Top 10 Rivers in India
1. Indus River
- longest rivers in Asia.
Length - 3,200 km
Discharge - 6,600 m. cubic per sec.
Cities - Karachi, Peshawar, Gilgit, Rawalpindi, Mithankot, Thatta, Jamshoro, Attock.
Countries - India, China, Pakistan
2. The Ganges River
- National River of India
Length - 2,525 km.
Cities - Varanasi, Haridwar, Allahabad, Kolkata, Kanpur, Patna, Ghazipur.
Bridges - Mahatma Gandhi Setu, Vidyasagar Setu.
3. Godavari River
- one of the sacred rivers of central India, near Nasik in Maharashtra.
Length - 1,465 km
Basin area - 312,812 Sq Km.
Cities - Rajahmundry
Country: India
Bridges - Godavari Bridge, Godavari Arch Bridge.
4. Krishna River
Longest rivers in central-southern India.
Length - 1,400 km
Source - Mahabaleshwar
Country - India
Cities - Vijayawada, Hamsaladeevi, Sangli.
Bridges - Penumudi - Puligadda Bridge
5. Yamuna River
Lifeline of Delhi
It is also called Jumna.
It is major river in northern India.
Length - 1,376 km
Basin area - 366,223 Sq. Km.
Cities - Agra, Allahabad, Mathura, Yamuna Nagar, Noida, Delhi, Etawah, Baghpat, Firozabad, Kalpi, Hamirpur.
Bridges - New Yamuna Bridge, Allahabad
6. Narmada River
5th longest river in the Indian subcontinent.
Length - 1,312 km
Basin area - 98,796 Sq. Km.
Source - Amarkantak
Cities - Jabalpur, Vadodara
Country - India
Bridges - Golden Bridge
7. Mahanadi River
One of the important rivers of Chhattisgarh State in East Central India.
Length: 858 km
Basin area: 141,600 Sq. Km.
Source - Sihawa
Country - India
Bridges - Second Mahanadi Rail Bridge.
8. Kaveri River
Length - 765 km
Basin area - 72,000 Sq. Km.
Source elevation - 1,276 m
Cities - Tiruchirappalli, Talakaveri, Thanjavur, Srirangapatna
Country - India
9. Brahmaputra River
Length - 2,900 km
Source - Himalayas
Cities - Guwahati
Countries - India, Bangladesh, China.
10. Tapti River
Length - 724 km
Basin area - 65,145 Sq. Km.
Source - Satpura Range
Cities - Surat, Burhanpur, Bhusawal, Jalgaon.
Country - India.