Kakinada district's water resources department describes a mix of Godavari delta canals, the Yeleru reservoir project, medium reservoirs and smaller tanks. This is a good example of overlapping water systems in one administrative district. A district can receive canal water from a major river while also containing a separate local river reservoir. Do not force every reservoir in a delta-adjacent district onto the Godavari main channel.

Yeleru is associated with irrigation in the Kakinada region and with industrial and drinking-water supply toward Visakhapatnam. That supply route links a reservoir in one coastal hinterland to demand in another city. The geography question is 'where is the source and where does the water go?' The administrative question is 'which present district manages the site?' The engineering question is 'what conveys the water?' These can have different answers and change in administrative detail over time.

Ports make the connection economically important. Kakinada's facilities serve a Godavari-side coast, while Visakhapatnam and nearby Gangavaram form another port cluster. Water supply, industrial corridors and road or rail transport interact, but one must not infer that the existence of a port proves a reservoir lies at the port itself. Draw the coast and the inland reservoir as different symbols, then join them with a supply arrow.

Worked map reasoning

Kakinada, Yeleru and Visakhapatnam appear together in regional water and infrastructure discussions, but they are different kinds of places and systems. Put Kakinada on the coast near the Godavari side; place Visakhapatnam farther north; trace water infrastructure as an engineered route rather than a natural river mouth. This stops a common error: converting a supply linkage into a claim that two ports share one river basin.

Active recall: close the book, place the named river or region on a blank map, and explain one likely exam confusion in your own words.