River System in India
Drainage Systems Based on Origin The Himalayan Rivers: Perennial rivers: Indus, the Ganga, the Brahmaputra and their tributaries. The Peninsular Rivers : Non-Perennial rivers: Mahanadi, the Godavari, the Krishna, the Cauvery, the Narmada and the Tapi and their tributaries. Drainage Systems Based on the Type of Drainage The river systems of India can be classified into four groups viz. · Himalayan rivers, Deccan rivers and Coastal rivers that drain into the sea. · Rivers of the inland drainage basin (endorheic basin). Streams like the Sambhar in western Rajasthan are mainly seasonal in character, draining into the inland basins and salt lakes. In the Rann of Kutch, the only river that flows through the salt desert is the Luni. Drainage Systems Based on Orientation to the sea The Bay of Bengal drainage (Rivers that drain into Bay of Bengal)(East flo...