East vs West Flowing Peninsular Rivers
| East Flowing Rivers | West Flowing Rivers |
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The Mahanadi, the Godavari, and the Kaveri are important east-flowing rivers. |
West-flowing rivers include Narmada and Tapi majorly. |
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The east-flowing rivers drain into the Bay of Bengal. |
The West-flowing rivers drain into the Arabian Sea. |
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These rivers tend to form a delta on the eastern coast. |
These rivers do not form delta but form estuaries. |
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These rivers have a developed and large tributary system. |
These rivers are devoid of any developed tributary system. |
What are the features of east and west flowing rivers of Peninsular plateau?
The peninsula drainage system precedes the Himalayan drainage system. This is evident in the maturity of the wide, large, stepped flat valleys and rivers. The Western Ghats, which run near the west coast, serve as a basin between the major peninsular rivers that flow into the Bay of Bengal and the small streams that flow into the Arabian Sea. With the exception of the Narmada and Tapi rivers, most of the major rivers on the peninsula flow from west to east.
East and West Flowing rivers of Peninsular plateau