Rivers and Lakes of India

Ganga is considered the longest river of India. For exams remember Ganga with the Northern Plains.

Yamuna is a major tributary of the Ganga. For exams remember the Ganga Yamuna confluence at Prayagraj.

Brahmaputra flows through Assam in India. For exams remember Assam Valley with Brahmaputra.

Godavari is called the Ganga of the South. For exams remember Godavari as a major river of Peninsular India.

Narmada flows westward into the Arabian Sea. For exams remember Narmada and Tapi as west flowing rivers.

Krishna River drains into the Bay of Bengal. For exams remember Krishna as an east flowing peninsular river.

Kaveri is an important river of South India. For exams link Kaveri with Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.

Chenab is a major river of the Indus system. For exams remember Jhelum Chenab Ravi Beas and Sutlej as Indus tributaries.

Sutlej is a major river of the Indus system. For exams also link Sutlej with the Punjab region.

The main source area of the Ganga is considered the Gangotri Glacier. For exams remember the Bhagirathi and Gangotri link.

Bhagirathi and Alaknanda meet at Devprayag and are called Ganga downstream. For exams remember places related to the Prayags.

Hirakud Dam is located on the Mahanadi in Odisha. For exams remember the Mahanadi and Hirakud pair.

Luni River is associated with the dry region of western Rajasthan. For exams remember Luni near the Thar Desert.

Tapi flows westward into the Arabian Sea. For exams remember Tapi with Narmada as a west flowing river.

Chambal is a major tributary of the Yamuna. For exams link Chambal with central India and the Yamuna system.

Son River is a major tributary of the Ganga. For exams remember Son as a river flowing from central India toward the Ganga plain.

Kosi is a tributary of the Ganga river system. For exams also link Kosi with floods in Bihar.

Ghaghara is a major tributary of the Ganga. For exams remember Ghaghara as a Himalayan tributary.

Gandak is a tributary linked with the Ganga river system. For exams link Gandak with the north Bihar region.

Wular Lake is located in Jammu and Kashmir. For exams remember it among India's large freshwater lakes.