How Narmada Rift Valley Formed?

This means that Narmada was a very short river which terminated in the inland sea above Mandla, and that the recession of the sea caused geological disturbances, which created the present rift valley through which the Narmada River and Tapti River flow in their present journey to the Arabian Sea.

What is a rift and how is it formed?

A rift valley is a lowland region that forms where Earth's tectonic plates move apart, or rift. Rift valleys are found both on land and at the bottom of the ocean, where they are created by the process of seafloor spreading. ... Tectonic plates are huge, rocky slabs of Earth's lithosphere—its crust and upper mantle.

Why does Narmada flow from east to west?

The two major west flowing rivers are the Narmada and the Tapi. This exceptional behavior is because these rivers didn't form valleys and instead they flow through faults (linear rift, rift valley, trough) created due to the bending of the northern peninsula during the formation process of Himalayas.