- Mahanadi River
- Godavari River
- Krishna River
- Kaveri (Cauvery) River
- Pennar River
- Subarnarekha River
- Brahmani River
- Sarada River
- Ponnaiyar River
- Vaigai River
Pennar River
◦ The Pennar (also known as Uttara Pinakini) isone of the major rivers of the peninsula.
◦ The Pennar rises in the Chenna Kesava hill of the Nandidurg range, in Chikkaballapura district of Karnataka and flows towards east eventually draining into the Bay of Bengal. The total length of the river is 597 km.
◦ The Pennar basin extends over states of Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka.
◦ The hill ranges in the basin to the south of the river are the Seshachalam (famous for Red
Sanders) and Paliconda ranges.
• The only important town in the basin is Nellore. The only major project in the basin is the Somasila project.
Subarnarekha River
◦ The Subarnarekha originates from the Ranchi Plateau in Jharkhand forming the boundary
between West Bengal and Odisha in its lower course.
◦ It joins the Bay of Bengal forming an estuary between the Ganga and Mahanadi deltas. Its total length is 395 km.
Brahmani River
◦ The Brahmani river comes into existence by the confluence of the Koel and the Sankh rivers
near Rourkela. It has a total length of 800 km.
◦ The basin is bounded in the North by Chhotanagpur plateau, in the West and South
by the Mahanadi basin and in the East by the Bay of Bengal.
◦ The basin flows through Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Orissa States and drains into the Bay
of Bengal.
Sarada River
• The river Sarada, an East flowing medium-sized river, lies in the district of Visakhapatnam of
Andhra Pradesh.
Ponnaiyar River
The Ponnaiyar is a small stream which is confined to the coastal area only.
• It covers a small area in the state of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh.
Vaigai River
- South of the Cauvery delta, there are several streams, of which the Vaigai is the longest.
- The Vaigai basin is an important basin among the 12 basins lying between the Cauvery and Kanyakumari.
