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Observe the map of India and answer the following questions (any four) :[Map: ‘INDIA – Main Rivers and Lakes’ showing the Indus, Ganga, Brahmaputra and their tributaries in the north, the Narmada and Tapi flowing west in central India, the Godavari,…

Q.4 (B) Observe the map of India and answer the following questions (any four) :
[Map: ‘INDIA – Main Rivers and Lakes’ showing the Indus, Ganga, Brahmaputra and their tributaries in the north, the Narmada and Tapi flowing west in central India, the Godavari, Krishna, Kaveri and east-flowing peninsular rivers, and the lakes Wular, Sambhar, Chilka, Kolleru, Pulicat and Vembanad. Sources are marked with dots; the Arabian Sea, Bay of Bengal, Indian Ocean, Lakshadweep and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands are labelled.]
(1) Name the lake to the far North of India.
(2) Name the major west flowing rivers in Central India.
(3) Where does the river Kaveri originate ?
(4) River Manas is the tributary of which river ?
(5) What does the map indicate ?

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(1) Wular Lake in Jammu and Kashmir lies in the far north of India.

(2) The Narmada and the Tapi are the major west-flowing rivers of central India; they flow through rift valleys into the Arabian Sea.

(3) The Kaveri originates at Talakaveri in the Brahmagiri hills of the Western Ghats in Karnataka.

(4) The Manas is a tributary of the Brahmaputra; it rises in Bhutan and joins the Brahmaputra in Assam.

(5) The map indicates the main rivers and lakes of India — the Himalayan and peninsular river systems, their sources and the important lakes of the country.

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