Geography PYQ 151 of 657 · Drainage System, River Cities, Waterfalls & Lakes

Which river drains into the Arabian Sea?

  1. AMahanadi
  2. BGodavari
  3. CNarmada
  4. DYamuna

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Correct answer: (c) Narmada

Explanation

The Narmada rises at Amarkantak (Madhya Pradesh) and flows west through a rift valley between the Vindhya and the Satpura to the Gulf of Khambhat, in the Arabian Sea. With the Tapi, it is one of the two large west-flowing rivers of the Peninsula, and it forms an estuary, not a delta.

The Mahanadi and the Godavari flow east into the Bay of Bengal, and the Yamuna joins the Ganga at Prayagraj.

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