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Peninsular Drainage



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Super-imposed drainage i.e. regional structures are older than the river valleys that cut through them. - Nature of flow is seasonal- during sw monsoons. - Geologically older. - Shorter courses. - Flow through hard granitic soils of peninsular India. - Shallow graded valleys with little erosion. - Shallow valleys, small waterfalls, deltas and estuaries. 


Difference Between West Flowing Rivers And East Flowing Rivers Of Peninsular India


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Notes of Physiograhpy and Drainage Pattern of India



  1. Drainage system of India
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  2. Western Ghats
    see in detail

  3. Difference Between Himalayan And Peninsular Rivers- Himalayan Drainage
    see in detail

  4. Peninsular Drainage
    see in detail

  5. West Flowing
    see in detail


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