River Source Mouth Major Right Major Left States / UTs Key Features Direction
Bank Bank Covered
Tributaries Tributaries
Ganga Devprayag Bay of Bengal Yamuna, Tamsa, Ramganga, Uttarakhand, India’s holiest SE
(Bhagirathi from (forms Son, Rupnarayan Gomti, Uttar Pradesh, river; Forms
Gangotri Glacier, Sundarbans Ghaghara, Bihar, world's largest
Uttarakhand) Delta) Gandak, Kosi, Jharkhand, West delta
Mahananda Bengal (Sundarbans)
Yamuna Yamunotri Glacier Joins Ganga at Chambal, Sindh, Hindon Uttarakhand, Longest tributary SE
(Uttarkashi, Prayagraj (UP) Betwa, Ken Himachal of Ganga; Major
Uttarakhand) Pradesh, water source for
Haryana, Delhi, Delhi & Agra
Uttar Pradesh
Brahmaputra Chemayungdung Bay of Bengal Subansiri, Manas, Dibang, Lohit, Arunachal Massive water E → S → SW
Glacier, Tibet (flows (via Sankosh Dhansiri, Kopili Pradesh, Assam volume; Causes
as Tsangpo) Bangladesh) frequent Assam
floods
Indus Near Lake Arabian Sea Jhelum, Chenab, Shatadru, Ladakh (India), One of the NW → SW
Mansarovar, Tibet (Pakistan) Ravi, Beas, Sutlej Iravati,Bipasha, then Pakistan world's longest
Chandravaga rivers; Cradle of
Indus Valley
Civilization
Mahanadi Sihawa hill Bay of Bengal Jonk ,Ong , Tel Shibnath, , Chhattisgarh, Major dam: E
(Chhattisgarh) (Odisha) Mand, Hasdeo Odisha Hirakud Dam in
Odisha
Godavari Trimbakeshwar of Bay of Bengal Manjira, Pravara Penganga, Maharashtra, Longest river in E
Brahmagiri hills (AP) Indravati, Telangana, peninsular India
(Maharashtra) Sabari,Wardha Andhra Pradesh, (~1,465 km);
Chhattisgarh, 'Ganga of South
Odisha India'
Krishna Mahabaleshwar Bay of Bengal Ghataprabha, Koyna, Bhima, Maharashtra, Forms fertile E
(Maharashtra) (AP) Malaprabha, Musi Karnataka, bird foot delta in
Tungabhadra Telangana, Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh
Kaveri Talakaveri Bay of Bengal Bhavani, Hemavati, Karnataka, Major water E
(Karnataka) (TN) Subarnavati,Kabina Arkavathy, Tamil Nadu source for TN &
Shimsha Karnataka; South
Indian Ganga for
holiness
Narmada Amarkantak Plateau Arabian Sea Orsang, Kolar, Tawa, Barnar Madhya Flows between E→W
(MP) (Gulf of Hiran Shakkar, Sar, Pradesh, Vindhya &
Khambhat, Maharashtra, Satpura ranges;
Gujarat) Gujarat Dhuadhar Falls
in Jabbalpur
Tapti Multai (Madhya Arabian Sea Purna, Betul, Girna , Bori, Madhya Forms an estuary E→W
Pradesh) (Gulf of Shipra,Patki Ambora, Pradesh, instead of a delta
Khambhat) Khandu Maharashtra,
Gujarat
Sabarmati Aravalli Hills Gulf of Wakal, Hathmati Sei Rajasthan, Major river of SW
(Rajasthan) Khambhat Gujarat Gujarat; Flows
(Gujarat) through
Ahmedabad
Periyar Western Ghats Arabian Sea Muthirapuzha Mullayar Kerala Largest river in W
(Kerala) (Kochi, Kerala) Kerala; Idukki
Dam
hydroelectric
project
Sharavati Ambutheertha Arabian Sea - - Karnataka Forms Jog Falls, W
(Karnataka) (Honnavar, one of India's
Karnataka) highest
waterfalls