Basics
- Older than the Himalayan one.
- Associated features are broad and largely graded shallow valleys and mature rivers.
- Characteristics: Fixed course, absence of meanders, and non-perennial flow of water.
Classification
- East Flowing Rivers
- Flow into the Bay of Bengal.
- These rivers carry larger sediments than west-flowing rivers leading to the formation of deltas.
- The major rivers are Godavari, Krishna, Kaveri, Mahanadi, Pennar, Subarnerekh, Vaiga, and Brahmani.
- West Flowing Rivers
- Flow into the Arabian Sea.
- Fewer and smaller in number as compared to east-flowing rivers.
- Some rivers flow through faults between Satpura and Vindhya.
- For example – Tapi, Narmada, Mahi, Sabarmati, and Luni rivers.
