Rivers in India - Length, Touching States and Facts

List of important rivers in India

Name of Rivers	Touching States	Length	Originates From	Ends in
Ganga	Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal	2,525 K.M.	Gangothri	Bay of Bengal
Yamuna	Uttarakhand,Himachal Pradesh,Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Delhi	1,376 K.M.	Garhwall in Yamunotri	Bay of Bengal
Brahmaputra	Assam, Arunachal,Tibet	2,900 K.M.	Lake Manasarovar	Bay of Bengal
Mahanadi	Chhattisgarh, Odisha	858 K.M.	Amarkantak Plateau	Bay of Bengal
Godavari	Maharashtra, Telangana, Chhattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh, Puducherry	1,465 K.M.	Nasik Hills	Bay of Bengal
Krishna	Maharashtra, Karnataka, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh	1,400 K.M.	Near Mahabaleshwar in Maharashtra	Bay of Bengal
Narmada	Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Gujarat	1,315 K.M.	Amarkantak hill in Madhya Pradesh	Arabian sea
Tapti	Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Gujarat	724 K.M.	Bettul	Arabian sea
Gomti	Uttarpradesh, Gujarat,	900 K.M.	Gomat Taal	Saidpur,Ghazipur
Koshi	Shigatse Prefecture, Janakpur, Sagarmatha, Koshi, Mechi Zones, Bihar	720 K.M.	Ganga	Ganga
Gandaki	Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, Bihar	630 K.M.	Nepal	Ganga
Betwa	Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh	590 K.M.	Vindhya Range	Rajghat Dam
Son	Madhya pradesh,Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand,Bihar	784 K.M.	Ganga	Yamuna
Sutlej	Himachal Pradesh, Punjab	1,500 K.M.	Mount Kailash	Ropar
Ravi	Himachal Pradesh, Punjab	720 K.M.	Himachal Pradesh	Chenab
Beas	Himachal Pradesh, Punjab	470 K.M.	Sutlej	Mandi Plain
Chenab	Himachal Pradesh, Punjab	960 K.M.	Panjnad	Jammu and Kashmir
Jehlam	Punjab, Jammu and Kashmir,	725 K.M.	Pir Panjal Range	Chenab
Kaveri	Karnataka, Tamilnadu,	765 K.M.	Hills of Coorg, Karnataka	Bay of Bengal
Ghaggar	Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan	1080 K.M	Shivalik Hills, Himachal Pradesh	Indus
Hugli (Hooghly)	West Bengal, Kolkata	260 K.M	Ganga	Bay of Bengal;
Damodar	Jharkhand, Bengal	592 K.M	Hoogly River, Howrah	Chota Nagpur plateau.
Indus	Gilgit-Baltistan, Jammu and Kashmir Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Punjab, Sindh Tibet	3180 K.M	In Tibet Kalish Range 5080 mts.	Arabian sea
Tungabhadra	Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh,Telangana	531 K.M	Krishna	Krishna
Mahi	Madhya Pradesh, Vindhyas	580 K.M	Gulf of Khambhat ,  Arabian Sea	Sevalia
Bhagirathi	Uttarakhand,	205 K.M	Ganga	Ganga
Sabarmati	Aravalli Range, Udaipur	371 K.M	Dhebar Lake	Gujarat
Alaknanda	Uttarakhand	190 K.M	Ganga	Nanda Devi
Teesta	Sikkim, India, West Bengal, India,Rangpur, Bangladesh	309 K.M	Brahmaputra	Rangeet River.
Indravati	Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra	535 K.M	Kalahandi	Godavari
Bhima	Maharashtra, Karnataka,Telangana	861 K.M	Krishna River	Pandharpur
Subarnarek	Jharkhand, Odisha,West Bengal	395 K.M	Bay of Bengal	Bay of Bengal
Konya	Maharashtra	130 K.M	Krishna Rive	Maharashtra
Ramganga	Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh	596 K.M	Ganga	Ramganga Dam
Peena	Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka	597 K.M	Nandi Hills	Bay of Bengal
Brahmani	Odisha	480	Bay of Bengal	Ganga
Periyar	Kerala, Tamil Nadu	244 K.M	Cardaman Hills	Bay of Bengal
Mahanada	West Bengal, Bihar	360 K.M	Lakshadweep Sea, Vembanad Lake	Bay of Bengal
Benas	Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh	512 K.M	Rohtang Pass	Chambal
Vaigai	Tamil Nadu,	258 K.M	Periyar Plateau	Bay of Bengal
Sharda	Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh	350 K.M	Ganga	Ghaghra River

Important Facts related to Rivers

Longest River (Length Wise) of the World	Nile (Egypt) Africa
Biggest River (Flow of Water Wise) of the world	Amazon (South Africa)
Longest River of Europe	Volga (Russia)
Longest River of Asia	Yangtze (China)
Longest River of India	Ganga
Longest River of South India	Godavari (Also Called Dakshina Ganga)
River which makes estuary in India	Narmada and Tapti
Sorrow of Bengal	Damodar River

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