Question

Which of the following rivers is not east-flowing?
A) Mahanadi
B) the Godavari
C) Kaveri
D) Tapi

Answer 1

Hint:
 Rivers have been of essential importance throughout human history. Water from rivers is a basic natural resource, important for several human activities. Therefore, riverbanks have fascinated immigrants from ancient times. Using rivers for irrigation, navigation and hydropower production is of special importance — particularly to a country like India, where agriculture is the major source of livelihood of the majority of its population.

Complete solution:
East-flowing Indian waterways introduced here streams toward the eastern shoreline of India, through the eastern ghats and converge into the Bay of Bengal. The Ganga-Brahmaputra basin has not been included for this analysis as it courses through subsidence through situated at the top of the Bay of Bengal sea.

Mahanadi: The Mahanadi is an important river in East-Central India. It depletes a region of around 141,600 square kilometres and has an all-out course of 858 kilometres Mahanadi is additionally known for the Hirakud Dam. The waterway moves through the conditions of Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Odisha.

Godavari: The Godavari is India's second-longest river after the Ganga. Its source is in Trimbakeshwar, Maharashtra. It streams east for 1,465 kilometres, depleting the conditions of Maharashtra, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Odisha.

Kaveri: Kaveri (otherwise called Cauvery, the anglicized name) is an Indian river flowing through the states of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. The Kaveri stream ascends at Talakaveri in the Brahmagiri range in the Western Ghats, Kodagu locale of the territory of Karnataka, at a height of 1,341 m above mean sea level and streams for around 800 km before its outfall into the Bay of Bengal.

Tapi: The Tapi River is a waterway in Central India between the Godavari and Narmada rivers and which streams westwards before depleting into the Arabian Sea. The stream has a length of 724 km. Its source is close to Multai Reserve woodland in MP. From that point, it enters Maharashtra and courses through a western piece of Vidarbha and Khandesh. Thus, Mahanadi, Godavari and Kaveri are east-flowing rivers but Tapi is West flowing river.

Hence, the correct answer is option D.

Note:
 The West flowing waterways are Narmada, Tapti, Mahi, Sabarmati, Luni, and so on The East streaming Rivers are Mahanadi, Godavari, Krishna, Kaveri, and so on Countless South Indian streams are occasional as they are annoyed. The greater part of the peninsular waterways streams toward the east on the level slope and channel into the Bay of Bengal. They structure deltas on their mouths.