands can be found only in small deltas.
(v) Ganga, Indus and Brahmaputra are the major Himalayan rivers. (v) Mahanadi, Godavari, Krishna, Kaveri, Narmada and Tapi are the major Peninsular rivers.

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