Question

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The river Narmada falls into ___________.

Answer 1

Hint: In Madhya Pradesh, Narmada flows over 1,000 km of its total 1,300-km length across a heavily forested basin. It is the state's lifeline, providing more than 25 million people with food, water and livelihoods and habitat for a range of plant and wildlife species.

Complete answer:
A. Narmada is the largest river in Peninsular India that flows west.
B. Narmada flows to the west through a rift valley between the northern Vindhya Range and the southern Satpura Range.
C. At an elevation of about 1057 m, it rises from the Maikala range near Amarkantak in Madhya Pradesh. D. The basin of Narmada stretches over Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Maharashtra, and Chhattisgarh states with an area of ~ 1 Lakh Sq.km.
E. It is bounded to the north by the Vindhyas, to the east by the Maikala range, to the south by the Satpuras, and to the west by the Arab Sea.
F. From its source in Amarkantak to its estuary in the Gulf of Khambhat, its total length is 1,310 km.
G. In the upper part of the basin, the hilly regions and the lower middle reaches are wide and fertile areas that are well suited for cultivation.
H. The only significant urban center in the basin is Jabalpur.
I. The river slopes down near Jabalpur, where it cascades 15 m into a gorge to form the Dhuan Dhar (Cloud of Mist) Falls (a small waterfall, particularly one in a series).
J. The traditional border between North India and South India is formed by Narmada and flows westward for a length of 1,312 km (815.2 mi) before draining into the Arabian Sea via the Gulf of Khambhat, 30 km (18.6 mi) west of the Gujarat City of Bharuch.

Note: The third largest river that flows entirely within India after Ganga & Godavari is the Narmada or Rewa River. This forms the common frontier between South India and North India. The Narmada flows between the Satpura and Vindhya Ranges in a rift valley. It was described in the Periplus of the Erythrean Sea as Nammadus.