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Drainage System
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Distinguish between Radial and Centripetal drainage.

Answer

Radial drainage : When the rivers radiats from a hill, the pattern is called radial.

Centripetal drainage : The rivers flowing into a depression or a lake, is called a centripetal drainage. The desert is characterised by the centripetal drainage pattern.

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