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Which of these Indian rivers rises in the Western Ghats and flows east into the Bay of Bengal?
Answer: C
Correct answer: The Krishna
The Krishna rises at Mahabaleshwar in the Western Ghats of Maharashtra and flows about 1,400 km east across the Deccan through Karnataka, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh to the Bay of Bengal, where it forms a large delta beside the Godavari’s. It is the second longest of the peninsular rivers. Its eastward course is the rule rather than the exception. The Deccan plateau tilts gently east, so the Godavari, Krishna, Kaveri and Mahanadi all rise close to the western coast and cross almost the whole peninsula to reach the eastern one, building deltas as they go. The Narmada and Tapi are the exceptions, flowing west through rift valleys into the Arabian Sea. The Sabarmati also flows west, through Gujarat. The Krishna is heavily dammed - Nagarjuna Sagar and Srisailam among the largest - and its waters have been the subject of long-running disputes between the riparian states.
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