Indian rivers and their tributaries

list of all Indian rivers and tributaries from various parts of India.

There are nine important rivers of India and they are:

  • The Ganges,
  • Yamuna (a tributary of Ganges),
  • Brahmaputra,
  • Mahanadi,
  • Narmada,
  • The Godavari,
  • Tapi,
  • Krishna and
  • Kaveri.

Parts of the Indus River also flow over Indian soil. Eight important rivers together with their various tributaries comprise the River System of India.

The following is a list of the cities in India through which major rivers flow.

City River State
Agra Yamuna Uttar Pradesh
Ahmedabad Sabarmati Gujarat
Allahabad ( Confluence of Ganga, Yamuna and Saraswati) Uttar Pradesh
Amaravati Krishna Andhra Pradesh
Ashta Parwati Madhya Pradesh
Auraiya Yamuna Uttar Pradesh
Ayodhya Sarayu Uttar Pradesh
Badrinath Alaknanda Uttarakhand
Bagalkot Ghataprabha Karnataka
Bangalore Vrishabhavathi Karnataka
Banki Mahanadi Odisha
Baranagar Ganges

West Bengal

Bhadravathi Bhadra Karnataka
Bhagalpur Ganges Bihar
Bharuch Narmada Gujarat
Brahmapur Rushikulya Odisha
Budaun Sot

Uttar Pradesh

Chakeri Ganges

Uttar Pradesh

Chennai Cooum, Adyar

Tamil Nadu

Chhatrapur Rushikulya Odisha
Coimbatore Noyyal Tamil Nadu
Cuttack Mahanadi Odisha
Deesa Banas Gujarat
Dibrugarh Brahmaputra Assam
Erode Kaveri Tamil Nadu
Etawah Yamuna Uttar Pradesh
Farrukhabad Ganges Uttar Pradesh
Fatehgarh Ganges Uttar Pradesh
Ferozpur Sutlej Punjab
Gangakhed Godavari Maharashtra
Gaya Falgu (Neeranjana) Bihar
Goregaon Godavari Maharashtra
Gorakhpur Rapti Uttar Pradesh
Guwahati Brahmaputra Assam
Gwalior Chambal Madhya Pradesh
Hajipur Ganges Bihar
Haridwar Ganges Uttarakhand
Himmatnagar Hathmati Gujarat
Honnavar Sharavathi Karnataka
Hospet Tungabhadra Karnataka
Hyderabad Musi Telangana
Jabalpur Narmada Madhya Pradesh
Jamalpur Ganges Bihar
Jammu Tawi Jammu & Kashmir
Jaunpur Gomti Uttar Pradesh
Kanchipuram Vegavathi, Palar Tamil Nadu
Kannauj Ganges Uttar Pradesh
Kanpur Ganges Uttar Pradesh
Karad Krishna, Koyna Maharashtra
Karimnagar Manair Telangana
Karjat Ulhas Maharashtra
Karwar Kali Karnataka
Kolhapur Panchaganga Maharashtra
Kolkata Hooghly West Bengal
Kota Chambal Rajasthan
Kurnool Tungabhadra Andhra Pradesh
Lucknow Gomti Uttar Pradesh
Madurai Vaigai Tamil Nadu
Mahad Savitri Maharashtra
Malegaon Girna River Maharashtra
Mangalore Netravati, Gurupura Karnataka
Mathura Yamuna Uttar Pradesh
Mirzapur Ganga Uttar Pradesh
Modasa Mazum Gujarat
Morbi Machchu Gujarat
Munger Ganges Bihar
Murshidabad Hooghly West Bengal
Nanded Godavari Maharashtra
Nashik Godavari Maharashtra
Navsari Purna Gujarat
Nellore Pennar Andhra Pradesh
New Delhi Yamuna Delhi
Patan Saraswati Gujarat
Patna Ganges Bihar
Pune Mula, Mutha Maharashtra
Purnia Koshi Bihar
Rajahmundry Godavari Andhra Pradesh
Rajkot Aji Gujarat
Ramagundam Godavari Telangana
Rangpo Teesta Sikkim
Rourkela Brahmani Odisha
Sambalpur Mahanadi Odisha
Sangli Krishna Maharashtra
Shimoga Tunga River Karnataka
Shuklaganj Ganges Uttar Pradesh
Srinagar Jhelum Jammu & Kashmir
Surat Tapi Gujarat
Thanjavur Vennaaru, Vadavaaru Tamil Nadu
Thiruchirapalli Kaveri Tamil Nadu
Tirunelveli Thamirabarani Tamil Nadu
Ujjain Shipra Madhya Pradesh
Vadodara Vishwamitri Gujarat
Valsad Auranga Gujarat
Varanasi Ganges Uttar Pradesh
Vijayawada Krishna Andhra Pradesh

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