List of rivers of Kerala

There are 44 rivers in Kerala, all but three originating in the Western Ghats.[1] 41 of them flow westward and 3 eastward. The rivers of Kerala are small, in terms of length, breadth and water discharge. The rivers flow faster, owing to the hilly terrain and as the short distance between the Western Ghats and the sea. All the rivers are entirely monsoon-fed and many of them shrink into rivulets or dry up completely during summer.

West flowing rivers

This is a list of the westward-flowing rivers of Kerala state in southern India, in order of length, and their tributaries. These rivers all originate in the Western Ghats range and flow westward into the Kerala Backwaters or into the Arabian Sea. Length in kilometers is in parentheses.

  1. Periyar River (248)
    1. Edamala River
    2. Cheruthoni River
    3. Mullayar River
    4. Muthirapuzha River
    5. Perinjankutti River
  2. Bharatapuzha River (250 km, out of which 209 is in kerala)[2]
    1. Thuthapuzha River
    2. Kanjirappuzha
    3. Gayathripuzha River
    4. Kalpathipuzha River
    5. Kannadipuzha River
  3. Pamba River (176)
    1. Azhuthayar
    2. Kakkiyar
    3. Kakkattar
    4. Kallar
    5. Perunthenaruvi
    6. Madatharuvi
    7. Thanungattilthodu
    8. Kozhithodu
    9. Varattar
    10. Utharappalli River
    11. Kuttemperoor
  4. Chaliyar River (169)
    1. Cherupuzha (Mavoor)
    2. Iruvanjippuzha
    3. Cherupuzha (Areekode)
    4. Kuthirappuzha
    5. Kuruvanpuzha
    6. Karimpuzha
    7. Pandippuzha
    8. Neerppuzha
  5. Chalakudy River (145)
    1. Parambikulam River
  6. Kadalundy River (130
  7. Achankoil River (128)
    1. Utharappalli River
  8. Kallada River (121)
  9. Muvattupuzha River or Muvattupuzhayaar (121)
    1. Thodupuzhayarr
    2. Kothaayar
    3. Kaliyar
  10. Valapattanam River (110)
  11. Chandragiri River (105)
    1. Kudumbur River
  12. Manimala River (90)
  13. Vamanapuram River (88)
  14. Kuppam River (88)
  15. Meenachil River (78)
  16. Kuttiyadi River (74)
  17. Karamana River (68)
  18. Shiriya River (68)
  19. Kariangode River (64)
    1. Chaithravahini River
  20. Ithikkara River (56)
  21. Neyyar River (56)
  22. Mahé River (54)
  23. Keecheri River (51)
  24. Perumba River (51)
  25. Uppala River (50)
  26. Karuvannur River (48)
    1. Kurumali River
  27. Anjarakandy River (48)
  28. Tirur River (48)
  29. Neeleshwaram River (46)
  30. Pallikkal River (42)
  31. Kallayi River (40)
  32. Korapuzha River (40)
  33. Mogral River (34)
  34. Kavvai puzha River (31)
  35. Thanikkudam River (29)
  36. Mamam River (27)
  37. Thalassery River (28)
  38. Chithari River (25)
  39. Ramapuram River (19)
  40. Ayiroor River (17)
  41. Manjeswaram River (16)
  42. Utharappalli River (34)

East flowing rivers

There are three rivers rise in Kerala and flow eastwards, Kabini into Karnataka and the other two into Tamil Nadu. All the three rivers ultimately join the Kaveri river.

  1. Kabani (57)
  2. Bhavani (38)
  3. Pambar (25)

See also

Reference notes
  1. "Kerala Government - General Features". Kerala Government Official Site. Archived from the original on 2 November 2006. Retrieved 13 October 2006.
  2. Sujithkumar, C K (1 October 2014). "An Introduction to River Nila". Welcome Kerala. Vol. 6 no. 4. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
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