Answer the following questions in not more than 125 words. What are the important characteristic features of north Indian rivers? How are these different from Peninsular rivers?

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The North Indian rivers, or the Himalayan Rivers, are characterised by:

• Perennial flow

• Younger rivers with meandering course

• They form V shaped valleys and waterfalls in their course

• They end in deltas

• They form ox-bow lakes, floodplains, braided channels, flat valeys etc. in the plains.

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Answer the following questions in not more than 125 words.What are the important characteristic features of north Indian rivers? How are these different from Peninsular rivers?

Answer the following questions in not more than 125 words.
What are the important characteristic features of north Indian rivers? How are these different from Peninsular rivers?