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Which of the following rivers makes an estuary?
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- Cauvery
- Krishna
- Narmada
- Ganga
Correct Option: C
Most of the west flowing rivers of Indian peninsula do not form delta. They form estuary. Narmada is one of them. It is so because rocky terrain of the Western Ghats does not allow the rivers to spread out much, and there is not sufficient plain stretch of land between the Arabian Sea and the Western Ghats for the Narmada to slowdown and bifurcates into distributaries. Narmada forms an estuary of 21 km at the Gulf of Khambat. The river is presently partially navigable in the estuary reach around Bharuch but the river has never been a transport artery.