Q. The highest drainage basin associated with the peninsular river in India is _______:
Answer: Krishna
Notes: The Godavari originates in the Western Ghats Trimbakeshwar, in the Nashik Subdivision or District of Maharashtra at a height of 920 m. The Krishna River rises in the Western Ghats, at an elevation of about 1337 m just north of Mahabaleshwar. The headwaters of the Mahanadi River are situated at an elevation of 442 meters over sea surface. The source of the Narmada is located at Amarkantak on the Amarkantak hill (1,057 m), in the Anuppur District zone of the Shahdol of eastern Madhya Pradesh.

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