List of rivers of India

Bay of Bengal west moving along the Indian coast southward to Kanyakumari, then northward along the Arabian Sea. Tributary rivers are listed hierarchically in upstream order: the lower in the list, the more upstream.

The biggest major rivers of India are:

• flowing into the Bay of Bengal: Brahmaputra, Kaveri, Ganga (with its main tributaries Ramganga, Kali or Sharda, Gomti, Yamuna, Chambal, Betwa, Ken, Tons, Ghaghara, Gandaki, Burhi Gandak, Koshi, Mahananda, Tamsa, Son, Bagmati), Meghna, Mahanadi, Godavari, Krishna (and their main tributaries)
• flowing into the Arabian Sea:Narmada, Tapi, Sabarmati

The remaining rivers are as follows:

• Flowing into the Inner part of
• Coastal rivers.