Which is India's longest east-flowing river?
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This question examines an important river-or-lake fact: “Which is India's longest east-flowing river?” The correct answer is Godavari. The Godavari is the longest east-flowing river in India (1465 km). Among the peninsular rivers that flow eastward to the Bay of Bengal, the Godavari is the longest. It originates from the Western Ghats and flows east through the Deccan Plateau. 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.