TOP 10RIVERS OF INDIA :-

BELOW IS THE DESCRIPTION OF RIVERS: --

Name Length (km) Area Originates From Ends in Places Benifited

Indus 3100 3,21,290 Sq.Km. In Tibet Kalish Range 5080 mts. Arabian sea India and Pakistan.

Ganga (Bhagirati) 2480 3,37,00 Sq.Km. Gangothri Bay of Bengal Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Bihar, West Bengal.

Godavari 1465 3,12,812 Sq.Km. Nasik Hills Bay of Bengal South-easterly part of Andhra Pradesh.

Krishna 1400 2,59,000 Sq.Km. Near Mahabaleshwar in Maharashtra Bay of Bengal Maharastra & Andhrapradesh.

Yamuna (Jamuna) 1370 3,59,000 Sq.Km. Garhwall in Yamunotri Bay of Bengal Delhi, Haryana and UP.

Narmada 1312 98,796 Sq.Km. Amarkantak hill in Madhya Pradesh Arabian sea Madhya Pradesh and Maharastra.

Mahanadi 858 1,41,600 Sq.Km. Amarkantak Plateau Bay of Bengal Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Orissa.

Kaveri (Dakshina Ganga" or Ganges of the south) 805 87,900 Sq.Km. Hills of Coorg, Karnataka Bay of Bengal Karnataka and Tamilnadu.

Brahmaputra 725 2,40,000 Sq.Km. Lake Manasarovar Bay of Bengal North Eastern state
Tapti 724 65,145 Sq.Km. Bettul Arabian sea Madhya Pradesh and Maharastra

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