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This is a list of rivers in India. Rivers that flow into the sea are sorted geographically, along the coast starting from from Bay of Bengal in the east moving along the Indian cooast 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 rivers of India flow into the Bay of Bengal and Arabian Sea. The most important rivers of India are:

  • flowing into the Bay of Bengal: Bramhaputra, Ganges, Mahanadi, Godavari, Krishna, Kavery ( and its their main tributaries )
  • flowing into the Arab Sea: Tapti, Narmada (and its main tributaries )
  • flowing into the inner part of India


The list has to be arranged as per above.


Rivers flowing into Bay of Bengal

Brahmaputra River Basin

Ganga River Basin


Mahanadi River Basin


Godavari River Basin

Krishna River Basin

Penner River Basin

Kaveri River Basin

Tamilnadu Costal Rivers


Rivers flowing into Arabian Sea

Kerala Costal Rivers

Karnataka Costal Rivers

Goa Costal Rivers

Maharashtra Costal Rivers

Gujarat Costal Rivers

Tapti River Basin

Tapti River and its tributaries

Narmada River Basin

Mahi River Basin


Sabarmati River Basin

Indus River Basin


Rivers flowing into inner part of India

Alphabetical list

River,

A-B

Ahar River, Aner River, Alkananda River, Amravathi River, Arkavathi River,

Ban Ganga River, Badiya River, Banas River, Bavanthadi River, Beas River, Berach River, Betwa River, Bhagirathi River, Bhavani River, Bhima River,Brahmani River, Brahmaputra River,

C-D

Cavery River, Chambal River, Coleroonr,

Damodar River, Dudhana River,

E-F

G-H

Ganges River, Ghaggar River, Ghaghara River, Girija River, Godavari River, Gomti River,

Halali River, Hoogli River

I-J

Indravati River,

K-L

Kabini River, Kali Sindh River, Kaliasote River, Kanhan River, Karnaphuli River, Kelna River, Khadakpurna River, Koel River, Kolab River, Kosi River, Koyna River, Krishna River,

M-N

Mahanadi River, Mahananda River, Mahakali River, Mula River, India,Musi River, Mutha River,

O-P

Parbati River, Pench River, Penner River,Pranhita River,

Q-R

Rangeet River, Rihand River, Rupnarayan River,

S-T

Sankh River, Shipra River, Son River, South Koel River,


Teesta River, Tunga River, Tungabhadra River,

U-V

Vaan River, Vedavati River,

W-X

Wainganga River, Wagh River, Wardha River,

Y-Z

Yamuna River


Unsorted list by Tributary

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


See Also

Rivers of India