Arrange the following river basins in descending order according to their size.
(A) Mahanadi
(B) Godavari
(C) Ganga
(D) Pennar
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → (C), (B), (A), (D)
(C) Ganga — first. It has the largest basin, covering most of the northern plains.
(B) Godavari — second. Its basin covers a wide belt of the Deccan Plateau.
(A) Mahanadi — third. Its basin is smaller than the Godavari basin but larger than the Pennar basin.
(D) Pennar — last. It is a small basin in the south, between the Krishna and Kaveri basins.
NCERT (2026-27): “Surface Water Resources … Water flow in a river depends on size of its catchment area or river basin and rainfall within its catchment area. You have studied in your Class XI textbook “India : Physical Environment” that precipitation in India has very high spatial variation, and it is mainly concentrated in Monsoon season. You also have studied in the textbook that some of the rivers in the country like the Ganga, the Brahmaputra, and the Indus have huge catchment areas.”
Fig. 4.1 : India – River Basins |
