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Major River Basins of India
Sl. No.
|
River Basin
|
Catchment Area
(Sq. Km.)
|
Indus (up to Border)
|
321289
| |
a) Ganga
|
861452
| |
b) Brahmaputra,
|
194413
| |
c) Barak & Others
|
41723
| |
Godavari
|
312812
| |
Krishna
|
258948
| |
Cauvery
|
81155
| |
Subernarekha
|
29196
| |
Brahamani & Baitarni
|
51822
| |
Mahanadi
|
141589
| |
Pennar
|
55213
| |
Mahi
|
34842
| |
Sabarmati
|
21674
| |
Narmada
|
98796
| |
Tapi
|
65145
| |
West Flowing Rivers from Tapi to Tadri
|
55940
| |
West Flowing Rivers from Tadri to Kanyakumari
|
56177
| |
East Flowing Rivers between Mahanadi & Pennar
|
86643
| |
East Flowing Rivers between Pennar and Kanyakumari
|
100139
| |
West Flowing Rivers of Kutch and Saurashtra including Luni
|
321851
| |
Area of Inland drainage in Rajasthan
|
-
| |
Minor River Draining into Myanmar (Burma) & Bangladesh
|
36202
|
State wise Ground Water Resources Availability
(AS ASSESED IN THE YEAR 2011)
States / Union Territories
|
Annual Replenishable Ground Water Resource
(In Billion Cubic Meter)
| ||
1
|
Andhra Pradesh (undivided)
|
35.89
| |
2
|
Arunachal Pradesh
|
4.51
| |
3
|
Assam
|
28.52
| |
4
|
Bihar
|
29.34
| |
5
|
Chhattisgarh
|
12.42
| |
6
|
Delhi
|
0.31
| |
7
|
Goa
|
0.24
| |
8
|
Gujarat
|
18.57
| |
9
|
Haryana
|
10.78
| |
10
|
Himachal Pradesh
|
0.56
| |
11
|
Jammu & Kashmir
|
4.25
| |
12
|
Jharkhand
|
6.31
| |
13
|
Karnataka
|
17.03
| |
14
|
Kerala
|
6.69
| |
15
|
Madhya Pradesh
|
35.04
| |
16
|
Maharashtra
|
33.95
| |
17
|
Manipur
|
0.44
| |
18
|
Meghalaya
|
1.78
| |
19
|
Mizoram
|
0.03
| |
20
|
Nagaland
|
0.62
| |
21
|
Odisha
|
17.78
| |
22
|
Punjab
|
22.53
| |
23
|
Rajasthan
|
11.94
| |
24
|
Sikkim
|
-
| |
25
|
Tamil Nadu
|
21.53
| |
26
|
Tripura
|
2.59
| |
27
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
77.19
| |
28
|
Uttarakhand
|
2.04
| |
29
|
West Bengal
|
29.25
| |
30
|
Andaman & Nicobar
|
0.31
| |
31
|
Chandigarh
|
0.02
| |
32
|
Dadar & Nagar Haveli
|
0.06
| |
33
|
Daman & Diu
|
0.02
| |
34
|
Lakshadweep
|
0.01
| |
35
|
Puducherry
|
0.19
| |
Grand Total
|
432.72
|
Annex-II
(Annexure referred to in reply to Parts (a) & (b) of Unstarred Question No 3533 to be answered on 11.8.2014 in the Rajya Sabha regarding Availability of Water Resources)
WATER RESOURCES POTENTIAL OF RIVER BASINS OF INDIA
S.
No.
|
River Basin
|
Average Water Resources Potential
(In Billion Cubic Meter)
|
Utilisable surface water resources
(In Billion Cubic Meter)
|
1
|
Indus
|
73.3
|
46.0
|
2
|
Ganga-Brahmaputra-Meghna
| ||
(a) Ganga
|
525.0
|
250.0
| |
(b) Brahmaputra
|
537.2
|
24.0
| |
(c) Barak & others
|
48.4
|
-
| |
3
|
Godavari
|
110.5
|
76.3
|
4
|
Krishna
|
78.1
|
58.0
|
5
|
Cauvery
|
21.4
|
19.0
|
6
|
Subernarekha
|
12.4
|
6.8
|
7
|
Brahmani-Baitarni
|
28.5
|
18.3
|
8
|
Mahanadi
|
66.9
|
50.0
|
9
|
Pennar
|
6.3
|
6.9
|
10
|
Mahi
|
11.0
|
3.1
|
11
|
Sabarmati
|
3.8
|
1.9
|
12
|
Narmada
|
45.6
|
34.5
|
13
|
Tapi
|
14.9
|
14.5
|
14
|
West Flowing Rivers from Tapi to Tadri
|
87.4
|
11.9
|
15
|
West Flowing Rivers from Tadri to Kanyakumari
|
113.5
|
24.3
|
16
|
East Flowing Rivers between Mahanadi and Pennar
|
22.5
|
13.1
|
17
|
East Flowing Rivers between Pennar & Kanyakumari
|
16.5
|
16.5
|
18
|
West Flowing Rivers of Kutch and Saurashtra including Luni
|
15.1
|
15.0
|
19
|
Area of Inland Drainage in Rajasthan
|
Negligible
|
--
|
20
|
Minor Rivers draining into Myanmar (Burma) and Bangladesh
|
31.0
|
--
|
Total
|
1,869.4
|
690
|
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