CBSE Class 9/10/NTSE/CTET - Important Rivers Of India (#cbseNotes)

Important Rivers Of India

CBSE Class 9 - Geography Notes

1. Ganga
States covered: Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal
Length: 2,525 K.M.
Origin at: Gangotri
Ends at: Bay of Bengal


2. Yamuna
States covered: Uttarakhand,Himachal Pradesh,Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Delhi
Length: 1,376 K.M.
Origin at: Garhwal in Yamunotri
Ends at: Bay of Bengal


3. Brahmaputra
States covered: Assam, Arunachal,Tibet
Length: 2,900 K.M.
Origin at: Lake Manasarovar
Ends at: Bay of Bengal




4. Mahanadi
States covered:  Chhattisgarh, Odisha
Length: 858 K.M.  
Origin at: Amarkantak Plateau
Ends at: Bay of Bengal


5. Godavari 
States covered: Maharashtra, Telangana, Chhattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh, Puducherry
Length: 1,465 K.M.
Origin at: Nasik Hills
Ends at: Bay of Bengal


6. Krishna
States covered: Maharashtra, Karnataka, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh
Length: 1,400 K.M.
Origin at: Near Mahabaleshwar in Maharashtra
Ends at: Bay of Bengal


7. Narmada
States covered: Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Gujarat
Length: 1,315 K.M.
Origin at: Amarkantak hill in Madhya Pradesh
Ends at: Arabian sea


8. Tapti 
States covered: Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Gujarat
Length: 724 K.M.
Origin at: Bettul
Ends at: Arabian sea


9. Gomti  
States covered: Uttarpradesh, Gujarat
Length: 900 K.M.
Origin at: Gomat Taal
Ends at: Saidpur,Ghazipur


10. Kosi
States covered: Shigatse Prefecture, Janakpur, Sagarmatha, Koshi, Mechi Zones, Bihar
Length: 720 K.M.
Origin at: Ganga
Ends at: Ganga


11. Gandaki
States covered: Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, Bihar
Length: 630 K.M.
Origin at: Nepal
Ends at: Ganga


12. Betwa
States covered: Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh
Length: 590 K.M.
Origin at: Vindhya Range
Ends at: Rajghat Dam


13. Son 
States covered: Madhya pradesh,Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, Bihar
Length: 784 K.M.
Origin at: Amarkantak, Madhyapradesh
Ends at: Ganga


14. Sutlej
States covered: Himachal Pradesh, Punjab
Length: 1,500 K.M.
Origin at: Mount Kailash
Ends at: Ropar


15. Ravi
States covered: Himachal Pradesh, Punjab
Length: 720 K.M.
Origin at: Himachal Pradesh
Ends at: Chenab


16. Beas
States covered: Himachal Pradesh, Punjab
Length: 470 K.M.
Origin at: Sutlej
Ends at: Mandi Plain


17. Chenab
States covered: Himachal Pradesh, Punjab
Length: 960 K.M.
Origin at: Panjnad
Ends at:  Jammu and Kashmir


18. Jehlam
States covered: Punjab, Jammu and Kashmir,
Length: 725 K.M.
Origin at: Pir Panjal Range
Ends at: Chenab


19. Kaveri
States covered: Karnataka, Tamilnadu,
Length: 765 K.M.
Origin at: Hills of Coorg, Karnataka
Ends at: Bay of Bengal


20. Ghaggar
States covered: Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan
Length: 1080 km
Origin at: Shivalik Hills, Himachal Pradesh Indus
Ends at:


21. Hugli (Hooghly)
States covered: West Bengal, Kolkata
Length: 260 km
Origin at: Ganga
Ends at: Bay of Bengal


22. Damodar
States covered: Jharkhand, Bengal
Length: 592 km
Origin at: Hoogly River, Howrah
Ends at: Chota Nagpur plateau


23. Indus
States covered: Gilgit-Baltistan, Jammu and Kashmir, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Punjab, Sindh, Tibet
Length: 3180 km
Origin at: In Tibet Kalish Range 5080 mts.
Ends at: Arabian sea


24. Tungabhadra
States covered: Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh,Telangana
Length: 531 km
Origin at: Krishna
Ends at: Krishna


25. Mahi
States covered: Madhya Pradesh, Vindhyas
Length: 580 K.M
Origin at: Gulf of Khambhat ,  Arabian Sea
Ends at: Sevalia


26. Bhagirathi
States covered: Uttarakhand
Length: 205 km
Origin at: Ganga
Ends at: Ganga


27. Sabarmati  
States covered: Aravalli Range, Udaipur
Length: 371 km
Origin at: Dhebar Lake, Rajasthan
Ends at: Gulf of Khambhat, Gujarat


28. Alaknanda
States covered: Uttarakhand
Length: 190 km
Origin at:  Satopanth Glacier,
Ends at: Ganga Nanda Devi


29. Teesta
States covered: Sikkim, India, West Bengal, India,Rangpur, Bangladesh
Length: 309 km
Origin at: Brahmaputra
Ends at: Rangeet River.


30. Indravati
States covered: Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra
Length: 535 km
Origin at: Kalahandi
Ends at: Godavari


31. Bhima
States covered: Maharashtra, Karnataka,Telangana
Length: 861 km
Origin at: Krishna River
Ends at: Pandharpur


32. Subarnarek
States covered: Jharkhand, Odisha,West Bengal
Length: 395 km
Origin at: Bay of Bengal
Ends at: Bay of Bengal


33. Koyna
States covered: Maharashtra
Length: 130 km
Origin at: Krishna River
Ends at: Maharashtra


34. Ramganga
States covered: Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh
Length: 596 km
Origin at: Ganga
Ends at: Ramganga Dam


35. Peena
States covered: Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka
Length: 597 km
Origin at: Nandi Hills
Ends at: Bay of Bengal


36. Brahamani
States covered: Odisha
Length: 480  K.M
Origin at: Bay of Bengal
Ends at: Ganga


37. Periyar
States covered: Kerala, Tamil Nadu
Length: 244 km
Origin at: Cardaman Hills
Ends at: Bay of Bengal


38. Mahanada
States covered: West Bengal, Bihar
Length: 360 km
Origin at: Lakshadweep Sea
Ends at: Vembanad Lake Bay of Bengal


39. Banas
States covered: Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh
Length: 512 km
Origin at:  Kumbhalgarh, Arravali ranges
Ends at: Chambal


40. Vaigai
States covered: Tamil Nadu
Length: 258 km
Origin at: Periyar Plateau
Ends at: Bay of Bengal


41. Sharda    
States covered: Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh
Length: 350 km
Origin at: Ganga
Ends at: Ghaghra River