| Indus | Tibetan Plateau | Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh | Leh, Skardu | Arabian Sea |
| Narmada | Amarkantak, Madhya Pradesh | Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat | Jabalpur, Hoshangabad, Bharuch | Arabian Sea |
| Pamba | Pulachimalai, Kerala | Kerala | Sabarimala, Alappuzha | Arabian Sea |
| Periyar | Periyar National Park, Kerala | Kerala, Tamil Nadu | Idukki, Ernakulam | Arabian Sea |
| Tapti | Multai, Madhya Pradesh | Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Gujarat | Betul, Surat | Arabian Sea |
| Brahmaputra | Chemayungdung Glacier, Tibet | Arunachal Pradesh, Assam | Guwahati, Dibrugarh | Bay of Bengal |
| Cauvery | Talakaveri, Karnataka | Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Puducherry | Coorg, Mysore, Tiruchirapalli | Bay of Bengal |
| Ganga | Gangotri Glacier, Uttarakhand | Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal | Rishikesh, Haridwar, Kanpur, Allahabad, Varanasi, Patna, Kolkata | Bay of Bengal |
| Godavari | Trimbak, Maharashtra | Maharashtra, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh | Nashik, Nanded, Rajahmundry, Kakinada | Bay of Bengal |
| Kaveri | Talakaveri, Karnataka | Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Puducherry | Coorg, Mysore, Tiruchirapalli | Bay of Bengal |
| Krishna | Mahabaleshwar, Maharashtra | Maharashtra, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana | Satara, Sangli, Kolhapur, Vijayawada | Bay of Bengal |
| Mahanadi | Chhattisgarh | Chhattisgarh, Odisha | Sambalpur, Cuttack, Puri | Bay of Bengal |
| Subarnarekha | Chota Nagpur Plateau, Jharkhand | Jharkhand, Odisha, West Bengal | Ranchi, Jamshedpur, Balasore | Bay of Bengal |
| Shipra | Vindhya Range, Madhya Pradesh | Madhya Pradesh | Ujjain | Chambal River |
| Jhelum | Verinag, Jammu and Kashmir | Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab | Srinagar, Jhelum | Chenab River |
| Ravi | Rohtang Pass, Himachal Pradesh | Himachal Pradesh, Punjab | Chamba, Lahore | Chenab River |
| Sutlej | Rakshastal, Tibet | Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana | Ludhiana, Amritsar, Ferozepur | Chenab River |
| Tawi | Kali Kund, Udhampur, Jammu and Kashmir | Jammu and Kashmir | Udhampur, Jammu | Chenab River |
| Gandak | Nepal | Bihar, Uttar Pradesh | Hajipur, Gorakhpur | Ganga River |
| Kosi | Mohan Range, Bihar | Bihar, Nepal | Saharsa, Biratnagar | Ganga River |
| Son | Amarkantak, Madhya Pradesh | Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, Bihar | Sidhi, Varanasi, Patna | Ganga River |
| Yamuna | Yamunotri Glacier, Uttarakhand | Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Delhi | Agra, Mathura, Delhi | Ganga River |
| Rapti | Soti River, Nepal | Uttar Pradesh, Nepal | Balrampur, Gorakhpur | Ghaghara River |
| Sarda | Milam Glacier, Uttarakhand | Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh | Pithoragarh, Tanakpur | Ghaghara River |
| Mahi | Madhya Pradesh | Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Rajasthan | Dhar, Ratlam, Vadodara | Gulf of Khambhat |
| Sabarmati | Aravalli Range, Gujarat | Gujarat | Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar | Gulf of Khambhat |
| Damodar | Chota Nagpur Plateau, Jharkhand | Jharkhand, West Bengal | Asansol, Durgapur, Kolkata | Hooghly River |
| Chenab | Lahaul-Spiti, Himachal Pradesh | Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir | Kishtwar, Doda, Akhnoor | Indus River |
| Luni | Pushkar Valley, Rajasthan | Rajasthan | Jodhpur, Pali | Rann of Kutch |
| Beas | Beas Kund, Himachal Pradesh | Himachal Pradesh, Punjab | Kullu, Mandi, Amritsar | Sutlej River |
| Ghaggar | Shivalik Hills, Himachal Pradesh | Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Punjab, Rajasthan | Panchkula, Sirsa, Hanumangarh | Sutlej River |
| Betwa | Vindhya Range, Madhya Pradesh | Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh | Jhansi, Orchha | Yamuna River |
| Chambal | Janapav Hill, Mhow, Madhya Pradesh | Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh | Kota, Sawai Madhopur, Etawah | Yamuna River |
| Ken | Janwaar Castle, Panna, Madhya Pradesh | Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh | Panna, Chhatarpur, Banda | Yamuna River |