Civil Services Punjab State Civil Services CCE 2025 General Knowledge Indian Geography Indian Rivers and Water Resources
Consider the following statement(s) is/are related to the drainage pattern
1. Radial drainage patterns form when rivers originate from a hill and flow in all directions. For example, the rivers originating from the Amarkantak.
2. Centripetal drainage pattern is formed when rivers discharge their waters from all directions into a lake or a depression. For example, Loktak lake in Manipur.
3. Trellis drainage pattern is formed when the primary tributaries of main rivers flow parallel to each other and secondary tributaries join them at right angles. For example, rivers in the upper part of the Himalayan region.
Which of the above statement(s) is/are correct?
1
1 Only
2
2 Only
3
Both 1 and 2
4
1, 2 and 3