Peninsular Rivers🌊🏞 :
Based on the direction of flow,the Peninsular rivers are divided into the west flowing and East flowing rivers.
East flowing rivers 🏞🌊:
Mahanadi🌊🏞 :
🌟It originates nera Sihawa in Raipur district of Chattisgarh and flows through Odisa.
🌟It’s length is 851km.
🌟Seonath, Telen,Sandra and Ib are its major tributaries.
🌟Paika, Birupa, Chitartala, Genguti and Nun are is distributaries.
🌟The Mahanadi empties its water in Bay of Bengal.
Godavari 🏞🌊:
🌟Godavari is the longest river(1,465 km) with an area of 3.13 lakh km^2 among the Peninsular rivers . It is also called Vridha Ganga.
🌟It flows through the states Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. Purna, Penganga, Pranitha, Indravathu, Tal and Salami are its major tributaries.
🌟Kolleru, a fresh water lake is located in the deltaic region of the Godavari.
Krishna 🌊🏞:
🌟It Originates from a spring at a palace called Mahabaleshwar in the Western Ghats of Maharashtra.
🌟It’s length is 1,400 km and an area of 2.58 lakh Sq km.
🌟Bhima, Peddavagu, Musi, Koyna and Thungabhadra are the major tributaries of this river.
Kaveri 🏞🌊:
🌟It originates at Talakaveri, Kudagu hills of Karnataka.
🌟It’s length is 800 km. The river Kaveri is called Dhakshin Ganga or Ganga of South.
🌟Harangi, Hemavati, Kabini, Bhavani, Arkavathy , Noyyal, Amaranthi etc are the main tributaries of the river Kaveri.
🌟In Karnataka the river bifurcates twice ,forming the sacred islands of Srirangapatnam and Sivasamudram.
🌟In Tamilnadu, it continues through a series of gorges until it reaches Hogenakkal Falls.
West flowing rivers🌊🏞 :
Narmada 🏞🌊:
🌟It rises in Amarkanatak Plateau in Madhya Pradesh at an elevation of about 1057m and flows for a distance of about 1,312km, it covers an area of 98,796 Sq km and forms 27 km long estuary.
🌟It is the largest among the west flowing rivers of Peninsular India.
🌟It’s principal tributaries are Burhner, Halon, Haran, Banjar, Dudhi, Shakkar, Tawa, Barna and Kolar.
Tapti🌊🏞 :
🌟It is one of the major rivers of Peninsular India with the length of about 724km and covers an area of 65,145 Sq km.
🌟It is one of only the three rivers in Peninsular India that rum from east to west – the others being the Narmada and the Mahi.
🌟The major tributaries are Vaki, Gomai, Arunavathi,Aner, Nesu, Buray, Panjhra and Bori.
🌟It outfalls into the Arabian Sea through the Gulf of Cambay.
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