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The length and origin of major rivers and tributaries of India

 The length and origin of major rivers and tributaries are:

Length of major rivers

Sl.

No.

River

Length

(km)

Origin

1

Ganga

2525

Gangotri glaciers in Himalayas

2

Yamuna

1376

Tehri Garhwal district of Uttarakhand from the Yamunotri glacier

3

Ghaghara(Sarju)

1080

Combined water of Sarda and Kauriala

4

Chambal

960

Vindhya range near Mhow in the Indore district of Madhya Pradesh

5

Gomti

940

Near Manikot east of Pillibhit district of Uttar Pradesh

6

Betwa

789

Bhopal district of Madhya Pradesh

7

Sone

780

Sonbhadra in the Maikala ranges of hills in Madhya Pradesh

8

Damodar

575

Hills of the Chottanagpur Plateau, Bihar

9

Ramganga

542

Lower Himalayas near the village of Lohba in the Garhwal district of Uttarakhand

10

Parwati

430

Man Talai Glacier below the Pin Parbati pass

11

Rapti

420

Lower ranges of Himalayas in Nepal

12

Sindh

415

Near a village in the Vidisha district of Madhya Pradesh

13

Ken

357

North-west slopes of Kaimur hills in Satna district of Madhya Pradesh

14

Kali

350

Doon Valley, Dehradun

15

Burhi Gandak

320

Someshwar hills in Champaran district

16

Sarada

308

Formed by the confluence of two streams Kuthiayankti and Kalapani near Indo-Tibet border

17

Ajay

299

Near Deoghar in the Santhal Parganas District of Jharkhand

18

Sai

298

Hardoi district

19

Mahananda

268

Mahaldiran hills of Himalayas

20

Hooghly

260

Splits from Ganga at Farakka Barrage

21

Hindon

256

Southern slopes of Siwaliks in the Saharanpur district of Uttar Pradesh

22

Gandak

255

Tibet north-east of Dhaulagiri in Nepal

23

Rupnarayan

254

Tilabni hills in Bihar

24

Kali Sindh

230

Bagli (District Dewas) in Madhya Pradesh

25

Chhoti Sarju

226

Tal near south-west of Faizabad

26

Rihand

224

Surguja district of Chhattisgarh

27

Kanhar

214

Surguja district of Chhattisgarh

28

North Koel

212

Ranchi district of Bihar

29

Sahibi/Sabi Nadi

210

Aravalli Hills, near Jitgarh, Rajasthan

30

Gopat

209

Surguja district of Chhattisgarh

31

Punpun

200

Hills of the Chottanagpur Plateau of Bihar

32

Mahanadi

193

(Tributary of Sone) Mandla district of Madhya Pradesh

33

Karamnasa

192

near Sarodag on the northern face of Kaimur range

34

Tons

186

Tamaskund, in Kaimur range in Satna district of Madhya Pradesh

35

Bhagirathi

177

Gangotri glaciers in Himalayas

36

Barakar

168

Padma in Hazaribagh district of Jharkhand

37

Banas

167

(Tributary of Sone) Eastern face of Vindhya mountain

38

Kosi

163

Mahabharata Range/Lesser Himalayas north of the Indo-Nepal border

39

Alkananda

159

Garhwal Himalayas

40

Pahuj

142

Hills of Jhansi or in Tikamgarh district of Madhya Pradesh

41

Baghmari

120

Formed by the confluence of Kanloi, the Taroi and Bansloi having origin at Santhal Parganas district in Bihar

42

Chandan

118

Near Deoghar in the Santhal Parganas district in Bihar

43

Shipra/Kshipra

113

Kakri bardi hills Vindhya Range

44

Kiul

111

Hills of the Chottanagpur Plateau of Bihar

45

Mayurakshi

83

Trikut hill, Deoghar in Jharkhand

46

Bagmati

41

Above the southern edge of the Shivpuri Hills, Nepal

47

Mandakini

32

Garhwal Himalayas

(Source: India-WRIS)

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