Geography

Major features of Peninsular rivers :
1. Almost all the rivers of the Peninsula are in the mature stage.
2. They flow through wide valleys.
3. Except the Narmada and Tapi which drain west wards into the Arabian Sea, the other major stream discharge their water into the Bay of Bengal.
The East flowing rivers :
(A) The Mahanadi :
1. The river rises in the highland of Dandakaranya in Chhattisgarh.
2. It flows through Orissa to reach Bay of Bengal.
3. The total length of the river is about 860 km.
4. Its drainage basin is shared by Maharastra, Chhatisgarh, Jharkhand and Orissa.
(B) Godawari Basin :
1. It is the largest river of the Peninsula.
2. It originates from the Trimabak Plateau of the north Sahyadri near Nasik.
3. The Godavari is often referred as Vridha Ganga or Dakshina Ganga because of its large size and extent.
4. Its principal tributaries include the Pravara, Purna, Manjra, Penganga, Wainganga, Wardha Pranhita, Indravati, Maner and the Sabari.
5. Its length is about 1500 km.
(C) Krishna Basin :
1. Rising from a spring near Mahabaleshwar, the Krishna flows for about 1400 km and reaches the Bay of Bengal.
2. Its tributaries are the Tungabhadra, the Koyana, the Ghatprabha, the Musi and the Bhima. Its drainage basin is shared by Maharastra, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh.
(D) The Kaveri Basin :
1. It rises in the Brahmagri range of the western ghats and it reaches the Bay of Bengal in south of Cuddalore in Tamil Nadu.
2. Total length of the river is about 760 km.
3. Its main tributaries are Amravati, Bhavani, Hemavati and Kabini.
4. Its basin drains parts of Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu.
Other East-flowing rivers :
The Subarnarekha, the Brahmani, the Penneru, the Pannaiyar and Vaigai are Some of the other east flowing rivers of the Peninsula.