| River |
Average annual runoff in the river (a) |
Estimated utilisable flow excluding groundwater |
| Indus (up to border) |
73.305 |
46 |
| Ganga |
501.643 |
250 |
| Brahmaputra (at Jogigupa) |
537.067 |
24 |
| Barak and other rivers flowing into Meghna |
59.8 |
- |
| Godavari |
118.982 |
76.3 |
| Krishna |
67.79 |
58 |
| Cauvery |
20.957 |
19 |
| Pennar |
6.858 |
6.858 |
| East flowing rivers between Mahanadi and Pennar |
16.948 |
13.11 |
| East flowing rivers between Pennar and Kanyakumari |
17.725 |
16.732 |
| Mahanadi |
66.879 |
49.99 |
| Brahmani and Baitarni |
36.227 |
18.297 |
| Subarnarekha |
10.756 |
6.813 |
| Sabarmati |
3.812 |
1.925 |
| Mahi |
11.829 |
3.095 |
| West flowing rivers of Kutch, Saurashtra including Luni |
15.098 |
14.98 |
| Narmada |
40.95 |
34.5 |
| Tapi |
18 |
14.5 |
| West flowing rivers from Tapi to Tadri |
108.618 |
11.936 |
| West flowing rivers from Tadri to Kanyakumari |
89.25 |
24.273 |
| Area of inland drainage in Rajasthan desert |
- |
- |
| Minor river basins draining to Bangladesh and Burma |
31 |
- |
| Total |
1,853.494 |
690.309 |
| Notes: a : The figures include observed flow as
corrected for surface utilisation. The effect of actual utilisation of groundwater draft
is not included |
| Source: Anon 1988, Water Resources of India, CWC
Publication No 30/88, Central Water Commission, Government of India, New Delhi, pp 33 and
37. |
