Table

Rivers of North India

River Source Length (in km.) Drainage Area (sq.km.) Important Tributaries
Burhi Gandak Western slope of Someshwar Hills of elevation at 330 m. 320 10,150 Joins the Ganga at Munger (Bihar)
Beas Kulu hill (elevation 3,960 and near Rohtang Pass) 460 20,303
Chenab At an elevation of 4,900 m. at Lahul 1,800 (in India) 26,755
Damodar Rises in Chhotanagpur plateau (near Balumatha in Jharkhand) at an elevation of 1,366 m. 541 22,000 Gartus, Konar, Jamunia and Barakar; once known as the Sorrow of Bengal
Ghaghara Near Mansarovar Lake 1,080 1,27,950 Rapti, Sarda. It joins the Ganga near Chapra. In Nepal it is know as Karnali.
Ganga
  • Alaknanda at an elevation of 7,800 m.
  • Bhagirathi at an elevation of 6,600 m.
2,525 8,61,404 Yamuna, Ram Ganga, Gandak, Ghaghara, Kosi Burhi Gandak, Bagmati, Gomti, Son, Mahanada, Kamla, Damodar, Jalangi, Bhairab, Matabhanga-Gorai Confluence of Yamuna at Allahabad
Gandak At an elevation of 7,620 m. near Tibet. 425 (in India) 9,540 (in India) In Nepal, it is known as Narayani. It joins the Ganga at Patna. Total drainage : 45,800 sq. km.
Gomti About 3 km. east of Pilibhit at 200m. elevation. 940 30,437 Sai, Barma. Saryu, Chuha, Gachai, Jomki
Indus Mansarovar Lake 2,880 of which 1570 km. 3,21,290 Zaskar, Astar, Dras, Shyok, Swat, Kurram, Shigar, Gilgit, Kabul, Jhelum, Chenab, Ravi, Beas and Satluj
Kosi From Tibet/Nepal 730 (in India) 11,600 Kosi, Arun, Tamur, Total drainage : 74,500 sq. km. Notorious for floods and hence known as ‘Sorrow of Bihar’
Ravi Kulu hill (Himachal Pradesh) 725 14,442
Ram Ganga Near Nainital, in the lower Himalaya at an elevation of 3,110 m. 696 32,412 Joins the Ganga below Farukkabad, Tributaries : Khoh, Gangan, Aril Kosi, Deoha
Satluj At an elevation of 4,570 m near Dharma Pass 1,050 (in India) 24,087 Beas joins at Harike
Son Amarkantak 784 Joins Ganga at Maner near Patan; Tributaries-N. Koel & Punpun
Yamuna At an elevation of 6,330 m from a spring at Yamunotri. 1,300 3,59,000 Chambal, Betwa, Son, Hindu, Ken, Sarda
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