Question

The length of Godavari is ___________.
A. 1000 km
B. 1250 km
C. 1465 km
D. 1510 km

Answer 1

Hint:
- The river Godavari rises at 1,067 feet, about 80 kilometers from the Arabian Sea, in Trimbakeshwar, in Maharashtra, Nashik.
- Godavari is in the Bay of Bengal from its source to its outfall.
- After Ganga, the second longest river in India is Godavari. The Godavari River is also known as the 'Dakshin Ganga' or South Ganga, owing to its length and the wide area it drains.

Complete answer:
- The Godavari River, the Holy River of Southeast and Central India. Overall, one of the longest rivers in India is approximately 910 miles long and has a 121 000 square miles drainage area (313,000 square km).
- The Godavari River rises in the western Ghats range in northwestern Maharashtra state, just about 50 miles (80 km from the Arabian Sea, and flows most of its path generally eastward through the wide Deccan plateau (peninsular India).
- The river turns then south-east for the last 200 miles (320 km) across a gap across the eastern Ghats and then through Andhras. The Gautami Godavari to the north and the Godavari Vasishta to the south empty there from her two mouths.

Hence, the correct answer is option C.

Note:
In winter and spring, the upper reaches of the Godavari are dry, rendering it practically useless for irrigation. The construction of a navigable irrigation-canal system at its mouth, however, linking its delta with that of the Krishna River to the southwest, has made the land one of India's richest rice-growing areas. The Godavari, to the Hindus, is sacred over its entire length.