We all know that India is a very vast country and there are many rivers in India. In this article we are going to have a view on list of rivers in India.
In India every state has been blessed with a river. We the people of India treat rivers in India as our goddess. Like people call river Ganga as ‘Ganga Maa’ and river Yamuna as ‘Yamuna Maa’.
Indian rivers names a to z
Various questions were asked in many competitive exams on rivers of India and their origin, so we are providing a table which includes rivers names a to z in India.
Many questions asked previously in competitive exams like banking, ssc, rly, upsssc etc in additon to help students we provided the list of rivers in India along with their state and city.
Major rivers of India in map
Here are major rivers of India map so that student can understand easily about there course. It will be easy for students to learn and recall in exams.
List of rivers in India pdf
Notes in pdf are very important for the students because they can revise rivers of India at any time. They can download the list of rivers in india pdf from the bottom of this article.
| State | River | City |
| Andhra Pradesh | Pennar | Nellore |
| Godavari | Rajahmundry | |
| Assam | Brahmaputra | Dibrugarh, Guwahati |
| Bihar | Ganga | Patna, Bhagalpur, Hajipur |
| Delhi | Yamuna | New Delhi |
| Gujarat | Tapi | Surat |
| Sabarmati | Ahmedabad | |
| Vishwamitri | Vadodara | |
| Narmada | Bharuch | |
| Madhya Pradesh | Shipra | Ujjain |
| Parwati | Astha | |
| Chambal | Gwalior | |
| Narmada | Jabalpur | |
| Maharashtra | Girna | Malegaon |
| Mula, Mutha | Pune | |
| Ulhas | Karjat | |
| Godavari | Nashik | |
| Godavari | Nanded | |
| Savitri | Mahad |
| Maharashtra | Panchaganga | Kolhapur |
| Krishna | Sangli | |
| Krishna, Koyna | Karad | |
| Odisha | Mahanadi | Sambalpur |
| Khad khai | Rairangpur | |
| Brahmani | Rourkela | |
| Mahanadi | Banki | |
| Rushikulya | Brahmapur | |
| Rushikulya | Chhatrapur | |
| Mahanadi | Cuttack | |
| Punjab | Sutlej | Ferozpur |
| Rajasthan | Chambal | Kota |
| Tamil Nadu | vennaru,vadavaaru | Thanjavur |
| Palaru | Kanchipuram | |
| Thamirabarani | Tirunelveli | |
| Noyyal | Coimbatore | |
| Kaveri | Erode, Thiruchirapalli | |
| Cooum, Adyar | Chennai | |
| Vaigai | Madurai |
| Jammu & Kashmir | Jhelum | Srinagar |
| Daman | Daman Ganga River | Daman |
| Karnataka | Sharavathi | Honnavar |
| Kali | Karwar | |
| Bhadra | Bhadravath | |
| Tunga River | Shimoga | |
| Tungabhadra | Hospet | |
| Ghataprabha | Bagalkot | |
| Netravati, Gurupura | Mangalore | |
| Vrishabhavathi | Bangalore | |
| Kerala | Meenachil | Kottayam |
| Telangana | Musi | Hyderabad |
| Godavari | Nizamabad, Ramagundam | |
| Maner | Karimnagar | |
| Uttarakhand | Alaknanda | Badrinath |
| Uttar Pradesh | Yamuna | Agra, Mathura, Auraiya, Etawah, |
| Sarayu | Ayodhya | |
| Confluence of Ganga, Yamuna and Saraswati | Prayagraj | |
| Ganga | Shuklaganj, Chakeri, Kanpur, Farrukhabad, Kannoj, Fatehgadh, Mirzapur, Varanasi | |
| Gomti | Lucknow, Jaunpur | |
| Rapti | Gorakhpur | |
| West Bengal | Hugli | Kolkata |
Important questions on major rivers of India
Here are some important questions from the list of rivers in India .
- Longest river of India : Ganga
- Ganga is known by which name in Bangladesh : Padma
- Which Indian rivers forms the Sundarvan Delta : Ganga & Brahmaputra
- Which river is known as sorrow of Bihar : Kosi river
- Indian river which is known as sorrow of Bengal : Damodar river
- On which river’s bank, Mahakaleswar temple is located : Shipra river
- The Indian river which forms the worlds largest river island ‘Majuli’ : Brahmaputra
- Indian river known as sorrow of odisha : Brahmani
- Which river is known for changing its course : Kosi river
- The river which is known as another Ganga : Kaveri river
Important questions of rivers of india in hindi
- भारत की सबसे लंबी नदी : गंगा
- गंगा को बांग्लादेश में किस नाम से जाना जाता है : पद्मा
- कौन सी भारतीय नदियाँ सुंदरवन डेल्टा बनाती हैं : गंगा और ब्रह्मपुत्र
- किस नदी को बिहार का शोक कहा जाता है : कोसी नदी
- भारतीय नदी जिसे बंगाल का शोक कहा जाता है : दामोदर नदी
- किस नदी के तट पर, महाकालेश्वर मंदिर स्थित है : शिप्रा नदी
- भारतीय नदी जो विश्व का सबसे बड़ा नदी द्वीप ‘माजुली’ बनाती है : ब्रह्मपुत्र
- भारतीय नदी, ओडिशा के शोक के रूप में जानी जाती है : ब्राह्मणी
- कौन सी नदी अपने मार्ग को बदलने के लिए जानी जाती है : कोसी नदी
- वह नदी जिसे दूसरी गंगा के रूप में जाना जाता है : कावेरी नदी
Frequently asked question (FAQs) :
- What are the 12 rivers in India ?
- How many rivers are there in India ?
- What are the names of the major rivers in India ?
- Which river starts in India and ends in India ?
Conclusion :
So this articles contains list of rivers in India. This article also contains some important questions on Indian riveres which were asked previosly in various competitive exams. These questions can be asked again in future because these questions are very important from examination point of view.
You can get a good knowledge from this article about Indian rivers along with the name of their city and the name of their state.
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