Question

The delta formed by river Krishna and the Godavari is the _______ largest delta in India.
A. Second
B. Third
C. Fourth
D. Fifth

Answer 1

Hint: Waterways store sediments in various pieces of their courses and subsequently structure three significant kinds of landforms which are called constructional landforms, for example, alluvial fans cones, normal levees, and deltas.

Complete answer:
The depositional feature of practically three-sided shape at the mouth of a waterway debouching either in a lake or an ocean is called delta. The word delta, gotten from the Greek letter, was first utilized by Greek antiquarian Herodotus for the three-sided depositional highlight at the mouth of the Nile River. Regardless of whether little or huge, pretty much every waterway structures delta.
Broad deltaic plain framed by two huge east coast waterways, Krishna and Godavari in the territory of Andhra Pradesh and the adjoining regions of Bay of Bengal in which these streams release their water is known as Krishna Godavari Basin. The Krishna Godavari Basin is a demonstrated petroliferous bowl of mainland edge situated on the east shoreline of India. Its terrestrial part covers a zone of 15000 sq. km and the seaward part covers a territory of 25,000 sq. km up to 1000 m isobath. The bowl contains around 5 km thick dregs with a few patterns, going in age from Late Carboniferous to Pleistocene. The delta-shaped by waterway Krishna and Godavari is the second biggest delta in India.

Thus, option (A) is correct.

Note: Godavari parts into two branches again into two branches which join the Bay of Bengal. Konaseema or God's Own Creation is the delta area of Coastal Andhra Pradesh shaped by the feeders of the Godavari stream and Bay of Bengal.