The following table gives information about Indian Rivers, its length in km and where river is ended
|
Sr. No. |
Name of Rivers |
Origin |
Length (km) |
End |
|
1. |
Ganga |
Gangotri Glacier
(Bhagirathi), Uttarakhand |
2,525 |
Bay of Bengal |
|
2. |
Yamuna |
Yamunotri Glacier,
Uttarakhand |
1,376 |
Merges with Ganga at
Allahabad (Triveni Sangam - Kumbh Mela spot |
|
3. |
Brahmaputra |
Himalayan Glacier in
Tibet, but enters India in Arunachal Pradesh |
1,800 |
Merges with Ganga and
ends in Bay of Bengal |
|
4. |
Chambal |
Tributary of Yamuna
river, starting at Madhya Pradesh |
960 |
Joins Yamuna river in
UP |
|
5. |
Son |
Tributary of Ganga,
starting at Amarkantak, Madhya Pradesh |
784 |
Joins Ganga just above
Patna - also considered part of Vindhya river system |
|
6. |
Gandak |
Nepal; Ganges tributary
at Indo-Nepal border (Triveni Sangam) |
630 |
Joins Ganga near Patna |
|
7. |
Kosi |
Starts from Bihar near
Indo-Nepal border |
720 |
Joins Ganga near
Katihar district of Bihar |
|
8. |
Betwa |
Tributary of Yamuna,
rises at Vindhya region, MP |
590 |
Joins Yamuna at
Hamirpur in UP |
|
9. |
Gomti |
Tributary of Ganga,
starting at Gomat Taal, UP |
900 |
Joins Ganga in Varanasi
district |
|
10. |
Ghaghara |
Himalayan Glacier in
Tibet, tributary of Ganga |
1080 |
Joins Ganga in Bihar |
|
11. |
Hugli (Hooghly) |
Tributary of Ganga near
West Bengal |
260 |
Merges with Ganga at
Bay of Bengal |
|
12. |
Damodar |
Tributary of Hugli near
Chandwara, Jharkhand |
592 |
Merges with Hugli in
West Bengal |
|
13. |
Mahananda |
Paglajhora falls,
Darjeeling, West Bengal |
360 |
Merge in Ganga |
|
14. |
Alaknanda |
Satopanth &
Bhagirathi-Kharak glacier |
190 |
Merge in Ganga,
Devprayag, Uttarakhand |
|
15. |
Bhagirathi |
Gaumukh, Uttarakhand |
205 |
Merge in Ganga,
Devprayag, Uttarakhand |
|
16. |
Indus |
Originates in Tibetan
plateau, Enters India in J&K |
3180 |
Merges into Arabian sea
near Sindh |
|
17. |
Chenab |
Upper Himalayas in the
Spiti district of Himachal Pradesh |
960 |
Merges with Indus |
|
18. |
Jhelum |
Tributary of Chenab
river, Punjab |
725 |
Merges with Chenab at
Jhang (Pakistan) |
|
19. |
Ravi |
Starts from Bara
Bhangal, Kangra district, Himachal Pradesh |
720 |
Joins Chenab in
Pakistan |
|
20. |
Sutlej |
Tributary of Indus
river, originates at Rakshastal, Tibet |
1500 |
Meets Beas river in
Pakistan and ends at Arabian sea |
|
21. |
Beas |
Rises at Himalayas in
central Himachal Pradesh |
470 |
Joins Sutlej river in
Punjab, India |
|
22. |
Parbati |
Mantalai Glacier near
Pin Prabati Pass |
- |
Mixes with Beas River
at Bhuntar, near Kullu of Himachal Pradesh |
|
23. |
Suru |
Panzella Glacier, Pensi
La Pass, Kargil |
185 |
Indus, Nurla, Skardu,
Pakistan |
|
24. |
Dras |
Machoi Glacier, Zoji
La, ear Sonamarg, Jammu & Kashmir |
86 |
Suru River at Kharul,
Kargil |
|
25. |
Zanskar |
Doda River (First
Branch), Kargyag and Tsarap River (Second Branch) |
- |
Indus River near Nimmu
in Ladakh |
|
26. |
Tsarap |
Pankpo La, Sarchu |
182 |
Zanskar River, Padum,
Kargil |
|
27. |
Doda |
Drang-Drung Glacier,
Pensi La |
79 |
Zanskar River, Padum,
Kargil |
|
28. |
Kaveri |
Talakaveri in Western
Ghats in Karnataka |
765 |
Ends in Bay of Bengal |
|
29. |
Krishna |
Originates in the
Western Ghats near Mahabaleshwar in Maharashtra |
1400 |
Ends in Bay of Bengal
near Andhra Pradesh |
|
30. |
Godavari |
Starts in Maharashtra
and passes through 7 Indian states |
1465 |
Empties in Bay of
Bengal |
|
31. |
Tungabhadra |
Tributary of Krishna
river staring at Karnataka |
531 |
Joins Krishna river
along the border of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh |
|
32. |
Tapti |
Rises in Eastern
Satpura Ranges, Madhya Pradesh |
724 |
Empties into Gulf of
Khambhat, Gujarat |
|
33. |
Mahi |
Rises in Madhya Pradesh |
580 |
Flows into Arabian sea
from Gujarat |
|
34. |
Narmada |
Starts from Amarkantak,
Madhya Pradesh |
1315 |
Drains into Arabian sea
via Gulf of Cambay |
|
35. |
Indravati |
Dandakaranya range,
Kalahandi district, Odisha |
535 |
Godavari near border of
Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh and Telangana |
|
36. |
Pranhita |
Confluence of Wardha
and Wainganga, near Sirpur Kaghaznagar |
113 |
Godavari, near
Kaleshwaram, Telangana |
|
37. |
Wardha |
Satpura range, Multai,
Betul district of Madhya Pradesh |
528 |
Pranhita River |
|
38. |
Kolab (Sabari) |
Sinkaran hills,
Koraput, Odisha |
200 |
Godavari |
|
39. |
Manjira |
Balaghat hills |
724 |
Godavari, near
Kandakurthi, Karnataka |
|
40. |
Wainganga |
Satpura range, Mundara,
Seoni district, Madhya Pradesh |
579 |
Pranhita River |
|
41. |
Painganga |
Ajanta range,
Aurangabad, Maharashtra |
676 |
Wardha river,
Chandrapur district, Maharashtra |
|
42. |
Vedavathi |
Confluence of Veda and
Avathi |
- |
Tungabhadra river, near
Siruguppa |
|
43. |
Bhima |
Bhimashankar |
861 |
Krishna river, near
raichur |
|
44. |
Indrayani |
Lonavala, Maharashtra |
|
Bhima river |
|
45. |
Pavana |
Sahyadri range,
Lonavala Maharashtra |
58 |
Mula river |
|
46. |
Ghataprabha |
Western ghats,
Sindhudurg, Maharashtra |
283 |
Krishna river, Almatti |
|
47. |
Venna |
Mahabaleshwar,
Maharashtra |
130 |
Krishna river, Satara,
Maharashtra |
|
48. |
Koyna |
Mahabaleshwar,
Maharashtra |
130 |
Krishna river, near
Karad, Satara |
|
49. |
Amravati |
Anamalai hills, Pambar,
Chinnar rivers |
282 |
Kaveri river at Karur,
Tamil Nadu |
|
50. |
Bhavani |
Silent valley National
Park, Kerala |
135 |
Kaveri river at Kongu
Nadu region of Tamil Nadu |
|
51. |
Hemavati |
Western Ghats,
Chikmagalur, Karnataka |
245 |
Kaveri river near
Krishna Raja Sagara, Karnataka |
|
52. |
Mahanadi |
Dhamtari, Dandakaranya,
Chhattisgarh |
858 |
Bay of Bengal, near
False Point, Kendrapara, Odisha |
|
53. |
Subarnarekha |
Chota Nagpur plateau,
near Ranchi, Jharkhand |
395 |
Kirtania Port, near
Talsari, Bay of Bengal |
|
54. |
Kangsabati |
Chota Nagpur plateau,
Purulia district, West Bengal |
465 |
Bay of Bengal near
Haldia |
|
55. |
Penner (Penna) |
Nandi Hills,
Chikkaballapur district, Karnataka |
597 |
Bay of Bengal, near
Nellore, Andhra Pradesh |
|
56. |
Palar |
Nandi hills, Kolar
district Karnataka |
348 |
Bay of Bengal, near
Vayalur, Tamil Nadu |
|
57. |
Vaigai |
Varusanadu Hills, Tamil
Nadu |
258 |
Palk Strait, Tamil Nadu |
|
58. |
Vellar |
Shevaroy Hills |
150 |
Bay of Bengal, near
Parangipettai, Tamil Nadu |
|
59. |
Ponnaiyar |
Nandidurg,
Chikkaballapur |
400 |
Bay of Bengal |
|
60. |
Noyyal |
Velliangiri Hills,
Western Ghats, Tamil Nadu |
180 |
Kaveri river |
|
61. |
Gomai |
Satpura Range |
- |
Tapti river, near
Prakasha, Nandurbar, Maharashtra |
|
62. |
Panzara |
Near Pimpalaner, Dhule,
Maharashtra |
- |
Tapti river |
|
63. |
Purna |
Satpura Range, Betul,
Madhya Pradesh |
- |
Tapti river, near
Changdev, Maharashtra |
|
64. |
Kolar |
Vindhya Range, near
Sehore district, Madhya Pradesh |
101 |
Narmada, near Raisen
district of Madhya Pradesh |
|
65. |
Tawa |
Satpura Range, Betul,
Madhya Pradesh |
172 |
Narmada near
Hoshangabad district |
|
66. |
Sabarmati |
Dhebar lake, Aravalli
range, near Udaipur, Rajasthan |
371 |
Gulf of Khambhat |
|
67. |
Zuari |
Hemad-Barshem in
western ghats |
34 |
Arabian sea |
|
68. |
Ulhas |
Near Rajmachi hills,
Sahyadri range |
122 |
Vasai creek, Mumbai |
|
69. |
Mithi |
Vihar lake and Powai
lake |
15 |
Arabian sea, Mahim
creek, Mumbai |
|
70. |
Mandovi |
Bhimgad, Karnataka |
77 |
Arabian sea |
|
71. |
Kali |
Kushavali, Karnataka |
184 |
Arabian sea |
|
72. |
Netravati |
Kudremukh, Chikmagalur,
Karnataka |
- |
Arabian sea, near
Mangalore, Karnataka |
|
73. |
Sharavati |
Western Ghats,
Tirthahalli, Karnataka |
128 |
Arabian sea, near
Honnavar, Uttar Kannada district, Karnataka |
|
74. |
Periyar |
Sivagiri hills,
Sundaramala, Tamil Nadu |
244 |
Lakshadweep sea, Kerala |
|
75. |
Bharathappuzha |
Anamalai Hills, Tamil
Nadu |
209 |
Lakshadweep sea,
Ponnani, Kerala |
|
76. |
Pamba |
Pulachimalai Hills,
Western Ghats |
176 |
Vembanad Lake |
|
77. |
Chaliyar |
Elambaleri Hills,
Western Ghats, Wayanad, Kerala |
169 |
Lakshadweep sea, Kerala |
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