Major Rivers of India 🌊

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Key locations covered (32)

Ganga (Source: Gangotri) — Uttarakhand
Yamuna (Source: Yamunotri) — Uttarakhand
Ghaghara (Karnali) — Bihar (entry from Nepal)
Gandak — Bihar (entry from Nepal)
Kosi — Bihar (entry from Nepal)
Sone (Son) — Madhya Pradesh
Indus (enters India) — Ladakh
Sutlej (enters India) — Himachal Pradesh
Beas (enters India) — Himachal Pradesh
Chenab (enters India) — Jammu & Kashmir
Jhelum — Jammu & Kashmir
Ravi — Himachal Pradesh
Brahmaputra (enters India) — Arunachal Pradesh
Tista (Teesta) — Sikkim
Godavari (Source: Trimbakeshwar) — Maharashtra
Krishna (Source: Mahabaleshwar) — Maharashtra
Tungabhadra — Karnataka
Bhima — Maharashtra
Kaveri (Source: Talakaveri) — Karnataka
Vaigai — Tamil Nadu
Periyar — Kerala
Mahanadi (Source: Sihawa) — Chhattisgarh
Subarnarekha — Jharkhand
Damodar — Jharkhand
Hooghly (Bhagirathi-Hooghly) — West Bengal
Narmada (Source: Amarkantak) — Madhya Pradesh
Tapti / Tapi (Source: Multai) — Madhya Pradesh
Sabarmati — Rajasthan
Mahi — Madhya Pradesh
Luni — Rajasthan
Chambal — Madhya Pradesh
Saraswati / Ghaggar-Hakra — Haryana–Punjab

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Source of the Ganga?

Gangotri Glacier in Uttarakhand — emerges as the Bhagirathi from Gaumukh.

At what point does it become the Ganga?

At Devprayag, where Bhagirathi joins the Alaknanda.

Length of the Ganga?

2,525 km — India's longest river.

Where does it enter the plains?

Haridwar (Uttarakhand).

Major left-bank tributaries?

Ramganga, Gomti, Ghaghara, Gandak, Kosi.

Major right-bank tributaries?

Yamuna, Son, Damodar (via Hooghly distributary system).

Largest tributary by volume?

Ghaghara (Karnali) — exceeds Ganga's own discharge upstream of confluence.

States it flows through?

Uttarakhand → UP → Bihar → Jharkhand (border) → West Bengal → Bangladesh.

Where does it split into Hooghly and Padma?

Near Farakka, West Bengal.

What is the Ganga called in Bangladesh?

Padma — meets Brahmaputra (Jamuna) and Meghna before draining into the Bay of Bengal.

Ancient kingdoms on the Ganga?

Magadha (Pataliputra), Kashi (Varanasi), Anga (Champa), Vatsa (Kausambi).

Holiest city on the Ganga?

Varanasi (Kashi) — one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities; also Prayagraj (Triveni Sangam).

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This topic is part of the NCERT Class 6 to 8 Geography syllabus, drawn from the chapter Physical Geography (rivers across NCERT 6-8). Content is cross-referenced against the latest NCERT textbook editions + standard reference works.

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Major Rivers of India 🌊

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