Himalayan rivers MCQ - Practice Questions with Answers

Himalayan rivers such as the Indus, Ganga and Brahmaputra systems have very large catchment areas because they drain extensive mountain and plain regions. Their flow is perennial, fed by snowmelt, glaciers and rainfall, so calling it merely seasonal and monsoon-dependent describes many peninsular rivers better. Their sources lie in the Himalayas, not on a plateau. Fixed courses with well-adjusted valleys are more characteristic of older peninsular drainage, whereas Himalayan rivers are younger and often show active erosion and shifting behaviour in plains.