Major Rivers in India

Countries in India Regions

Length Length Drainage
River Outflow the drainage in the
(km) (miles) area (km)
basin drainage basin

India, Tibet
(Autonomous Assam,
Bay of
Brahmaputra 2900 1800 651334 Region of Arunachal
Bengal
China), Pradesh
Bangladesh

Pakistan,
India, Tibet
Arabian Jammu and
Indus 2900 1800 1165000 (Autonomous
Sea Kashmir
Region of
China)

Uttarakhand,
Uttarpradesh,
Bay of India,
Ganges 2510 1560 1080000 Bihar,
Bengal Bangladesh
Jharkhand,
West Bengal

India, Tibet
Confluence (Autonomous Himachal
Satluj 1400 900 66317 with Region of Pradesh,
Chenab China), Punjab
pakistan

Maharashtra,
Bay of
Godavari 1465 910 312812 India Andhra
Bengal
Pradesh
 Delhi, Uttar
Pradesh,
Yamuna 1376 855 366223 Ganges India
Haryana,
Uttarakhand

Maharashtra,
Bay of Karnataka,
Krishna 1327 825 258948 India
Bengal Andhra
Pradesh

Madhya
Gulf of
Narmada 1312 815 98796 India Pradesh,
Khambat
Gujrat

India, Tibet
(Autonomous
Ghagra 1080 670 127950 Ganges Region of Bihar
China),
Nepal

Bay of Karnataka,
Cauvery 765 475 72000 India
Bengal Tamil Nadu

Last Updated Date: August 13, 2016