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Geography › Indian Geography:Rivers,Lakes

Geography › Indian Geography:Rivers,Lakes

The Brahmaputra, Irrawaddy and Mekong Rivers originate in Tibet’s narrow and parallel mountain ranges in their upper reaches. Of these rivers, Brahmaputra makes a “U” turn in its course to flow into India. This “U” turn is due to

Options

(a)

Uplift of folded Himalayan series

(b)

Syntaxial bending of geologically young Himalayas

(c)

Geo-tectonic disturbance in the tertiary folded mountain chains

(d)

Both (a) and (b) above

Answer

(B)