What kind of drainage pattern is displayed by the Girnar Hills in Gujarat, India?
(a) Dendritic Drainage pattern
(b) Centripetal Drainage pattern
(c) Radial Drainage pattern
(d) Trellis Drainage pattern

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What kind of drainage pattern is displayed by the Girnar Hills in Gujarat, India?
(a) Dendritic Drainage pattern
(b) Centripetal Drainage pattern
(c) Radial Drainage pattern
(d) Trellis Drainage pattern

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The radial drainage pattern develops around a central elevated point. This pattern is common to such conically shaped features as volcanoes. The tributary streams extend the head ward and reaches upslope toward the top of the volcano.In India, the most prominent example of a radial drainage pattern is found around the Amarkantak Hills, where rivers like Narmada, Son, and Mahanadi originate and flow in different directions, radiating outwards from a central high point; this pattern is also observed in the Girnar Hills of Gujarat and the Mikir Hills of Assam.

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What kind of drainage pattern is displayed by the Girnar Hills in Gujarat, India? (a) Dendritic Drainage pattern (b) Centripetal Drainage pattern (c) Radial Drainage pattern (d) Trellis Drainage pattern

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