Indian Rivers and Waterways

The Subarnarekha River flows into the Bay of Bengal independently and is not a tributary of the Ganga. The others listed are all part of the Ganga river system.

The Mettur Dam, located on the Cauvery River in Tamil Nadu, is the primary source of irrigation for the Cauvery delta region in the state.

The Godavari river is often referred to as Dakshin Ganga (Ganges of the South) due to its length and sacred status. Other rivers listed are significant but do not carry this specific title.

The Godavari River is often referred to as Dakshina Ganga or Vridha Ganga due to its length and sacred status in southern India.

The Damodar River is known as the 'Sorrow of Bengal' due to its history of devastating floods in the region.

Northern, Central and Eastern regions of India are sustained by the Ganga river.

The Kosi River is known as the 'Sorrow of Bihar' due to its tendency to cause devastating floods in the region.

The Baglihar Hydropower Project is a run-of-the-river power project located on the Chenab River in the Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir, India.

Vindhya Ranges divides India as North India and South India. The Vindhya Range runs across most of central India, extending 1,050 km. The average elevation of these hills is 3,000 m. They are believed to have been formed by the wastes created by the weathering of the ancient Aravali Mountains. Geographically, it separates northern India from southern India. The western end of the range lies in eastern Gujarat, near its border with Madhya Pradesh, and runs east and north, almost meeting the Ganges at Mirzapur. 

Nashik is a town on Godavari River. It originates near Trimbak in Nashik District of Maharashtra state and flows east across the Deccan Plateau into the Bay of Bengal near Yanam and Antarvedi in East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh. 

The youngest rivers in Indian originate from Himalayas. Most of the other Himalayan Rivers drain the Ganges-Brahmaputra Basin. Its three main rivers are the Ganges and the Brahmaputra and the Yamuna, as well as other tributaries. The Brahmaputra originates as the Yarlung Tsangpo River in western Tibet, and flows east through Tibet and west through the plains of Assam. The Ganges and the Brahmaputra meet in Bangladesh, and drain into the Bay of Bengal through the world's largest river delta. 

Godavari is often referred to as “Dakshin Ganga’ or ‘Vridha Ganga’ as Godavari’s size and extent is large. Godavari is very Old River and it is also called Dakshin Ganga because of its length which is 1200km/ It is also called Vridh Ganga that means old. 

The Satluj River originates from the Rakshastal Lake, which is located near Lake Mansarovar in Tibet.