Indus	3100	3,21,290 Sq.Km.	In Tibet Kalish Range 5080 mts.	Arabian sea	India and Pakistan
Ganga (Bhagirati)	2480	3,37,00 Sq.Km.	Gangothri	Bay of Bengal	Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Bihar, West Bengal
Yamuna (Jamuna)	1370	3,59,000 Sq.Km.	Garhwall in Yamunotri	Bay of Bengal	Delhi, Haryana and UP
Brahmaputra	725	2,40,000 Sq.Km.	Lake Manasarovar	Bay of Bengal	North Eastern state
Kaveri (Dakshina Ganga" or Ganges of the south)	805	87,900 Sq.Km.	Hills of Coorg, Karnataka	Bay of Bengal	Karnataka and Tamilnadu
Godavari	1465	3,12,812 Sq.Km.	Nasik Hills	Bay of Bengal	South-easterly part of Andhra Pradesh
Krishna	1400	2,59,000 Sq.Km.	Near Mahabaleshwar in Maharashtra	Bay of Bengal	Maharastra & Andhrapradesh
Narmada	1312	98,796 Sq.Km.	Amarkantak hill in Madhya Pradesh	Arabian sea	Madhya Pradesh and Maharastra
Tapti	724	65,145 Sq.Km.	Bettul	Arabian sea	Madhya Pradesh and Maharastra
Mahanadi	858	1,41,600 Sq.Km.	Amarkantak Plateau	Bay of Bengal	Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Orissa
Vaigai	240	7,000 Sq.Km.	Cardaman Hills	Bay of Bengal	Madurai and Ramanathapuram in Tamil Nadu
Periyar	244	5,398 Sq.Km.	Cardaman Hills	Bay of Bengal	Tamil Nadu and Kerala
Thamiraparani	123	4,400 Sq.Km.	Agasthiyar Hills	Gulf of Mannar	Thirunelveli in Tamil Nadu