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.
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.
Krishna River
Krishna River is the second largest east-flowing river of the Peninsula in India.
It rises in the Western Ghats near Mahabaleshwar.