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List of Rivers of India and their Names, Origin and Length

List of Important Rivers of India and their Names, Origin, Destination and Length

S.N.	Name of Rivers	Source or Origin of River	End of River/River Joined	Length (KM)
1	Ganga	Gangotri Glacier (Bhagirathi), Uttarakhand	Bay of Bengal	2525
2	Indus	Originates in Tibetan plateau china, Enters India in J & K	Merges into Arabina sea near Sindh	2880
3	Sutlej	originates at Rakshastal, Tibet china,Tributary of Indus river	Meets Beas river in Pakistan and ends at Arabian sea	1500
4	Yamuna	Yamunotri Glacier, Uttarakhand	Merges with Ganga at Allahabad	1376
5	Narmada	Starts from Amarkantak, shahdol Madhya Pradesh	Gulf of Khambhat, Surat, Gujarat	1315
6	Kaveri	Talakaveri in Western Ghats in Karnataka	Ends in Bay of Bengal	765
7	Brahmaputra	Himalayan Glacier in Tibet, but enters India in Arunachal Pradesh	Merges with Ganga and ends in Bay of Bengal	2900
8	Krishna	Originates in the Western Ghats near Mahabaleshwar in Maharashtra	Ends in Bay of Bengal near Andhra Pradesh	1400
9	Chambal	Originates at janapav, south of Mhow town, near manpur Indore Madhya Pradesh,Tributary of Yamuna river	Joins Yamuna river in UP	960
10	Gandak	Nhubine Himal glacier, Mustang, Nepal	Joins Ganga Sonpur, Bihar	630
11	Kosi	Starts from Bihar near Indo-Nepal border	Joins Ganga near Katihar district of Bihar	720
12	Son	starting at Amarkantak, Madhya Pradesh,Tributary of Ganga	Joins Ganga , near north of Patna	784
13	Betwa	rises at Vindhya region, Madhya Pradesh,Tributary of Yamuna	Joins Yamuna at Hamirpur in UP	590
14	Gomti	Gomat tal, Pilibhit, Uttar Pradesh,Tributary of Ganga	Joins Ganga in Varanasi districtnear Ghazipur, Uttar Pradesh	900
15	Ghaghra	Mapchachungo glacier, Tibet, China,tributary of Ganga	Joins Ganga near Doriganj, Bihar	1080
16	Hugli (Hooghly)	splits out near Farkka barage near Murshidabad, West Bengal,Tributary of Ganga	Merges with Ganga at Bay of Bengal	260
17	Damodar	Near Chandwa, Latehar, Jharkhand,Tributary of Hugli	Merges with Hugli in West Bengal	541
18	Tungabhadra	Confluence of Tunga and Bhadhra near Koodli at Karnataka,Tributary of Krishna river	Joins Krishna river along the border of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh near Alampur, Mahbubnagar	531
19	Godavari	Starts Nasik distt. in Maharashtra	Empties in Bay of Bengal	1465
20	Mahi	Rises Vindhya Range in Madhya Pradesh	Gulf of Khambhat, near Bharuch district	580
21	Tapti	Rises in Eastern Satpura Ranges, near Betul Madhya Pradesh	Empties into Gulf of Khambat, Gujarat	724
22	Chenab	Bara Lacha Pass, Lahaul and Spiti district ofHimachal Pradesh	Mixes with Sutlej near Unch Sharif, Pakistan to form Panjnad river which in turn mixes with Indus river	960
23	Jhelum	Verinag spring, Anantnag of J & k ,Tributary of Chenub river	Merges with Chenab at Jhang (Pakistan)	725
24	Ravi	Starts from Bara Bhangal, Kangra district,Himachal Pradesh	Joins Chenab river in Pakistan	720
25	Beas	Rises Beas Kund, Rohtang Pass at Himalayas in central Himachal Pradesh	Mixes with Sutlej river near Firozpur of Punjab, India	470
26	Sabarmati	Dhebar lake, Aravali range, near Udaipur, Rajasthan	Gulf of Khambhat	371
27	Meghana	Distributary of Brahmaputra,	Bhola district, Bangladesh, Bay of Bengal
28	Padma	Distributary of Ganga	Meghna river near Chandpur district, Bangladesh	120
29	Ramganga	Namik glacier, Pauri Garhwal, Uttarakhand	Ganga, Ibrahimpur, Uttarpradesh	696
30	Alaknanda	Satopnath & Bhagirathi kharak glacier	Ganga, Devprayag, Uttarakhand	190
31	Bhagirathi	Gaumukh, Uttarakhand	Ganga, Devprayag, Uttarakhand	205
32	Bhima	Bhimashankar, Maharashtra	Krishna river, near Raichur	861
33	Mahanadi	Dhamtari, Dandkaranya,Chhattisgarh	Bay of Bengal, near False Point,Kendrapada,Odisha	858
34	Subarnarekha	Chota Nagpur plateau, near Ranchi,Jharkhand	Kirtania Port, near Talsari, Bay of Bengal	395
35	Penner (Penna)	Nandi hills, Chikkaballapur district,Karnataka	Bay of Bengal, near Nellore, Andhra Pradesh	597
36	Indravati River	Originates from Dandakaranya Range in Kalahandi, Odisha	Joins Godavari River at Somnoor Sangam in Maharashtra	535
37	Bagmati River	Originates in Shivapuri Hills after confluence of three headwater streams.	Joins Koshi River at Khagaria in Bihar	597
38	Tawa	Satpura Range, Betul, Madhya Pradesh	Narmada near Hoshangabad district M.P.	172
39	Hemavati	Western ghats, Chikmagalur, Karnataka	Kveri river near Krishnarajasagara, Karnataka	245
40	Ponnaiyar	Nandidurg, Chikkaballapur Karnataka	Bay of Bengal	400

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