DRAINAGE

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Across
  1. 3. LAKE A lake formed by a meandering river cutting off its loop (2, 3, 4 letters)
  2. 5. BASIN The area drained by a single river system (8, 5 letters)
  3. 7. DIVIDE An elevated area, like a mountain, separating two drainage basins (5, 5 letters)
  4. 8. The river that flows through a rift valley into the Arabian Sea, rising in the Amarkantak hills (8 letters)
  5. 12. The tidal mouth of a river where fresh and salt water mix, formed by West-flowing rivers (8 letters)
Down
  1. 1. The longest river of Peninsular India, rising from the Western Ghats (8 letters)
  2. 2. The river known as the 'Sorrow' of West Bengal (7 letters)
  3. 4. The largest river basin in India (5 letters)
  4. 6. A triangular deposit of sediment at a river's mouth, characteristic of East-flowing rivers (5 letters)
  5. 7. The largest freshwater lake in India, located in Jammu and Kashmir (5 letters)
  6. 9. The place where the Bhagirathi and Alaknanda meet to form the Ganga (8 letters)
  7. 10. GHATS The main range that forms the major water divide in Peninsular India (7, 5 letters)
  8. 11. A river of the Indian Desert, with inland drainage (4 letters)