what are the rivers in india

Sl. No.	Name	Places Benefitted Countries: China, India, Bangladesh Places: Tibet, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bangladesh
1	Ganges	Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Bihar, West Bengal
2	Godavari	South-easterly part of Andhra Pradesh
3	Krishna	Maharastra & Andhrapradesh
4	Narmada	Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra

How many rivers are there in Delhi?

DELHI already gets water from Beas Sutlej, Ganges and Yamuna rivers and the Yamuna canal after exploiting all its groundwater sources.

What are the 12 important rivers in India?

In India, we have 12 major rivers such as Ganga, Yamuna, Narmada, Saraswathi, Godavari, Krishna, Kaveri, Bhima, Tapati, Tungabhadra, Sindhu, Pranhita for which the Pushkaram festival is celebrated for each river according to the zodiac sign of that river.

Which is the ninth largest river in India?

9. Kaveri. Among the list of longest rivers in India, Kaveri is the 9th longest river and considered to be a holy water body in South India. This river emerges from the Brahmagiri Hill of the Western Ghats in Karnataka and flows at the South-east side passing through the states of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.

How many rivers are there in India and name them?

There are only five rivers in India that flow from east to west Narmada, Mahi, Tapti river, Luni and Sabarmati and drain out into the Arabian Sea.
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Complete List of Rivers |Their Lengths, Origins and Tributaries.

S.No.	11.
Rivers	Hugli (Hooghly)
Origin	Tributary of Ganga near West Bengal
Length (km)	260

Which is the first river of India?

New Delhi: About four decades after conceptualisation, India’s first river interlinking project, connecting Ken river in Madhya Pradesh with Betwa in Uttar Pradesh, is finally set to get off the drawing board.

Which is the deepest river in India?

Brahmaputra river

Brahmaputra river is the deepest river in India with depths reaching up to 380 feet. It is one of the largest rivers of the world, has its origin in the Chemayungdung glacier of the Kailash range near the Mansarovar lake. The Brahmaputra receives numerous tributaries in its 750 km long journey through the Assam valley.

Which is the longest river bridge in India?

Bridges

Name	River/Water Body	Spanning
Name	River/Water Body	Meters
Bhupen Hazarika Setu	Lohit River	9,150
Dibang River Bridge	Dibang River	6,200
Mahatma Gandhi Setu	Ganges River	5,750

Which city is called City of rivers?

Indian city on river bank

City	River	State
Vadodara	Vishwamitri	Gujarat
Surat	Tapti	Gujarat
Srinagar	Jhelum	Jammu & Kashmir
Bangalore	Vrishabhavathi	Karnataka

Which country has most rivers?

Russia (36 Rivers)

Russia is the largest country in the world, so it seems apt that it also possess the most rivers over 600 miles in length.

Which Indian state has highest river?

List of Indian States That Have The Maximum Number of Rivers.

S.No.	States
1	Andhra Pradesh
2	Karnataka
3	Kerala
4	Madhya Pradesh

Where is the Ganga river?

The River Ganges emerges in the western Himalayas and flows down across northern India into Bangladesh, where it empties into the Bay of Bengal. Nearly 80% of the Ganges river basin is in India, the rest is in Nepal, China and Bangladesh.

Why is Ganga called Ganges?

The name Ganges is used for the river between the confluence of the Bhagirathi and Alaknanda rivers, in the Himalayas, and the first bifurcation of the river, near the Farakka Barrage and the India-Bangladesh Border.

How many dams are there in Ganga river?

There are 24 completed dam / barrage projects over River Ganga.

Who is father of river?

Named by Algonkian-speaking Indians, Mississippi can be translated as “Father of Waters.” The river, the largest in North America, drains 31 states and 2 Canadian provinces, and runs 2,350 miles from its source to the Gulf of Mexico.

Which country has no river?

The Vatican is an extremely unusual country, in that it is actually a religious city within another country. As it is only a city, it has almost no natural terrain within it, and therefore no natural rivers.

Which river is called father of rivers in India?

Indus River

Indus Sindhu
Country	China (Tibet Autonomous Region), India, Pakistan
States and Provinces	Ladakh, Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Sindh, Gilgit-Baltistan, Tibet
Cities	Leh, Skardu, Dasu, Besham, Thakot, Swabi, Dera Ismail Khan, Sukkur, Hyderabad, Karachi
Physical characteristics

Which state is Sindhu river?

The Sindh River is a tributary of the Yamuna River. The Sindh River, a tributary of the Yamuna River, flows through the Indian states of Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh.