KERALA PSC / INDIAN GEOGRAPHY / DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE HIMALAYAN AND THE PENINSULAR RIVERS / NOTES / OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS / STUDY MATERIALS / GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

 KERALA PSC / INDIAN GEOGRAPHY / DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE HIMALAYAN AND THE PENINSULAR RIVERS / NOTES / OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS / STUDY MATERIALS / GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

 KERALA PSC / INDIAN GEOGRAPHY / DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE HIMALAYAN AND THE PENINSULAR RIVERS / NOTES / OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS / STUDY MATERIALS / GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Himalayan rivers	Peninsular Rivers
·      Extensive catchment area	·      Comparatively small catchment area
·      Rain-fed and snow-fed so perennial	·      Rain-fed, non-perennial seasonal in nature
·      High erosive capability	·      Low erosive capability
·      Develop gorges in the mountains and meanders in the plains	·      Deep valleys are not produced as they flow through hard crystalline rocks
·      They are slow-moving and are generally free from rapids and waterfalls in their lower courses through the plains. So they are useful in inland waterways	·      They have waterfalls and rapids in their courses. These observations make the peninsular rivers less useful in inland waterways.

 KERALA PSC / INDIAN GEOGRAPHY / DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE HIMALAYAN AND THE PENINSULAR RIVERS / NOTES / OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS / STUDY MATERIALS / GENERAL KNOWLEDGE