Vaigai River
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.
East Flowing Rivers in India
East Flowing Rivers in India are the rivers that start in west or central India and flow eastwards.
The major east-flowing rivers are the Godavari, Krishna, Cauvery, Mahanadi, Penna, Subarnarekha, Brahmani, Ponnaiyar, Vaigai River, etc.
Penna River
Penna River springs from the Nandi Durg peak in Karnataka.
It is also known as Uttara Pinakini or Northern pennar.
It is known by different names like pennar, penneru, and penner in different places.
Brahmani River
Brahmani River comes into existence by the confluence of the Koel and the Sankh rivers near Rourkela in Odisha.
The basin is bounded in the North by the Chhotanagpur plateau, in the West and South by the Mahanadi basin and in the East by the Bay of Bengal.
Subarnarekha River
Subarnarekha River originates from the Ranchi plateau in Jharkhand.
It forms the boundary between West Bengal and Orissa in its lower course.
It joins the Bay of Bengal forming an estuary between the Ganga and Mahanadi deltas.
Krishna River
Krishna River is the second largest east-flowing river of the Peninsula in India.
It rises in the Western Ghats near Mahabaleshwar.
Godavari River
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.
Mahanadi River
Mahanadi River has its source in Dandakaranya near Sihawa in the Raipur district of Chhattisgarh.
Its upper course lies in the saucer-shaped basin called the ‘Chhattisgarh Plains’.
It is one of the East Flowing Rivers in the country.