Question

Describe the west flowing rivers of Peninsular Plateau.

Answer 1

The Mahanadi, the Godavari, the Krishna and the Kaveri are the main east flowing rivers of Peninsular India. 1. ... 2.These rivers drain in the Arabian Sea.

Answer 2

The west-flowing rivers of the Peninsular Plateau are Sabarmati, Narmada, Mahi, Tapi, Ghaggar, and Luni.

Explanation:

• There a number of different western flowing peninsular rivers as mentioned above with Narmada and Tapi being the most prominent ones.
• It is noticed that the number of west flowing peninsular rivers is lower than that of east-flowing rivers.
• Their lesser number can be explained as these rivers don’t normally form valleys and they tend to go flowing through the faults. These faults are created as a result of the bending of the northern peninsula.
• These rivers are ultimately divided into small streams in the western ghat which submerge in the Arabic sea. These rivers usually form estuaries and not deltas.