Indan Rivers

 
Indian rivers have got to play a very vital role in life of people, especially India. These rivers are utilized for multiple purposes and that includes transportation, water, irrigation, electricity and it also provide for the livelihood of the people. This is one of the prominent reasons that maximum numbers of all the cities are present on river banks. Moreover, these rivers play a vital role in Hindu Mythology and they are also important from the view point of Hindus. Indian River system comprises of 7 major rivers and they mainly get assembled into Bay of Bengal. There are few rivers that would be flowing in western part and others would be flowing Himachal Pradesh state and some of them get emptied into Arabian Sea. There are certain Ladakh parts, few Aravalli parts and Thar Desert arid parts that are known to have an inland drainage.

All the prominent Indian rivers would be originating through out of the watershed-

• Karakoram and Himalaya ranges
• Chotanagpur, Satpura and Vindhya ranges are in the Central India.
• Western Ghats or Sahyadary are in the western India.

The Himalayan River System:

Himalayas are being drained through 16 prominent rivers and these include Ganges, Brahmaputra and Indus. These rivers are very long and they are also joined through some significant tributaries. Moreover, these rivers are also having their source towards sea.

Ganges River System:

The River Ganges is a prominent and it has tributaries that are Son, Gandak and Yamuna that were not in the list, but they have been forming largest cultivable eastern and northern India and they are known by the name of Gangetic plains. Holy Ganges is one of the main rivers and it is formed through the combination of Bhagirathu River and Alaknanda River and they get joined at Devprayag. The true source of Ganges is Bhagirathi and it would be originating through Gomukh. These are also known by the name of Bangladesh Padma River and then it would be joining Jamuna River and this is also regarded as largest tributaries. Brahmaputra River is considered to be the longest one, but it is not present in the Indian course. Ganges system would be forming the biggest delta and that is known by the name of Sunderbans. In the entrance of Rishikesh, there is a bridge that is known as the Jhula Laxman Ram Jhula.

The Peninsular River System:

Main water would be getting divided into the peninsular rivers and that are formed through Western Ghats and that would be running through north region to south region. Godawari, Krishna and Mahanadi are prominent peninsula rivers and they would be getting drained into Bay of Bengal and Tapi and Narmada are the largest rivers.

Following are the important rivers of India 

Name	Origin From	Fall into	Length (km)
Ganges	Combined Sources	Bay of Bengal	2525
Satluj	Mansarovar Rakas Lakes	Chenab	1050
Indus	Near Mansarovar Lake	Arabian Sea	2880
Ravi	Kullu Hills near Rohtang Pass	Chenab	720
Beas	Near Rohtang Pass	Satluj	470
Jhelum	Verinag in Kashmir	Chenab	725
Yamuna	Yamunotri	Ganga	1375
Chambal	M.P.	Yamuna	1050
Ghagra	Matsatung Glacier	Ganga	1080
Kosi	Near Gosain Dham Park	Ganga	730
Betwa	Vindhyanchal	Yamuna	480
Son	Amarkantak	Ganga	780
Brahmaputra	Near Mansarovar Lake	Bay of Bengal	2900
Narmada	Amarkantak	Gulf of Khambat	1057
Tapti	Betul Distt. Of MP	Gulf of Khambat	724
Mahanadi	Raipur Distt. In Chattisgarh	Bay of Bengal	858
Luni	Aravallis	Rann of kuchchh	450
Ghaggar	Himalayas	Near Fatehabad	494
Sabarmati	Aravallis	Gulf of Khambat	416
Krishna	Western ghats	Bay of Bengal	1327
Godavari	Nasik distt. In Maharashtra	Bay of Bengal	1465
Cauvery	Brahmagir Range of Western Ghats	Bay of Bengal	805
Tungabhadra	Western Ghats	Krishna River	640

State-Wise details of rivers covered under the National River Conservation Plan

S. No.

State

River

1

Andhra Pradesh

Godavari & Musi

2

Bihar

Ganga

3

Delhi

Yamuna

4

Goa

Mandovi

5

Gujarat

Sabarmati

6

Haryana

Yamuna

7

Jharkhand

Damodar, Ganga & Subarnarekha

8

Karnataka

Bhadra, Tungabhadra, Cauvery, Tunga & Pennar

9

Kerala

Pamba

10

Madhya Pradesh

Betwa, Tapti, Wainganga, Khan, Narmada, Kshipra, Beehar, Chambal & Mandakini.

11

Mahrashtra

Krishna, Godavari, Tapi and Panchganga

12

Nagaland

Diphu & Dhansiri

13

Orissa

Brahmini & Mahanadi

14

Punjab

Satluj

15

Rajasthan

Chambal

16

Sikkim

Rani Chu

17

Tamil Nadu

Cauvery, Adyar, Cooum, Vennar, Vaigai & Tambarani

18

Uttar Pradesh

Yamuna, Ganga & Gomti

19

Uttranchal

Ganga

20

West Bengal

Ganga, Damodar & Mahananda

Names of Indian rivers, river names                                                                                                     

Indian river names with A

Ajay 

Amodar

Achankovil

Adyar

Ahar

Aner

Anjarakkandy

Alaknanda

Amaravati

Arkavathy

Arvari

Indian river names with B

Bahuda

Ban Ganga

Badiya

Baleshwar

Banas

Bavanthadi

Beas

Berach

Betwa

Bhadra

Bhagirathi

Bharathapuzha

Bhavani

Bhima

Brahmani

Bosgah

Brahmaputra

Budhi

Indian river names with C

Chaliyar

Chambal

Chenab

Cheyyar

Cooum

Cathe

Indian river names with D

Daman Ganga

Damodar

Dhasan

Dudhana

Darakeswar

Indian river names with G

Gadhi

Ganga

Gambhir

Gandak

Gayathri

Ghaggar

Ghaghara

Ghataprabha

Girija

Girna

Godavari

Gomti

Gunjavni

Indian river names with H

Halali

Hoogli

Indian river names with I

Indus

Indravati

Indian river names with J

Jaldhaka

Jhelum

Jayamangali

Indian river names with K

Kabini

Kaagini

Kali

Kaliasote

Kallayi

Kalpathi

Kameng

Kanhan

Kamla

Kannadi

Karnaphuli

Kaveri

Kelna

Khadakpurna

Kodoor

Koel

Kolab

Kollidam

Kosi

Koyna

Krishna

Kundali

Indian river names with L

Lachen

Lachung

Lakshmana Tirtha

Luni

Indian river names with M

Mahanadi

Mahananda

Mahakali

Mahi

Mandovi

Meenachil

Meghna

Mithi

Mula

Musi

Mutha

Malaprabha

Indian river names with N

Narmada

Nethravathi

Nag

Indian river names with P

Palar

Pahuj

Pamba

Panjnad

Panzara

Parambikulam

Parbati

Payaswini Pench

Penganga

Penner

Perar

Periyar

Ponnaiyar

Pranhita

Purna

Indian river names with R

Ramganga Rangeet

Ravi

Rihand

Rukmavati

Rupnarayan

Rapti

Indian river names with S

Sabarmati

Sankh

Shalmala

Sharavathi

Shimsha

Shipra

Sindhu

Son

South Koel

Subarnarekha

Sutlej

Surya

Indian river names with T

Tansa

Tapti

Tawa

Teesta

Torsha

Thutha

Tunga

Tungabhadra

Thamirabarani

Indian river names with U

Ulhas

Ural

Indian river names with V

Vaan

Vaigai

Vashishti

Vedavathi

Vrishabhavathi

Vishwamitri

Indian river names with W

Wainganga

Wagh

Wardha

Indian river names with Y

Yamuna

Indian river names with Z

Zuari