Important Notes on River System of India

Important Notes on River System of India

Here you will get some collection of information about the river system like where they belongs to, their old names, their place of origin and about different disputes running over the rivers. This will help in your study and increase in knowledge. (Best of Luck) 

 

River	City
Sabarmati	Ahmedabad
confluence of Ganga and Yamuna	Allahabad
Saryu	Ayodhya
Narmada	Bharuch
Mahanadi	Cuttack
Yamuna	Delhi
Brahmaputra	Guwahati
Ganga	Haridwar
Musi	Hyderabad
Narmada	Jabalpur
Ganga	Kanpur
Hooghly	Kolkata
Gomti	Lucknow
Sutlej	Ludhiana
Godavari	Nasik
Ganga	Patna
Jhelum	Srinagar
Tapti	Surat
Cauveri	Thiruchirapalli
Ganga	Varanasi
Krishna	Vijayawada

Ancient / Alternate of the Rivers of India

Present Name of River	Alternate Name of River
Beas	Vipasa (Ancient name); Hyphasis(Greek name)
Betwa	Vetravati
Brahmaputra	Dihang; Tsangpo(Tibetan)
Chenab	Asikini (Ancient name); Chandrabhagha
Indus	Sindhu (Ancient name)
Jhelum	Vitasta (Ancient name); Hydaspes(Greek name)
Luni	Sagarmati
Ravi	Parusni (Ancient name); Airavati
Sutlej	Sutudri (Ancient name); Zarodros (Greek name)

Indian Rivers and their tributaries

River	Their Tributaries
Brahmaputra	1. Dibang 2. Lohit 3. Jia Bhoreli (Kameng) 4. Dikhow 5. Subansiri 6. Manas
Cauvery	1. Kabini 2. Hemavathi 3. Simsha 4. Arkavati 5. Bhavani
Damodar	1. Barakar 2. Konar
Ganga	1. Gomti 2. Ghaghra 3. Gandak 4. Kosi 5. Yamuna 6. Son 7. Hoogly
Godavari	1. Indravati 2. Manjira 3. Bindusara 4. Sarbari 5. Penganga 6.Pranahita
Indus	1. Sutlej 2. Dras 3. Zanskar 4. Shyok 5.Gilgit 6. Suru
Krishna	1. Tungabhadra 2. Ghataprabha 3. Malaprabha 4. Bhima 5. Vedavati 6. Koyna
Narmada	1. Amaravati 2. Bhukhi 3. Tawa 4. Banger
Yamuna	1. Chambal 2. Sindh 3. Betwa 4. Ken 5. Tons 6. Hindon

Indian Rivers and their place of Origin

River	Place of origin
Beas	Rohtang Pass (Himachal Pradesh)
Brahmaputra	Chemayungdung (Tibet)
Ganga	Gangotri (Uttarakhand)
Godavari	Nasik (Maharashtra)
Indus	Mansarovar (Tibet)
Mahanadi	Nagri Town (Chhattisgarh)
Narmada	Maikal Hills, Amarkantak (Madhya Pradesh)
Sutlej	Mt Kailash (Tibet)
Tapi/Tapti	Satpura Range, Betul (Madhya Pradesh)

River water disputes and States involved

Dispute	States Involved
Babhali Barrage issue	Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra
Cauvery Water dispute	Tamilnadu, Karnataka, Kerala and Puducherry
Krishna Water dispute	Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Maharashtra
Mahadayi/Mandovi Water dispute	Goa, Karnataka and Maharashtra
Mulla Periyar Dam issue	Tamilnadu and Kerala
Vansadhara Water dispute	Andhra Pradesh and Odisha