List of rivers of India – Check the Origins, Lengths, And Tributaries Of All The Rivers Here!

Rivers Names A to Z in India: Rivers play a significant role in the lives of people! The river system of India provides fresh water, irrigation, electricity, transportation, potable water, and even provides livelihoods to the majority of Indian people. It is not wrong to say that the rivers are the backbone of Indian society. According to a study, around 96% of the water body consists of saline water. It simply means that we are totally dependent on river water. Life on earth is possible only because of the water that we use through the rivers. In this article, we are going to provide you with a list of rivers of India. Read this article carefully to know about the rivers name a to z in India.

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List of Rivers of India

Check out the list of rivers of India in the below-provided table. You will also be able to identify the origin of these rivers, their lengths, and their tributaries. In the below table you can check the rivers name a to z in India.

River Name	Origin/Starting Point	End Point/Confluence/Mouth	Length (km)
Ajay	Deoghar, Santhal Pargana District, Jharkhand	Bhagirathi River at Katwa	288
Achankovil	Kerala, India	Pamba river at Veeyapuram, Kerala	128
Adyar	Chembarambakkam Lake	Bay of Bengal	42
Ahar	Aravalli range	Ahar-Berach Sangam	21
Aner	Southern Slope of the Satpura hills	Tributary of Tapi River	46.31
Anjarakkandy	Slope of Western Ghats	Arabian Sea	48
Alaknanda	Satopanth Glacier	Ganga, Devprayag, Uttarakhand	190
Amaravati	Manjampatti Valley, Kerala/Tamil Nadu	Kaveri, Karur District, Tamil Nadu	282
Arkavathy	Nandi Hills	Chikkarayappanahalli Lake near Kanivenarayanapura	193
Arvari	Sakra Dam near Thanagazi, Alwar District, Rajasthan	Meets Sarsa to become the Sanwan River	45
Bahuda	Goniya Bosa hills in Orissa	Bay of Bengal	73
Ban Ganga	Aravalli Range	Yamuna River	240
Baleshwar	Kaliganga River	Bay of Bengal	146
Banas	Aravalli Range	Chambal River	512
Bavanthadi	Kurai Plateau, Seoni District, Madhya Pradesh	Wainganga River, Mowad, Madhya Pradesh	80
Beas	Rises at Himalayas in central Himachal Pradesh	Sutlej river, Punjab	470
Berach	Hills of Udaipur district	Merges into the Ganga	157
Betwa	Rises at Vindhya region, Madhya Pradesh	Yamuna, Hamirpur, Uttar Pradesh	590
Bhadra	Varaha Parvata, Western Ghats	Kurnool	171
Bhagirathi	Gaumukh, Uttarakhand	Ganga, Devprayag, Uttarakhand	205
Bharathapuzha	Anaimalai Hills	Arabian Sea at Ponnani	209
Bhavani	Nilgiris	Tributary of Kaveri River	215
Bhima	Bhimashankar	Krishna river, Near Raichur	861
Brahmani	Seasonal River in Odisha	‘Confluence of Sankh and South Koel Rivers	799
Brahmaputra	Kailash ranges of Himalayas	This river merges with Ganga and ends in the Bay of Bengal	1800
Chaliyar	Elambaleri Hills, Western Ghats, Wayanad, Kerala	Lakshadweep sea, Kerala	169
Chambal	Singar Chouri, Janapao Hills Peak, Mhow Indore district, Madhya Pradesh	Joins Yamuna river in Uttar Pradesh	960
Chenab	Upper Himalayas, Spiti district, Himachal Pradesh	Indus	960
Cheyyar	Jawadhu Hills	Bay of Bengal	–
Cooum	Tiruvallur	Bay of Bengal	64
Daman Ganga	Western Ghats	Arabian Sea at Daman	131
Damodar	Palamau hills of Chota Nagpur	Merges with Hugli in West Bengal	592
Dhasan	Begumganj tehsil of Raisen district, Madhya Pradesh	Betwa, Hamirpur, Uttar Pradesh	365
Darakeswar	Madhabpur in Purulia district	Alluvial Tract of West Mednapur, West Bengal	200.5
Ganga	Gangotri Glacier, Uttrakhand	Bay of Bengal	2525
Gambhir	Karauli village in Sawai Madhopur District	Gambhir river confluence with Yamuna	288
Gandak	Nepal; Ganges tributary at Indo-Nepal border	Joins Ganga near Patna	630
Ghaggar	Shivalik Hills	Ottu Lake	320
Ghaghara	Himalayan Glacier in Tibet	Joins Ganga in Bihar	1080
Ghataprabha	Western Ghats	Krishna River	283
Girna	Western Ghats	Tapi River	260
Godavari	Originated in Maharashtra and passes through 7 other Indian states	Bay of Bengal	1465
Gomti	Gomat Taal, Uttar Pradesh	Joins Ganga in Varanasi	900
Hugli	Tributary of Ganga near West Bengal	Merges with Ganga at Bay of Bengal	260
Indus	Tibetan plateau, Enters India in J&K	Merges into Arabian sea near Sindh	3180
Indravati	Dandakaranya range, Kalahandi district, Odisha	Godavari River, Somnoor Sangam, Sironcha, Gadchiroli, Maharashtra	535
Jhelum	Pir Panjal Range	Merges with Chenab at Jhang, Pakistan	725
Kabini	From Wayanad District of Kerala state by the confluence of the Panamaram River and the Mananthavady River	Bay of Bengal near Kaveripoompattinam	240
Kali	Kushavali, Karnataka	Arabian sea	184
Kameng	Tawang district, Gori Chen Mountain	Tezpur, East of the Kolia Bhomora Setu	264
Kanhan	Satpura Range	Ambora, Nagpur District	275
Kamla	Shivalik Hills	Bagmati River	328
Karnaphuli	Saithah Village, Mamit District, Mizoram	Bay of Bengal	270
Kaveri	Talakaveri, Western Ghats, Karnataka	Bay of Bengal	765
Kodoor	Hills between Kottayam and Pathanamthitta Districts	Meenachil River	–
Kollidam	Kaveri River	Bay of Bengal	150
Kosi	Starts from Bihar near Indo-Nepal border	Joins Ganga near Katihar district of Bihar	720
Koyna	Mahabaleshwar, Maharashtra	Krishna river, Near Karad, Satara	130
Krishna	Western Ghats, Mahabaleshwar, Maharashtra	Bay of Bengal near Andhra Pradesh	1400
Kundali	Originating in the Kundali Hills of the Western Ghats, Maharashtra	The Kundali river confluence with Indrayani River	150
Lakshmana Tirtha	Rises in Kodagu district	Kaveri River	210
Luni	Aravalli Range	Rann of Kutch	495
Mahanadi	Dhamtari, Dandakaranya, Chhattisgarh	Bay of Bengal, near False Point, Odisha	858
Mahananda	Paglajhora falls, Darjeeling, West Bengal	Merge in Ganga	360
Mahakali	Kalapani in the Himalayas	it enters the Terai plains, where it is known as Sharda River	350
Mahi	Rises in Madhya Pradesh	Flows into Arabian sea from Gujarat	580
Mandovi	Bhimgad, Karnataka	Arabian sea	77
Meenachil	Western Ghats near Poonjar	Vembanad Lake, the shore of the Indian Ocean	78
Mithi	Vihar lake and Powai lake	Arabian sea, Mahim creek, Mumbai	15
Mula	Mulshi Dam	Bay of Bengal	22
Musi	Anantagiri Hills	Vadapally, near Miryalaguda in Nalgonda district	240
Mutha	Western Ghats, West of Pune	Merges with the Mula River, Pune	10
Malaprabha	Western Ghats	Joins Krishna River at Kudalasangama, Bagalkot district	304
Narmada	Starts from Amarkantak, Madhya Pradesh	Arabian sea via Gulf of Cambay	1315
Netravati River	Bangrabalige valley, Yelaneeru Ghat, Kudremukh, Chikkamagaluru district, Karnataka	Arabian Sea	103
Nag	Lava hills near Wadi	Confluences with the Kanhan River	17
Palar	Nandi hills, Kolar District Karnataka	Bay of Bengal, near Vayalur, Tamil Nadu	348
Pahuj	Kali Sindh in Jalaun district	Near Jhansi Hills or Tikamgarh district, Madhya Pradesh	195
Pamba	Pulachimalai Hills, Western Ghats	Vembanad Lake	176
Panjnad	Panjnad River is formed by the successive confluence of the five rivers of Punjab, namely Jhelum, Chenab, Ravi, Beas, and Sutlej	Indus River	71
Panzara	Near Pimpalaner, Dhule, Maharashtra	Tapti river	–
Parbati	Mantalai Glacier near Pin Prabati Pass	Mixes with Beas River at Bhuntar, Kullu, Himachal Pradesh	–
Pench	Chhindwara district, Madhya Pradesh	Kanhan River	197
Penganga	Ajantha ranges, Aurangabad district, Maharashtra	Bay of Bengal, East of Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh	676
Penner	Nandi Hills, Chikkaballapur district, Karnataka	Bay of Bengal, Nellore, Andhra Pradesh	597
Periyar	Sivagiri hills, Sundaramala, Tamil Nadu	Lakshadweep sea, Kerala	244
Ponnaiyar	Nandidurg, Chikkaballapur	Bay of Bengal	400
Pranhita	Confluence of Wainganga and Wardha	Godavari, Kaleshwaram, Telangana	113
Purna	Satpura Range, Betul, Madhya Pradesh	Tapti river, near Changdev, Maharashtra	–
Ramganga	Dudhatoli range, Pauri Garhwal, Uttarakhand	Tributary of Ganges	596
Rangeet	Himalayan mountains, West Sikkim district	Teesta River	80
Ravi	Bara Bhangal, Kangra district, Himachal Pradesh	Joins Chenab in Pakistan	720
Rukmavati	Kutch District, Gujarat	Arabian Sea	50
Rupnarayan	Dhaleshwari (Dhalkisor), Chota Nagpur plateau	Hooghly River	80
Sabarmati	Dhebar lake, Aravalli range, near Udaipur, Rajasthan	Gulf of Khambhat	371
Sankh	Lupungpat village, Gumla district, Jharkhand	Sankh river confluence with Koel River and form Brahmani River	240
Sharavathi	Ambutheertha, Thirthahalli Taluk, Shimoga, Karnataka	Arabian Sea, Honnavar, Uttara Kannada, Karnataka	128
Shimsha	Devarayanadurga hills, Tumkur, Karnataka	Kaveri River, Chamarajanagar	221
Shipra	Vindhya Range, Dhar District, Madhya Pradesh	Chambal River, Madhya Pradesh	195
Son	Amarkantak, Madhya Pradesh	Joins Ganga just above Patna. It is also considered part of the Vindhya river system	784
South Koel	Lawapani Waterfalls, near Lohardaga, Chota Nagpur Plateau	Brahmani River, near Panposh, Rourkela	285
Subarnarekha	Chota Nagpur plateau, near Ranchi, Jharkhand	Kirtania Port, near Talsari, Bay of Bengal	395
Sutlej	Rakshastal, Tibet	Meets the Beas river in Pakistan and empties into the Arabian sea	1500
Tapti	Rises in Eastern Satpura Ranges, Madhya Pradesh	Empties into Gulf of Khambhat, Gujarat	724
Tawa	Satpura Range, Betul, Madhya Pradesh	Narmada near Hoshangabad district	172
Teesta	Pauhunri glacier, Sikkim	Brahmaputra river	414
Tunga	Gangamoola, Chikmagalur district, Karnataka,	Tungabhadra River, Koodli, Bhadravati, Karnataka	147
Tungabhadra	Tributary of Krishna river staring at Karnataka	This river joins the Krishna river along the border of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana and	531
Thamirabarani	Agastyarkoodam peak of Pothigai hills, Western Ghats	Gulf of Mannar	128
Ulhas	Near Rajmachi hills, Sahyadri range	Vasai Creek, Mumbai	122
Vaigai	Varusanadu Hills, Tamil Nadu	Palk Strait, Tamil Nadu	258
Vedavathi	Confluence of Veda and Avathi	Tungabhadra river, near Siruguppa	391
Vrishabhavathi	Tributary of the Arkavathy river	Arkavati River	52
Vishwamitri	Pavagadh Hills, Panchmahal District, Gujarat	Gulf of Khambhat	–
Wainganga	Satpura range, Mundara, Seoni district, Madhya Pradesh	Pranhita River	579
Wagh	Originated in the ghat which is 64 km from the Goan coast	The river merges in the Arabian Sea at the port of Daman	–
Wardha	Satpura range, Multai, Madhya Pradesh	Pranhita River	528
Yamuna	Yamunotri Glacier, Uttarakhand	Merges with Ganga at Allahabad	1376
Zuari	Hemad-Barshem in western ghats	Arabian sea	34

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