The South Indian Rivers Part II
Total Questions: 16
River Purna is one of the largest tributary of Tapi. Significantly Tapi originates from the Multai hills of Satpura range in the Betul district of Madhya Pradesh and flows from east to west. Tapi is the second largest westward flowing river in India. It travels through three states, viz. Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Gujrat.
Tapi or Tapti river rises from Satpura Hills near Multai in Betul district of Madhya Pradesh. Its length is about 754 km and the drainage area is 65145 sq. km. It drains through the Gulf of Khambhat into the Arabian Sea. Mahanadi, Krishna, and Godavari empty into the Bay of Bengal
Cauvery river rises in Brahmagiri hills (Talakaveri) of Kodagu district in Karnataka and flows 800 km in the drainage area of 81,155 sq. km. It empties into the Bay of Bengal near Poom Puhar (Tamil Nadu) and Union Territory of Puducherry. It flows through Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and union territory of Puducherry. This river forms islands of Srirangpatnam, Shivasamudram, and Srirangam in the Deccan Plateau.
Cauvery river is Known as the Ganga of the south. Cauvery emerges from Brahmagiri hills (TalaKaveri) in the Western Ghat mountain range. The Godavari is called Vriddha (old) Ganga' or Dakshin Ganga.
Krishna river water dispute is between Andhra Pradesh (Now- Andhra Pradesh and Telangana), Karnataka and Maharashtra since 1957. Besides many committees, two separate tribunals were set up under the chairmanship of Justice R.S. Bachhawat and Brijesh Kumar. The commission held option (b) as the correct answer in its initial answer key however omitted it from evaluation later.
The correct sequence of the rivers given in the option in descending order of their length is Godavari (1465 km), Narmada (1312 km), Mahanadi (851 km) and Tapi/Tapti (724 km).
(i) Mahanadi (ii) Krishna (iii) Godavari (iv) Narmada
Decreasing order of given rivers is:
Godavari(1465 km)>Krishna(1400)>Narmada(1312 km)>Mahanadi(851 km)
The project to link Godavari and Krishna rivers was completed on 16th September, 2015. Notably, 16 links for peninsular rivers and 14 links for Himalayan rivers are proposed under River Linking Project.
