Question

Krishna river originates at _____.
a. Mahabaleshwar
b. Talacauvery
c. Madhugiri
d. Mangaluru

Answer 1

Hint: India's forested Western Ghats range hill station, south of Mumbai. It features several elevated viewing points, such as the Seat of Arthur.

Complete answer:
Krishna river –
- The Krishna is the second largest river on the Peninsula, flowing east.
- The Krishna Basin stretches across Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra and Karnataka with a total area of ~ 2.6 lakh Sq.km.
- It is bordered on the north by the Balaghat range, on the south and east by the Eastern Ghats and on the west by the Western Ghats.
- It appears that the Krishna delta merges with that created by the Godavari and stretches into the sea for about 35 km.

Krishna River Tributaries –
- The Right Bank: the Ghatprabha, the Tungabhadra and the Malprabha.
- The Left Bank: the Bhima, the Munneru and the Musi.
- The Koyna is a small tributary, but the Koyna Dam is renowned.
- The Bhima originates from the Matheron Hills and after a distance of 861 km joins Krishna near Raichur.
- The Tungabhadra is created by the merger of the Tunga and the Bhadra originating in the Central Sahyadri from Gangamula.
- Its total length is 531 km. It receives its last significant tributary at Wazirabad, the Musi, on whose banks the town of Hyderabad is situated.

The Krishna River rises at an altitude of 1,337 m just north of Mahabaleshwar from the Western Ghats near Jor village in the Satara district of Maharashtra. The total length of the river is 1,400 km from its origin to its outflow into the Bay of Bengal.

Hence, the correct answer is option A.

Note:
- There are rich mineral deposits in the Krishna basin and there is strong potential for industrial growth.
- Iron and steel, cement, vegetable oil extraction from sugar cane and rice milling are significant industrial activities in the basin at present.
- Oil has recently been hit in this basin, which is bound to have an impact on this basin's potential industrial scenario.