Which river is called the 'Ganga of the South'?
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This question examines an important river-or-lake fact: “Which river is called the 'Ganga of the South'?” The correct answer is Godavari. The Godavari River is called the 'Ganga of the South' or 'Dakshin Ganga'. It is the second longest river in India and the longest river in peninsular India with a length of about 1465 km. A river system includes its source, tributaries, distributaries, drainage basin, watershed, channel, floodplain, delta or estuary and final outlet. River behaviour depends on relief, geology, rainfall, snowmelt, sediment load, vegetation and human intervention. Examination questions often confuse a river’s source with its mouth, a left-bank tributary with a right-bank tributary, or a natural lake with a reservoir.