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