[1 only] Peninsular rivers in India are not flooded as much as the Himalayan rivers. The reasons can be?1

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Peninsular rivers in India are not flooded as much as the Himalayan rivers. The reasons can be?
1. India’s peninsular rivers have relatively steep gradients.
2. There is little variation in flow from the dry to wet seasons.
3. Most rivers do not form deltas.
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Explanation:
India’s peninsular rivers have relatively steep gradients and thus rarely give rise to floods ofthe type that occur in the plains of northern India, despite considerable variations in flowfrom the dry to wet seasons. Forming Delta or not is irrelevant to the flooding of rivers. Itdepends more on the river’s silt load, water volume flow, and gradient of flow.

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