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Drainage

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Compare the east flowing and the west flowing rivers of the Peninsular Plateau.

Solution

East flowing Rivers	West flowing Rivers
(i)The Mahanadi, Godavari, Krishna, Cauvery are east flowing rivers.	(i)The Narmada and Tapi are west flowing rivers.
(ii)These rivers form deltas on the east coast.	(ii)These rivers do not form deltas on the west coast.
(iii)These rivers fall into Bay of Bengal	(iv)These rivers fall into Arabian Sea.

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