2024 · Q66
Identify the type of drainage pattern on the basis of the given characteristics:
- 1It represents the most common pattern of streams and their tributaries
- 2It occurs in areas of uniform rock type and regular slope
- 3A map, or aerial photograph, shows a pattern like the veins on a leaf; smaller streams join the main stream at an acute angle
Select the correct answer.
General KnowledgeGeography
- ADendritic
- BRadial
- CTrellis
- DCentripetal
Explanation
The description — the most common stream pattern, occurring in areas of uniform rock type and regular slope, with tributaries joining the main stream at acute angles like veins on a leaf — is the classic definition of a dendritic drainage pattern. Radial, trellis and centripetal patterns have different geometries. The answer is (A).