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.
Godavari River is the largest peninsular river system in India.
It is held in reverence as ‘Vridha Ganga’ or ‘Dakshina Ganga’.
The river originates from Trimbakeshwar near Nasik in Maharashtra.
Tapti River (or Tapi) is the second largest west flowing river of the Indian peninsula.
It originates from the Multai reserve forest in the Betul district of Madhya Pradesh.
It is also known as ‘the twin’ or ‘the handmaid’ of the Narmada.
Chambal River rises near Mhow in the highlands of Janapao Hills in Madhya Pradesh.
It enters a gorge at Chaurasigarh.
It joins Yamuna in the Etawah district of Uttar Pradesh.
Mahi River rises in the Vindhyan range in the Dhar district of Madhya Pradesh.
The total length of Mahi is 583 km.
Mahi is one of the major interstate west-flowing rivers of India.
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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