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  1. Narmada
  2. Ganga
  3. Mahanadi
  4. Godavari
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Option 1 : Narmada

  • Narmada is the largest west-flowing river of peninsular India.
  • It rises from the Maikala range near Amarkantak in Anuppur district of Madhya Pradesh.
  • It is the west flowing river and falls into the Arabian Sea.
  • Mahanadi has its source in Chhattisgarh and mouth in Odisha, Ganga has its source in Uttarakhand and meets in Bay of Bengal as its mouth, Godavari has its source in Maharashtra and mouth in Andhra Pradesh.
  • These all rivers are east flowing rivers.

 

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