Four east-flowing rivers sound like they’d share an origin. Only two of them actually rise from the Eastern Ghats.
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Two Different Sources, Four Rivers
- Nagavali and Vamsadhara both rise from the Eastern Ghats, near Kalahandi district, Odisha.
- Brahmani and Subarnarekha instead rise from the Chota Nagpur Plateau, in Jharkhand, a separate highland region.
- Brahmani forms where the Sankh and South Koel rivers meet near Rourkela.
- Subarnarekha rises near Ranchi, then flows through West Bengal and Odisha before reaching the Bay of Bengal.
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Which Rivers Actually Rise from the Eastern Ghats
- The two that do Nagavali and Vamsadhara genuinely originate in the Eastern Ghats.
- The two that don’t Brahmani and Subarnarekha instead rise from the Chota Nagpur Plateau.
- Answer: (b) 2 and 4.
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