
Map of the major rivers, lakes and
reservoirs in India.
This is a
list of rivers in India
. Rivers that flow into the sea are sorted
geographically..., along the coast starting from the Bay of Bengal
in the east, moving along the Indian coast
southward till Kanyakumari
, and moving northward along the Arabian Sea
. Rivers that flow into other rivers are
sorted by the proximity of their points of union to the sea: the
lower in the list, the more upstream.
The biggest major rivers of India are:
- flowing into the Bay of Bengal: Brahmaputra
, Ganges
(with its
tributaries Yamuna
,Kameika, Gomti, Chambal), Mahanadi,
Godavari, Krishna,
Kaveri (and their main
tributaries)
- flowing into the Arabian Sea: Indus
, Narmada, Tapti
(and their
main tributaries)
The remaining rivers are:
- flowing into the inner part of India.
- coastal rivers.
Rivers flowing into Bay of Bengal
Brahmaputra River Basin
Ganga River Basin
West Bengal Coastal Rivers
Mahanadi River Basin
Godavari River Basin
Krishna River Basin
Andhra Pradesh Coastal Rivers
Rivers like vamsadhara and nagavalli are the two coastal rivers in
srikakulam district of Andhra Pradesh
Sharada river starts at Devarapally in visakhapatnam district and
drains in to the Bay of Bengal
Penner River Basin
Kaveri River Basin
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Kaveri River (Kaveri)
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Tamil Nadu Coastal Rivers
Rivers flowing into Arabian Sea
Karnataka Coastal Rivers
The
rivers flowing through three coastal districts of Karnataka
join Arabian sea
.
Kerala Coastal Rivers
The
rivers flowing through three coastal districts of Kerala
to join Arabian sea
.
Coastal rivers of Goa
Mandovi
River
,known as Mhadai in Western
Ghats of Goa
and
Karnataka
, has three sources viz., the Degao, the
Nanevadichi Nhõi ((nhõi means river in Konkani) and Gavali the last
two sources go dry in summer season. The main origin of
the river, in the form of a spring, even during Summer season, is
at Bavtyacho Dongor hills near Degao village in Khanapur Taluka of
Belgaum Dist in Karnataka State
.The three streams confluence at the Kabnali
village whereafter it is known as Mhadai, which has an easterly
flow initially, then flows north and finally turns to the west on
entering Goa. Mhadai River enters Goa between Krisnapur (Karnataka)
and Kadval (Goa) villages. The tributaries of the Mhadai are the
Nersa Nala, the Chapoli and Kapoli nala, the Bail Nala, the Volo
Panshiro ( Karnataka), the Suko Panshiro, the Harparo, the
Nanodyachi Nhõi, the Vellsachi Nhõi, the Valpoichi Nhõi, the
Ghadghadyachi Nhõi, the Valvanti/ Volvot, the Divcholchi Nhõi, the
Asnoddchi Nhõi, the Khandeaparchi Nhõi, the Mhapxechi Nhõi,
Xinkerchi Nhõi etc. It is the longest River of Goa with a reported
length of 105 km.
Maharashtra Coastal Rivers
Narmada River Basin
Mahi River Basin
Sabarmati River Basin
Indus River Basin
Rivers flowing into inner part of India
Alphabetical list
A-B-C-D
Ajay River
,Amodar River,Achankovil River, Adyar River
, Ahar River, Aner River,Anjarakkandy River, Alaknanda
River
, Amaravati River,
Arkavathy River, Arvari River
Bahuda River, Ban
Ganga River, Badiya River, Baleshwar River, Banas River, Bavanthadi River, Beas River, Berach River
, Betwa
River
, Bhadra
River
, Bhagirathi
River, Bharathapuzha River,
Bhavani
River
, Bhima
River
,Brahmani
River,Bosgah river Brahmaputra River
, Budhi Gandak,Baghmati
River
Chalakkudy River, Chaliyar River, Chambal River
, Chenab
River
, Cheyyar River
, Cooum
River
, Cathe River (Nagaland)
Daman Ganga River, Damodar
River
, Dhasan
River
, Dudhana
River,Darakeswar
River
E-F-G-H
Falgu River
Gadhi River, Ganges River
, Gambhir
River
, Gandak, Gayathripuzha, Ghaggar River, Ghaghara River,Ghataprabha
, Girija
River,Girna
River
, Godavari River,
Gomti River,Gunjavni River
Halali River, Hoogli River
I-J-K-L
Indus River
, Indravati River
,
Jaldhaka, Jhelum River
, Jayamangali River at tumkur
district,River
Jambhira
Kabini River,Kaagini
River, Kali
River- Karnataka
, Kali
River- Uttarakhand, Kali Sindh
River, Kaliasote River,Karmanasha, Kallayi River
Kalpathipuzha,
Kameng River, Kanhan River, Kamla Balan bihar,Kannadipuzha, Karnaphuli River, Kaveri River, Kelna
River, Khadakpurna River,
Kodoor River, Koel River, Kolab
River, Kollidam River, Kosi River, Koyna River
, Krishna River,
Kundali River,kaushiga River
Lachen River
, Lachung
River
, Lakshmana Tirtha
River, Luni
River
,
M-N-O-P
Mahanadi River, Mahananda River
, Mahakali River
, Mahi
River
, Mandovi River
, Meenachil River,
Meghna
River
, Mithi River, Mula River, Musi River, Mutha
River,Malaprabha,
Narmada
River
, Nethravathi River
, Nag River (Maharashtra)
Palar River,Pamba River
,Pahuj
River
, Panjnad River
, Panzara River,
Parambikulam River, Parbati River , Parbati River , Parbati River , Payaswini, Pench River,
Penganga River, Penner River
, Periyar River
, Ponnaiyar River
, Pranhita River,
Purna River,Pluest river [Poonch
J&K],
Q-R-S-T
Ramganga , Rangeet
River, Ravi
River
, Rihand
River
, Rukmavati River,
Rupnarayan
River
, Rapti
River
Sabarmati River
, Sankh River,Shalmala River, Sharavathi River, Shimsha River
, Shipra
River
, Sindh River, Sita River, Son River,
Souparnika River, South Koel River, Subarnarekha River
, Sutlej River
, Surya River,Swarna River,
Tansa River
, Tapti
River
, Tawa
River
, Teesta River, Thuthapuzha,Tons River
Tunga
River
, Tungabhadra River
, Thamirabarani
River
U-V-W
Vaan River, Vaigai River
,Varuna Vashishti River
, Vedavathi
River,Vrishabhavathi,Vishwamitri River
Ulhas River
, ((ural river))
Wainganga
River
, Wagh River, Wardha River
X-Y-Z
Yamuna River
,
Zuari River
,
Unsorted list by Tributary
See earlier section.
References
See also
Rivers of India