River Systems of India

S.No	Rivers	Length (KM)	Origin Place	End Place
1	Indus	3180	Originates in Tibetan plateau, Enters India in J&K	Merges into Arabina sea near Sindh
2	Ganga	2,525	Gangotri Glacier (Bhagirathi), Uttarakhand	Bay of Bengal
3	Brahmaputra	1,800	Himalayan Glacier in Tibet, but enters India in Arunachal Pradesh	Merges with Ganga and ends in Bay of Bengal
4	Sutlej	1500	Tributary of Indus river, originates at Rakshastal, Tibet	Meets Beas river in Pakistan and ends at Arabian sea
5	Godavari	1465	Starts in Maharashtra and passes through 7 Indian states	Empties in Bay of Bengal
6	Krishna	1400	Originates in the Western Ghats near Mahabaleshwar in Maharashtra	Ends in Bay of Bengal near Andhra Pradesh
7	Yamuna	1,376	Yamunotri Glacier, Uttarakhand	Merges with Ganga at Allahabad (Triveni Sangam - Kumbh Mela spot
8	Narmada	1315	Starts from Amarkantak, Madhya Pradesh	Drains into Arabian sea via Gulf of Cambay
9	Ghaghra	1080	Himalayan Glacier in tibet, tributary of Ganga	Joins Ganga in Bihar
10	Chambal	960	Tributary of Yamuna river, starting at Madhya Pradesh	Joins Yamuna river in UP
11	Chenab	960	Upper Himalayas in the Spiti district of Himachal Pradesh	Merges with Indus
12	Gomti	900	Tributary of Ganga, starting at Gomat Taal, UP	Joins Ganga in Varanasi district
13	Son	784	Tributary of Ganga, starting at Amarkantak, Madhya Pradesh	Joins Ganga just above Patna - also considered part of Vindhya river system
14	Kaveri	765	Talakaveri in Western Ghats in Karnataka	Ends in Bay of Bengal
15	Jhelum	725	Tributary of Chenub river, Punjab	Merges with Chenab at Jhang (Pakistan)
16	Tapti	724	Rises in Eastern Satpura Ranges, Madhya Pradesh	Empties into Gulf of Khambat, Gujarat
17	Kosi	720	Starts from Bihar near Indo-Nepal border	Joins Ganga near Katihar district of Bihar
18	Ravi	720	Starts from Bara Bhangal, Kangra district, Himachal Pradesh	Joins Chenab in Pakistan
19	Gandak	630	Nepal; Ganges tributary at Indo-Nepal border (Triveni Sangam)	Joins Ganga near Patna
20	Damodar	592	Tributary of Hugli near Chandwar, Jharkhand	Merges with Hugli in West Bengal
21	Betwa	590	Tributary of Yamuna, rises at Vindhya region, MP	Joins Yamuna at Hamirpur in UP
22	Mahi	580	Rises in Madhya Pradesh	Flows into Arabian sea from Gujarat
23	Tungabhadra	531	Tributary of Krishna river staring at Karnataka	Joins Krishna river along the border of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh
24	Beas	470	Rises at Himalayas in central Himachal Pradesh	Joins Sutlej river in Punjab, India
25	Hugli (Hooghly)	260	Tributary of Ganga near West Bengal	Merges with Ganga at Bay of Bengal