List of Rivers passing through Indian states
In India, the drainage system may be classified on various basis. On the basis of mode of origin, nature and characteristics, the drainage can be classified as Himalayan and Peninsular drainage.
The Himalayan drainage consists of Indus, Brahmaputra and Ganga drainage system.
The Peninsular drainage includes Godavari, Mahanadi, Krishna, Kaveri, Narmada, Tapi, Luni.
The rivers of India carry huge volumes of water per year but it is unevenly distributed in both space and time.
Check out the list of Indian rivers passing through various states.
Rivers passing through Indian States
| Name of Rivers | Passes through States |
| Alaknanda | Uttarakhand |
| Brahmaputra | Assam, Arunachal Pradesh |
| Brahmani | Odisha |
| Banas | Rajasthan |
| Bhima | Maharashtra, Karnataka, Telangana |
| Bhagirathi | Uttarakhand |
| Beas | Himachal Pradesh, Punjab |
| Betwa | Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh |
| Chenab | Himachal Pradesh, Punjab |
| Damodar | Jharkhand, West Bengal |
| Ganga | Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal |
| Godavari | Maharashtra, Telangana, Chhattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha |
| Gomti | Uttar Pradesh |
| Gandaki | Uttar Pradesh, Bihar |
| Ghaggar | Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan |
| Hugli (Hooghly) | West Bengal |
| Indus | Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Rajasthan, Haryana, Chandigarh |
| Indravati | Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, Telangana |
| Jehlam | Punjab, Jammu and Kashmir |
| Koshi | Bihar |
| Kaveri | Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, |
| Konya | Maharashtra |
| Krishna | Maharashtra, Karnataka, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh |
| Mahanadi | Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh |
| Mahi | Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Gujarat |
| Mahananda | West Bengal, Bihar |
| Narmada | Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Gujarat |
| Peena | Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka |
| Periyar | Kerala, Tamil Nadu |
| Ravi | Himachal Pradesh, Punjab |
| Ramganga | Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh |
| Son | Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, Bihar |
| Sutlej | Himachal Pradesh, Punjab |
| Sabarmati | Gujarat, Rajasthan |
| Subarnarek | Jharkhand, Odisha, West Bengal |
| Sharda | Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh |
| Tapti | Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Gujarat |
| Tungabhadra | Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana |
| Teesta | Sikkim, West Bengal |
| Vaigai | Tamil Nadu |
| Yamuna | Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Delhi |
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