Ramganga River
- Ramganga River rises in the Garhwal district of Uttarakhand.
- It is 155 km long and flows from the southwest towards the Kumaon Himalayas.
- It enters the Ganga plain near Kalagarh.
- Its basin covers 32,493 sq km.
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Narmada River
Narmada River is the largest of all the west-flowing rivers of Peninsular India.
It rises from the Maikala range near the Amarkantak plateau in the Shahdol district of Madhya Pradesh.
It flows through a rift valley between the Vindhyan Range on the north and the Satpura Range on the south.
Kali Gad River
Kali River rises in high glaciers of the snow-covered region of trans-Himalayas.
It is also known as the Mahakali, Kutiyangdi, and Sarda.
The Ganga River System
The Ganga River System is the largest river system in India.
The total area of the Ganga basin in India is 861,404 sq km which accounts for 26.3% of the geographical area of the country.
Yamuna River
Yamuna River is the largest and the most important tributary of the Ganga.
It originates from the Yamunotri glacier on the Bandarpunch Peak in Garhwal in Uttarakhand.
It enters the plains near Tajewala.
Brahmaputra River
Brahmaputra River rises in the great chemayungdung glacier in the Kailas range of the Himalayas.
It flows eastward from its source region.
Mariam La separates the source of the Brahmaputra from the Manasarovar Lake.
Cauvery River
Cauvery River (Kaveri) originates at Talakaveri on the Brahmagiri range near Cherangala village of Kodagu (Coorg) district of Karnataka in the Western Ghats.
It is designated as “the Ganga of the South” or ‘Dakshina Ganga’.
It is one of the east-flowing peninsular rivers, like Godavari and Krishna.
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