Kali River rises in high glaciers of the snow-covered region of trans-Himalayas.
It is also known as the Mahakali, Kutiyangdi, and Sarda.
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.
Godavari River is the largest peninsular river system in India.
It is held in reverence as ‘Vridha Ganga’ or ‘Dakshina Ganga’.
The river originates from Trimbakeshwar near Nasik in Maharashtra.
Ganga River originates as Bhagirathi from the Gangotri glacier, Uttarakhand, India.
Alaknanda joins it at Devaprayag.
Pindar River joins it at Karan Prayag and Mandakini or Kali Ganga at Rudra Prayag.
The combined waters of the Bhagirathi and the Alaknanda flow in the name of the Ganga, below Devprayag.
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.
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.
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