PLZ tell me the catchment area of a river and the catchment area of river ganga
2007-01-27 22:43:35 · 3 answers · asked by Krish 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Other - Education
The river catchment, or drainage basin, is all the land from the mountain to to the seashore, drained by a single river and its tributaries.
Catchment areas vary greatly in size - a big river may have a catchment area of several thousand square kilometres, whereas a smaller tributary will have a catchment area of only a few hectares.
The Ganges has a total length of 2525 km has catchment area of 851675 sq.km. which is 25.91% of the geographic area of the country. About one in every 12 people in the world (8.5%) live in its catchment area.
2007-01-27 23:21:38 · answer #1 · answered by sanjaykchawla 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The fertile area near a river which is suitable for pupposes such as farming, etc is known as catchment area of a river.
Catchment areas of river Ganga includes highly fertile plane. it constitutes places such as Varanasi,Allahabad, Patna, calcutta, etc.
2007-01-27 23:27:13 · answer #2 · answered by ankita k 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ganga is a slang for marijuana, I am guessing you mean the Ganges?
2007-01-27 23:08:05 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋