Which river originates from the Satpura Range?
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This question examines an important river-or-lake fact: “Which river originates from the Satpura Range?” The correct answer is Tapti. The Tapti (Tapi) River originates from Multai in Betul district of Madhya Pradesh in the Satpura Range. Like the Narmada, the Tapti also flows westward between mountain ranges (Satpura and Ajanta/Satmala) and drains into the Arabian Sea through the Gulf of Khambhat near Surat. 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.