differences between Peninsular Rivers and the Himalayan Rivers of India

1. Source: Source of the perennial rivers lie in the plateau and lowlands, as they dependent on rainfall they are seasonal while Himalayan rivers receive water from rainfall as well as snowmelt from the glaciers.
2. Course and Basin: Peninsular Rivers have shorter and shallower courses and basin from their source to the mouth while Himalayan Rivers have long courses and basin joined by their many tributaries.
3. Carrying capacity: Peninsular Rivers have a lower carrying capacity as compared to the Himalayan Rivers which flow through high mountain regions performing intensive erosional activity in the upper course and carrying massive silt loads. While this causing massive flooding in the plains, the Deccan region is prone to droughts.
4. topographic Features: As peninsular rivers flow through metamorphic rocks, they have rigid courses and flow through wide and shallow valleys, forming waterfalls at some places, narrower flood plains and smaller deltas than the Himalayan rivers that cut through gorges forming V shaped valleys, rapids, ox bow lakes , well developed flood plains and deltas as they change course through the terrain.
5. Harnessing the rivers: There is more scope for irrigation, setting up hydel projects and dams etc.  in the Himalayan rivers because of the topography of the high regions as well as the perennial nature of the rivers while there is considerable reduction in the water supply of the peninsular rivers during the dry season.