India: drainage and water resources
West-flowing Peninsular rivers
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- Narmada: Amarkantak source, rift valley between Vindhya and Satpura, Dhuandhar falls and Marble Rocks at Bhedaghat, Omkareshwar and Sardar Sarovar, Gulf of Khambhat estuary
- Tapi: Multai source, Satpura rift, Purna tributary, Ukai dam, Surat
- Sabarmati and Mahi to the Gulf of Khambhat; Luni ending in the Rann
- Short west-flowing rivers: Sharavati (Jog or Gersoppa falls), Netravati, Kalinadi, Mandovi and Zuari (Dudhsagar), Periyar, Bharathapuzha, Pamba
- Why Narmada and Tapi flow west: rift valleys, not the general slope; estuaries rather than deltas