Question

Name the east flowing and west flowing rivers of the peninsular plateau.

Answer 1

Hint: Peninsular India is surrounded by Arabian Sea in west and by Bay of Bengal in east. So, east flowing rivers shall fall in Bay of Bengal and west flowing rivers shall fall in the Arabian Sea.

Complete answer:
Peninsular India has four major eastward flowing rivers while two major westward flowing rivers. The eastward flowing rivers are:
Mahanadi: Mahanadi is the topmost eastward flowing river. It originates in Sihaba hills of Chhattisgarh and flows towards Bay of Bengal through Orissa.
Godavari: Godavari is the second river from top flowing in peninsular India. Godavari forms the second largest river basin in India after Ganges. It originates in Maharashtra and covers areas of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh it flows into the Bay of Bengal.
Kaveri: The Kaveri River is an important river in the states of Kerala and Tamil Nadu. It is a perennial river falling into the Bay of Bengal in the state of Tamil Nadu.
Krishna: The Krishna river is an important river flowing in the states of Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh. It originates in the state of Maharashtra and falls into the Bay of Bengal.
The westward flowing rivers of Peninsular India are:
Narmada: The Narmada river originates in the state of Madhya Pradesh and falls into the Arabian sea along the coastal region of Gujarat.
Tapi: It also originates in Madhya Pradesh and falls into the Gulf of Khambhat in the western coast of India.

Note: The rivers originating in the Deccan Plateau flow into the Bay of Bengal and are east flowing rivers while the ones originating in the Vindhyas and Satpuras are west flowing and fall into the Arabian Sea.