List of rivers in India

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Map of the major rivers, lakes and reervoirs in India
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Map of the major rivers, lakes and reervoirs 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). To identify some river, names of districts or States are also given. An alphabetical list of rivers in India is given at the end.

The major rivers of India flow into the Bay of Bengal and Arabian Sea. The major rivers of India are:

  • flowing into the Bay of Bengal: Bramhaputra, Ganges ( with its tributaries Yamuna, 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 which are arranged as per Indian States

The list has to be arranged as per above.

Contents

[edit] Rivers flowing into Bay of Bengal

[edit] Brahmaputra River Basin

[edit] Ganga River Basin

[edit] West Bengal Coastal Rivers

[edit] Mahanadi River Basin

[edit] Orissa Coastal Rivers

[edit] Godavari River Basin

[edit] Krishna River Basin

[edit] Andhra Pradesh Coastal Rivers

[edit] Penner River Basin

Ћ===Kaveri River Basin===

Ћ===Tamil Nadu Coastal Rivers===

[edit] Rivers flowing into Arabian Sea

[edit] Kerala Coastal Rivers

See also List of rivers in Kerala

[edit] Karnataka Coastal Rivers

[edit] Goa Coastal Rivers

[edit] Maharashtra Coastal Rivers

[edit] Gujarat Coastal Rivers

[edit] Tapti River Basin

Tapti River and its tributaries

[edit] Narmada River Basin

[edit] Mahi River Basin


[edit] Sabarmati River Basin

[edit] Indus River Basin

[edit] Rivers flowing into inner part of India

[edit] Alphabetical list

[edit] A-B-C-D

Achankovil River, Adyar River, Ahar River, Aner River, Alaknanda River, Amaravati River, Arkavathy River,

Ban Ganga River, Badiya River, Baleshwar River, Banas River, Bavanthadi River, Beas River, Berach River, Betwa River, Bhagirathi River, Bharathapuzha River, Bhavani River, Bhima River,Brahmani River, Brahmaputra River, Budhi Gandak

Chalakkudy River, Chaliyar River, Chambal River, Chenab River, Cheyyar River, Cooum River,

Daman Ganga River, Damodar River, Dhasan River, Dudhana River,

[edit] E-F-G-H

Gadhi River Ganges River, Gambhir River, Gandak, Gayathripuzha, Ghaggar River, Ghaghara River, Girija River,Girna River, Godavari River, Gomti River,

Halali River, Haora River, Hoogli River

[edit] I-J-K_L

Indus River, Indravati River,

Jaldhaka, Jhelum River,

Kabini River, Kali Sindh River, Kaliasote River, Kallayi River Kalpathipuzha, Kanhan River, 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,

Lachen River, Lachung River, Luni River,

[edit] 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,

Narmada River, Nethravathi River,

Palar River,Pahuj River, Panjnad River, Panzara River, Parambikulam River, Parbati River (Himachal Pradesh), Parbati River (Madhya Pradesh), Parbati River (Rajasthan), Payaswini, Pench River, Penner River, Periyar River, Ponnaiyar River, Pranhita River, Purna River,

[edit] Q-R-S-T

Rangeet River, Ravi River, Rihand River, Rupnarayan River,

Sabarmati River, Sankh River, Sharavathi River, Shipra River, Sindh River, Son River, South Koel River, Subarnarekha river, Sutlej River, Surya River,


Tansa River, Tapti River, Tawa River, Teesta River, Thuthapuzha, Tunga River, Tungabhadra River, Thamirabarani River

[edit] U-V-W

Vaan River, Vaigai River, Vashishti River, Vedavathi River,

Ulhas River,

Wainganga River, Wagh River, Wardha River, West Banas River,

[edit] X-Y-Z

Yamuna River,

Zuari River,

[edit] Unsorted list by Tributary

Here are unsorted list of the rivers in India, some with their tributaries and distributaries.

  • Kajala River


[edit] See also

Rivers of India

          Waters of South Asia          
Inland Indus | Ganges | Yamuna | Chenab | Jhelum | Brahmaputra | Godavari | Narmada | Tapti | Ravi | Beas | Sutlej | Dudh Kosi | Padma | Sarasvati | Krishna | Kaveri | Meghna | Mahanadi | Son | Ghaghara | Betwa | Chambal | Koshi | Sapt Koshi | Tamur | Mo Chhu | Sankosh | Drangme Chhu | Ganga basin | Ganges Delta | Indus Delta | Dal Lake | Pookode Lake | Skeleton Lake | Chilika Lake | Lake Powai | Borith Lake | Saiful Muluk | Gosaikunda | Nizam Sagar | Red Hills Lake | Malampuzha | Kerala Backwaters
Off the Coast Indian Ocean | Arabian Sea | Laccadive Sea | Bay of Bengal | Gulf of Kutch | Gulf of Khambhat | Palk Bay | Gulf of Mannar
Main Reservoirs and dams in India | Lakes of India | Rivers of India | Lakes of Pakistan | Rivers of Pakistan | Rivers of Bangladesh | Rivers of Bhutan | Lakes of Nepal | Rivers of Nepal
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