Important Indian Rivers and their Origin - Indian Geography for All Competitive Exams

Important Indian Rivers and their Origin

In this topic, we provide important Indian Rivers and some important details about the rivers such as from where they are originating, flowing direction and to which sea they mingle finally. This is most important topic for all the competitive exams like UPSC, SSC  and other all state government exams.

S.N.	Rivers	Origin	Place	Direction	Join
1	Indus*	Kailash	Tibet	North to West	Arabian sea
2	Ganga	Gangotri	Uttarakhand	North to East	Bay of Bengal
3	Yamuna	Yamunotri	Uttarakhand	North to East	Bay of Bengal
4	Narmadha*	Amarkantak	Madhya Predesh	Central India to West	Arabian Sea
5	Krishna	Mahabaleshwar	Maharastra	West to East	Bay of Bengal
6	Tapti*	Betul	Madhya Predesh	Central India to West	Arabian Sea
7	Cauvery	Koodagu Hills	Karnataka	West to East	Bay of Bengal
8	Thamirabarani	Agathiyar Hills	Tamilnadu	West to East	Bay of Bengal
9	Godavari	Nasik hills	Maharastra	West to East	Bay of Bengal
10	Periyar	Cardomom hills	Kerela	West to East	Bay of Bengal
11	Mahanadhi	Sihawa Mountain	Chhatisgarh	Central India to East	Bay of Bengal
12	Brahmaputra	Mansarover (Himalayas)	Tibet	North to East	Bay of Bengal
13	Vaigai	Periyar Plateau	Tamilnadu	West to East	Bay of Bengal
14	Chambal	Vindhyas	Madhya Pradesh	Central India to North	Yamuna (Bay of Bengal)
15	Luni*	Pushkar Valley	Rajasthan	Central India to West	Arabian sea
16	Sabarmati*	Aravalli Range	Rajasthan	Central India to West	Arabian sea

(Note: * indication represents only those rivers are mingle with Arabian Sea)