What approximate percentage of geographical area of India is drained by river Godavari?

The correct answer is 10%.

Key Points

• The Godavari is the largest Peninsular river system. It is also called the Dakshin Ganga.
• Godavari river rises from Trimbakeshwar near Nasik in Maharashtra and flows for a length of about 1465 km before outfalling into the Bay of Bengal.
• The Godavari basin extends over the states of Maharashtra, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Odisha in addition to smaller parts in Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka and Union Territory of Puducherry.
• It drains approximately 10% of the geographical area of India.
• The basin is bounded by Satmala hills, the Ajanta range, and the Mahadeo hills on the north, by the Eastern Ghats on the south and the east and by the Western Ghats on the west.
• The left bank tributaries are more in number and larger in size than the right bank tributaries.
• Right Bank Tributaries: Shivna, Pravara, Mula, Sindphana, Manjra, Peddavagu, Maner.
• Left Bank Tributaries: Dharna, Penganga, Wainganga, Wardha, Pranahita [conveying the combined waters of Penganga, the Wardha and Wainganga], Pench, Kanhan, Sabari, Indravati.

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