Krishna River

  • Krishna River is the second largest east-flowing river of the Peninsula in India.
  • It rises in the Western Ghats near Mahabaleshwar.
  • It debouches into the Bay of Bengal, forming a big delta in an arcuate shape.
  • The Koyna, Tungabhadra and Bhima are its major tributaries.
  • Koyna Dam is made on the Koyana River, a tributary of the Krishna River.

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Vaigai River is the longest stream south of the Cauvery Delta.

It entirely lies in the state of Tamil Nadu.

It originates in Varusanadu Hills, the Periyar Plateau of the Western Ghats range.

Ponnaiyar River

Ponnaiyar River is the South Pennar River that originates in the Nandi Hills in the Chikkaballapura district of Karnataka.

It is also known as Dakshina Pinakini in Kannada and Thenpennai in Tamil.

It is one of the east-flowing peninsular rivers in India, like Godavari and Krishna.

Narmada River

Narmada River is the largest of all the west-flowing rivers of Peninsular India.

It rises from the Maikala range near the Amarkantak plateau in the Shahdol district of Madhya Pradesh.

It flows through a rift valley between the Vindhyan Range on the north and the Satpura Range on the south.

Ganga River

Ganga River originates as Bhagirathi from the Gangotri glacier, Uttarakhand, India.

Alaknanda joins it at Devaprayag.

Pindar River joins it at Karan Prayag and Mandakini or Kali Ganga at Rudra Prayag.

The combined waters of the Bhagirathi and the Alaknanda flow in the name of the Ganga, below Devprayag.

Cauvery River

Cauvery River (Kaveri) originates at Talakaveri on the Brahmagiri range near Cherangala village of Kodagu (Coorg) district of Karnataka in the Western Ghats.

It is designated as “the Ganga of the South” or ‘Dakshina Ganga’.

It is one of the east-flowing peninsular rivers, like Godavari and Krishna.

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