Indian River System, Rivers of India, Godavari River

River System of India (Part-1)

       Largest Peninsular River

Godavari is the largest Peninsular river

Its Length is 1465 km

Also known as called the Dakshin Ganga

Means-Ganga of South

It is second longest.

It  originates from Trimbakeshwar

-Nasik-Mahrashtra
Brahmagiri Mountain Range

Western Ghats

80 km from the Arabian Sea

It is East following river

First eastwards across the Deccan Plateau-turns southeast

The Catchment of Godavari is highest in Maharashtra-48.6%

Telangana (18.8%)

Madhya Pradesh (10.0%)

Chhattisgarh (10.9%)

Odisha (5.7%)

Andhra Pradesh (4.5%)

Karnataka (1.4%)

Pondicharry

Left Bank Tributries:

Pranahita, Indravati, Sabari, Sileru etc

Right Bank Tributaries:

Pravara, Sindphana, Manjira, Kinnerasani, etc

Penganga and Wainganga confluence-form- Pranahita

-largest tributary of Godavari

Godavari splits into 2 streams-Vriddha Gautami-Vasishta

Large river delta-Dowleswaram Barrage in Rajahmundry

Kumbh Mela- banks of the Godavari river-Nashik

Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh,

-Odisha, and Karnataka

-Godavari Water Sharring-Dispute

Porjects:

Babli project-Maharashtra

Bham Dam-Maharashtra

Dowleswaram Barrage-Ap

Dowleswaram Barrage-Maharashtra

-Waki Dam

-Gangapur Dam

-Jayakwadi Dam

Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project-TG

Pochampad Dam-TG

-Saraswati Barrage

-Sriram Sagar Project

Polavaram Project-AP