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The Indus system-

It is a total length of 2880 kilometre 709 km in India
Indus river is rises in Tibet near Manasarovar lake

Most important tributaries are Jhelum 725 kilometre, chenab 1800 km, Ravi 720 kilometre, beas 470 km and Sutlej river 1050 km

According to 1960 Indus water treaty signed between India and Pakistan India can use only 20 % water from Indus river

The Ganga system-

 it is 2525 km long which 1450 came in Uttarakhand Uttar Pradesh 520 km in West Bengal and 445 kilometre in Bihar



The mainstream is constituted of two main rivers Like Bhagirathi and Alaknanda these two rivers combined at Devprayag to form Ganga

Before alakananda meet Bhagirathi at devaprayag Mandakini needs alakananda at Rudraprayag

Source of these rivers are Bhagirathi from Gomukh alakananda from Badrinath Mandakini from Kedarnath and all these rivers from Uttarakhand


Yamuna which age 1375 km it is the most important tributary of Ganga
It is Rises from Yamunotri Glacier in Uttarakhand


Important tributaries of Yamuna are Chambal 1050 km batawa 480 km and Ken

The Brahmaputra system- 

this river has total length of 2900 kilometre it rises in Tibet from chemayungdung Glacier where it is called tsangpo
And enter the Indian territory inurture Pradesh

Important tributaries of Brahmaputra is subansiri  cameng Dhansiri Manas and teesta

In Bangladesh Brahmaputra is known by the name of Jamuna valigonda gets
the name Padma



The combined string of Ganga and Brahmaputra forms the biggest delta in the world the Sundarbans covering an area of 58752 square kilometre its major part is in Bangladesh

On Brahmaputra is the river Island Majuli in Assam the biggest river island in the world

Rivers of the peninsula-

There are two types of Peninsular river India like

A. east flowing rivers those rivers Delta forming also

B. West flowing rivers


East flowing rivers are Mahanadi Godavari Krishna Kaveri

Mahanadi- this river is 858 km length rises in Raipur district in Chhattisgarh main tributaries are  Ib, tel, seonath, hasdo, mand, and jonk

Godavari

Length is 1465 km also called vridha Ganga or Dakshin Ganga it is the longest Peninsular river in India 

Main tributaries Koena doodhganga panchganga malaprabha ghataprabha Gmail Tungabhadra Mausi

 Krishna

Length is 1327 km race in Western Ghat near Mahabaleshwar