Important Rivers Of India | SK Blog

  Important Rivers Of India 

Important General knowledge

 (1) Indus River

 • Length: (2,880km)

 • Place of Origin: Near Mansarovar Lake

 • Tributaries: (Tibet) Sutlej, Vyas,

   Jhelum, Chenab, Ravi, Shingar,

   Gilgit, Shyok

• States  :  Jammu and Kashmir, Leh

 

 (2) Jhelum River

 • Length: 720km

 • Place of origin: Sheshnag lake,

   Jammu and Kashmir

 • Tributaries: Kishan, Ganga, Poonch Lidar, Karewal, Sindh

• States  : Jammu and Kashmir.

 

 (3) Chenab River

 • Length: 1,180km

 • Place of Origin: Near Baralacha Pass

 • Tributary: Chandrabhaga 

• States  : Jammu and Kashmir

 (4) Ravi River

 • Length: 725 km

 • Place of origin: Rohtang Pass,

 Kangra

 • Tributary: Saho, Suil 

• States  : Punjab

 

 (5) Sutlej River

 • Length: 1440 (1050) km 

 • Place of origin: Raktasal near Mansarovar

 • Tributaries: Vyas, Spiti, Baspa 

• States  : Himachal Pradesh, Punjab

 

 (6) Beas River

 • Length: 470

 • Place of Origin: Rohtang Pass 

 • Tributaries: Tirthan, Parvati, Hurla

 

 (7) Ganges River

 • Length: 2,510 (2071) km 

 • Place of origin: Gomukh near Gangotri

 • Tributaries: Yamuna, Ramganga,

Gomti, Bagmati, Gandak, Kosi, Son,

Alaknanda, Bhagirathi, Pindar, Mandakini

 • States : Uttaranchal, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar

 

 (8) Yamuna River

 • Length: 1375km

 • Point of origin: Yamunotri Glacier

 • Tributaries: Chambal, Betwa, Cane, Tons, kernels, Kali, Sindh, Posture

 

 (9) Ramganga River

 • Length: 690km

 • Place of origin: near a glacier near Nainital

 • Tributary: Khon

 

 (10) Ghagra River

 • Length: 1,080 km

 • Place of Origin: Mapatung (Nepal)

 • Tributaries: Glaciers Sharda, Karanli,

 Kuvana, Rapti, Chowkia,

 

 (11) Gandak River

 • Length: 425km

 • Origin point: Near Mustag on the Nepal-Tibet border 

• Tributary: Kali Gandak, Trident, ganga

 

 (12) Kosi River

 • Length: 730km

 • Place of origin: Saptakhiliki in Nepal

 (Gonsaidham)

 • Tributary: Indravati, Tamur, Arun,

 

 (13) Chambal River

 • Length: 960 km

 • Place of origin: from Janapav hill near Mau

 • Tributary: Kali Sindh, Sipta, Parvati, Banas

 

 (14) Betwa River

 • Length: 480km

 • Place of Origin: Madhya Pradesh near Ubedulla Ganj near Bhopal

 

 (15) Son River

 • Length: 770 km

 • Point of origin: from the hills of Amarkantak

 • Tributaries: Rihand, Kunhar

 

 (16) Damodar River

 • Length: 600km

 • Place of Origin: South East of Chota Nagpur Plateau

 • Tributaries: Konar, Jamunia, Barakar 

 • States  : Jharkhand, West Bengal

 (17) Brahmaputra River

 • Length: 2,880km

 • Place of Origin: Near Mansarovar Lake (Sangpo in Tibet)

 • Tributary: Ghansiri, Kapili, Well-being, Mood, Lohit, Nova, Padma, Dihang

• States  : Arunachal Pradesh, Assam

 

 (18) Mahanadi

 • Length: 890km

 • Place of Origin: Raipur near Sihawa

 • Tributary: Sionath, Hasdev, Ong, Ib, Brahmani, Vaitarani 

 • States  : Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Orissa

 

 (19) Styx River

 • Length: 333km

 • Place of Origin: Keonjhar Plateau Orissa

 

 (20) gold line

 • Length: 480km

 • Origin point; Chota Nagpur Plateau   

 • States  : Orissa, Jharkhand, West Bengal

 

 (21) Godavari River

 • Length: 1,450km

 • Place of origin: from Nashik hills

 • Tributary: Pranahita, Penganga, Wardha, Wenganga, Indravati, Manjira, Purana 

 • States  : Maharashtra, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh

 (22) Krishna River

 • Length: 1,290km

 • Place of Origin: Near Mahabaleshwar

 • Tributaries: Koyna, Yerla, Varna, Panchganga, Dudhganga, Ghatprabha,

 Marvel, Bhima, Tungaprabha, Musi 

 • States  : Maharashtra, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh

 

 (23) Kaveri River

 • Length: 760km

 • Place of origin: Brahmagiri near Kerkara

 • Tributary: Hemavati, Lokpavana, Shimla, Bhavani, Amravati, Swarnavati 

• States  : karnataka, Tamil Nadu