Question.
What is meant by a water divide? Give an example.
( Chapter - 3 Drainage, Cass 9 NCERT Contemporary India -I )
Answer.
A water divide is an elevated area such as a mountain or upland that separates two neighboring drainage basins. The function of a water divide is to separate two neighboring drainage basins.
The following are examples of the water divide in India:
The Ambala region of Haryana acts as a water divide between the Indus drainage basin and the Ganges drainage basin.
The Western Ghats act as a water divide between the east-flowing river and the west-flowing river.
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