List of rivers of India by discharge

There are more than 400 rivers in the Indian subcontinent. As per the classification of Food and Agriculture Organization, the Indian rivers are combined into 20 river units, which includes 14 major river systems and 99 smaller river basins grouped into six river units. They are grouped into four groups: Himalayan, Deccan, Coastal, and Inland drainage, based on their origin and drainage.

Most of the rivers in India originate from the four major watersheds in India. The Himalayan watershed is the source of the majority of the major river systems in India, including the three longest rivers: the Ganges, the Brahmaputra and the Indus. These three river systems are fed by more than 5000 glaciers.

The Aravalli range running along the north-western part of India is the origin of a few of the smaller rivers. In Central India, rivers including the Narmada and Tapti rivers originate from the Vindhya and Satpura. In the peninsular India, the majority of the rivers originate from the Western Ghats in the west and flow towards the Bay of Bengal in the east, while a few rivers flow from east to west from the Eastern Ghats 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 major peninsular rivers include the Godavari, the Krishna, the Mahanadi and the Kaveri.

+Rivers by discharge River Region Origin Draining into Length(km) Drainage area(km2thousands) Discharge(km3/yr) Measured atBrahmaputraIndo-Gangetic Plain HimalayasBay of Bengal2,880630 670 Bahadurabad323 Dibrugarh Ganges Indo-Gangetic Plain Himalayas Bay of Bengal 2,525 935 380 Farakka Indus Indo-Gangetic Plain Himalayas Arabian Sea 3,180 1,165 197 Thatta Godavari Deccan Western Ghats Bay of Bengal 1,465 313 105 Rajahmundry Ghagara Indo-Gangetic Plain Himalayas Ganges 1,080 128 94 Revelganj Yamuna Indo-Gangetic Plain Himalayas Ganges 1,376 366 93 Prayagraj Krishna Deccan Western Ghats Bay of Bengal 1,400 259 68 Vijayawada Mahanadi Eastern Coastal Plains Eastern Ghats Bay of Bengal 900 142 67 False Point Dibang Indo-Gangetic Plain Himalayas Brahmaputra 324 13 63 Sadiya Kosi Indo-Gangetic Plain Himalayas Ganges 729 75 62 Kursela Lohit Indo-Gangetic Plain Himalayas Brahmaputra 560 24 60 Sadiya Teesta Indo-Gangetic Plain Himalayas Brahmaputra 414 14 60 Dalia Subansiri Indo-Gangetic Plain Himalayas Brahmaputra 518 33 54 Jamurighat Gandak Indo-Gangetic Plain Himalayas Ganges 814 46 52 Sonpur Narmada Central India Vindhya and Satpura Arabian Sea 1,312 99 41 Bharuch Sone Central India Vindhya and Satpura Ganges 784 71 32Maner Manas Indo-Gangetic Plain Himalayas Brahmaputra 400 38 32 Jogighopa Chambal Central India Vindhya and Satpura Yamuna 1,024 25 30 Bhareh Chenab Indo-Gangetic Plain Himalayas Indus 890 26 29 Marala Jhelum Indo-Gangetic Plain Himalayas Chenab 729 35 28 Mangla Kopili Indo-Gangetic Plain Himalayas Brahmaputra 290 16 28 Hatiamukh Jia Bhareli Indo-Gangetic Plain Himalayas Brahmaputra 264 12 26 Tezpur Kaveri Deccan Western Ghats Bay of Bengal 800 88 21 Lower Anicut Dhansiri Indo-Gangetic Plain Himalayas Brahmaputra 352 12 20 Dhansirimukh Sutlej Indo-Gangetic Plain Himalayas Indus 1,450 – 17 Marala Beas Indo-Gangetic Plain Himalayas Sutlej 470 18 16 Harike

List of rivers of India by discharge

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