The second largest river basin of India is:
- AMahanadi river basin
- BNarmada river basin
- CGodavari river basin
- DKaveri river basin
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Correct answer: (c) Godavari river basin
Explanation
The Ganga basin is the largest river basin in India (about a quarter of the country's area). The Godavari basin is the second largest, covering about 10% of India, mainly in Maharashtra, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, along with parts of Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha and Karnataka. The Godavari, about 1,465 km long, is the longest river of the Peninsula and is called the Dakshin Ganga.
The Krishna basin comes next, then the Mahanadi, the Narmada and the Kaveri.