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List of major rivers of India

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With a land area of 3,287,263 km (1,269,219 sq mi) consisting of diverse ecosystems, India has many rivers systems and perennial streams. The rivers of India can be classified into four groups – Himalayan, Deccan, Coastal, and Inland drainage. The Himalayan rivers, mainly fed by
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to the Arabian sea. This is because of the difference in elevation of the Deccan plateau, which slopes gently from the west to the east. The largest of the peninsular rivers include the
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in India. The Himalayan watershed is the source of majority of the major river systems in India including the three longest rivers–the
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Brahmaputra splits into two distributaries with the western branch merging with the lower Ganga to form the
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and flow towards the Bay of Bengal, while only a few rivers flow from east to west from the
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in the north-west serves the origin of few of the rivers such as the
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International Journal of Soft Computing and Engineering (IJSCE)
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Chart showing the major river systems of India along with the
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Most of the rivers in India originate from the four major
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March 2013. p. 361. 3893: 94:rivers originate from the 2726:Other minor tributaries: 1939: 1463: 1458: 1128: 723: 667: 642: 639: 636: 633: 630: 627: 624: 621: 510: 475: 430: 363: 328: 288: 248: 202: 182: 177: 172: 169: 166: 163: 3877:Lists of rivers of India 1728:India – Rivers Catchment 1626:, which merges with the 1579:Indian Rivers Inter-link 2521:Parbati, Madhya Pradesh 222:Other North-east rivers 3215:Kaveri, Madhya Pradesh 617:Major rivers of India 178:Average annual runoff 151: 36:, that drain into the 24: 3220:Kolar, Madhya Pradesh 141: 22: 3340:(in the Bangladesh) 2181:Jadh Ganga/Jahanavi 1783:Government of India 1704:Government of India 1694:"India at a glance" 618: 3829:Other major rivers 2648:Kolar, Maharashtra 2533:Parbati, Rajasthan 2048:Neelum/Kishanganga 640:Major tributaries 616: 152: 25: 3864: 3863: 3282:Gomati, Rajasthan 1999:Panjnad, Pakistan 1773:"Rivers of India" 1643:is mostly in the 1641:Indus River Delta 1570: 1569: 1483:Jammu and Kashmir 1311:Jammu and Kashmir 747:Arunachal Pradesh 609: 608: 175:(% of land area) 3884: 3079:Lakshmana Tirtha 1942:Great Rivers of 1926: 1919: 1912: 1903: 1896: 1895: 1893: 1891: 1876: 1870: 1869: 1867: 1865: 1859: 1853:. 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Index


Himalayas
Peninsular India
Bay of Bengal
Arabian Sea
West coast
watersheds
Ganges
Brahmaputra
Indus
Aravalli range
Chambal
Banas
Luni
Narmada
Tapti
Vindhya
Satpura
Central India
Western Ghats
Eastern Ghats
Godavari
Krishna
Mahanadi
Kaveri
text chart showing confluence of rivers in India
tributaries
distributaries
Food and Agriculture Organization
Ganges

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