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List of rivers of India by discharge
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There are 8 major river systems in India, with more than 400 rivers in total.<ref name="Mint1">{{cite web |url= http://www.livemint.com/Politics/xb05tga2lJHln7oot8lhXN/Indias-misunderstood-rivers.html|title= India’s misunderstood rivers|last1= Banerjee|first1= Ananda|date= 2015-05-25|website= www.livemint.com|publisher= HT Media Ltd.|access-date= 2015-08-22|quote="The Indian subcontinent is home to seven major river systems with more than 400 rivers. "}}</ref> Rivers play an important role in the lives of the Indian people due to their crucial importance in sustenance and their place in Indian religions. The table below lists the rivers of India with their average annual discharge into either the [[Bay of Bengal]] and [[Arabian Sea]]. Only rivers with discharging into the sea are listed, so no tributaries are listed, some of which can have flow rates much higher than some of the rivers listed in the table.<br />
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{|class="wikitable sortable"<br />
!No.<br />
! Region<br />
![[River]]<br />
! data-sort-type="number" | Length (km)<br />
! data-sort-type="number" | [[Drainage area]] (km²)<br />
! data-sort-type="number" | Average [[Discharge (hydrology)|discharge]] (m³/s)<br />
!Outflow<br />
!Reference<br />
!Note<br />
|-<br />
|1<br />
||Indo-Gangetic plain<br />
|[[Ganges]]-[[Brahmaputra]]-[[Meghna]]<br />
|2948<br />
|1,635,000<br />
|38,129<br />
|[[Bay of Bengal]]<br />
|<ref name ="Kumar_Singh_Sharma" /><br />
|Trans-boundary, 3rd largest discharge in the world<br />
|-<br />
|2<br />
||Indo-Gangetic plain<br />
|[[Indus]]<br />
|3200<br />
|1,165,000<br />
|6,600<br />
|[[Arabian Sea]]<br />
|<br />
|Trans-boundary, flows mainly through [[Ladakh]] in [[India]]<br />
|-<br />
|3<br />
||West Coast<br />
|West flowing rivers south of [[Tapti]]<br />
|NA<br />
|NA<br />
|6,371<br />
|[[Arabian Sea]]<br />
|<ref name ="Kumar_Singh_Sharma">{{cite journal<br />
| last = Kumar<br />
| first = Rakesh<br />
| last2 = Singh <br />
| first2 = R.D.<br />
| last3 = Sharma<br />
| first3 = K.D. <br />
| title = Water Resources of India<br />
| journal = Current Science<br />
| volume = 89<br />
| issue = 5<br />
| pages = 794–811<br />
| publisher = Current Science Association<br />
| location = Bangalore<br />
| date = 2005-09-10<br />
| url = http://www.currentscience.ac.in/Downloads/article_id_089_05_0794_0811_0.pdf<br />
| accessdate = 2013-10-13 }}</ref><br />
|Includes [[Periyar (river)|Periyar]], [[Vaigai]], [[Sharavathi]], [[Kali]], [[Mandovi]], [[Zuari]]<br />
|-<br />
|4<br />
|| Deccan<br />
|[[Godavari]]<br />
|1465<br />
|312,812<br />
|3505<br />
|[[Bay of Bengal]]<br />
|<ref name = "Kumar_Singh_Sharma" /><br />
|Largest river in [[South India]]<br />
|-<br />
|5<br />
|| Deccan<br />
|[[Krishna River|Krishna]]<br />
|1400<br />
|258,948<br />
|2213<br />
|[[Bay of Bengal]]<br />
|<ref name = "Kumar_Singh_Sharma" /><br />
|2nd largest river in [[South India]]<br />
|-<br />
|6<br />
|| East Coast<br />
|[[Mahanadi]]<br />
|858<br />
|141,600<br />
|2119<br />
|[[Bay of Bengal]]<br />
|<ref name = "Kumar_Singh_Sharma" /><br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|7<br />
||Central India<br />
|[[Narmada]]<br />
|1312<br />
|98,796<br />
|1447<br />
|[[Arabian Sea]]<br />
|<ref name = "Kumar_Singh_Sharma" /><br />
|Largest west flowing river within India<br />
|-<br />
|8<br />
||East Coast<br />
|[[Brahmi]]-[[Baitarani]]<br />
|480<br />
|39033<br />
|903<br />
|[[Bay of Bengal]]<br />
|<ref name = "Kumar_Singh_Sharma" /><br />
|Second largest river in Odisha<br />
|-<br />
|9<br />
||South India<br />
|[[Cauvery|Kaveri]]<br />
|765<br />
|81,155<br />
|677<br />
|[[Bay of Bengal]]<br />
|<ref name = "Kumar_Singh_Sharma" /><br />
|Largest river of [[Tamil Nadu]] and [[Karnataka]]<br />
|-<br />
|10<br />
||East Coast<br />
|East flowing rivers between Mahanadi and Godavari<br />
| NA<br />
| NA<br />
| 561<br />
|[[Bay of Bengal]]<br />
|<ref name = "Kumar_Singh_Sharma" /><br />
|Includes [[Vamsadhara]]<br />
|-<br />
|11<br />
||Central India<br />
|[[Tapti]]<br />
|724<br />
|65,145<br />
|489<br />
|[[Arabian Sea]]<br />
|<ref name = "Kumar_Singh_Sharma" /><br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|12<br />
||East Coast<br />
|[[Subarnarekha River|Subarnarekha]]<br />
|470<br />
|19300<br />
|392<br />
|[[Bay of Bengal]]<br />
|<ref name = "Kumar_Singh_Sharma" /><br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|13<br />
||Central India<br />
|[[Mahi River|Mahi]]<br />
|580<br />
|34842<br />
|383<br />
|[[Arabian Sea]]<br />
|<ref name = "Kumar_Singh_Sharma" /><br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|14<br />
||South India<br />
|[[Penner River|Penna]]<br />
|597<br />
|55213<br />
|200.4<br />
|[[Bay of Bengal]]<br />
|<ref name = "Kumar_Singh_Sharma" /><br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
<br />
==See also==<br />
{{div col|colwidth=15em}}<br />
* [[List of drainage basins by area]]<br />
* [[List of rivers by discharge]]<br />
*[[Dissolved load|List of rivers by dissolved load]]<br />
* [[Indian Rivers Inter-link]]<br />
* [[Interstate River Water Disputes Act]]<br />
* [[Irrigation in India]]<br />
* [[List of rivers by discharge]]<br />
* [[List of dams and reservoirs in India]]<br />
* [[National Water Policy]]<br />
* [[Water scarcity in India]]<br />
* [[Water supply and sanitation in India]]<br />
* [[Water pollution in India]]<br />
{{div col end}}<br />
<br />
==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
<br />
[[Category:Lists of rivers of India|Discharge]]</div>
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