Rivers & Lakes S a b a r m a t h i Not to Scale India – Location, Relief and Drainage are solely fed by rain. These rivers flow in valleys with steep gradients. Based on the direction of flow, the peninsular rivers are divided into the . West flowing rivers .
East flowing rivers East Flowing Rivers a) Mahanadi The river Mahanadi originates near Sihawa in Raipur district of Chattisgarh and flows through Odisha. Its length is km. Seonath, Telen, Sandur and Ib are its major tributaries. The main stream of Mahanadi gets divided into several distributaries such as Paika, Birupa, Chitartala, Genguti and Nun.
All these distributaries form the Delta of Mahanadi which is one of the largest deltas in India. The Mahanadi empties its water in Bay of Bengal. b) Godavari Godavari is the longest river ( , km) with an area of . lakh sq.km among the Peninsular rivers.
It is also called Vridha Ganga. It originates in Nasik district of Maharashtra, a portion of Western Ghats. It flows through the states of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh before joining Bay of Bengal. Purna, Penganga, Pranitha, Indravati, Tal and Salami are its major tributaries.
The river near Rajahmundry gets divided into two Channels called Vasistha and Gautami and forms one of the largest deltas in India. Kolleru, a fresh water lake is located in the deltaic region of the Godavari. c) Krishna The river Krishna originates from a spring at a place called Mahabaleshwar in the Western Ghats of Maharashtra. Its length is , km and an area of .
lakh sq.km. It is the second longest Peninsular River Bhima, Peddavagu, Musi, Koyna and Thungabhadra are the major tributaries of this river. It also flows through Andhra Pradesh and joins in Bay of Bengal, at Hamasaladeevi. The length of the river Ganga is about , km.
Its major tributaries from the north are Gomti, Gandak, Kosi and Ghaghra and from south are Yamuna (the largest tributary of Ganga), Son, Chambal etc. The river Ganga is