Dataset Overview

This Dataset contains list of Major Rivers with its length in India, states falling in the catchment and state wise its catchment area.

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Organisation

Ministry of Jal Shakti

Sectors

Water Resources,

Environment and Forest

Update Frequency

As and When

Granularity

River, State

Time Saved

4 hours

Number of rows

Number of Columns

Sources

India Water Resources Information System (India-WRIS)

Central Water Commission (for Sabarmati River)

Time Period

Units

river_length_in_india in kilometre

catchment_area in square kilometres

Data Preview

place_of_origin	states_falling_in_the_catchment	origin_type	river_name	river_length_in_india	catchment_area	units
Tibet	Jammu and Kashmir	Country	Indus	1114	193762	river_length_in_india in kilometre, catchment_area in square kilometres
Tibet	Punjab	Country	Indus	1114	50304	river_length_in_india in kilometre, catchment_area in square kilometres
Tibet	Himachal Pradesh	Country	Indus	1114	51356	river_length_in_india in kilometre, catchment_area in square kilometres
Tibet	Rajasthan	Country	Indus	1114	15814	river_length_in_india in kilometre, catchment_area in square kilometres
Tibet	Chandigarh	Country	Indus	1114	114	river_length_in_india in kilometre, catchment_area in square kilometres

Metadata

Name	Number of Distinct Values	Number of Unique Values	Type	Count
place_of_origin	8	0	Text	59
states_falling_in_the_catchment	29	14	Text	59
origin_type	2	0	Text	59
river_name	14	0	Text	59
river_length_in_india	14	0	Number	59
catchment_area	59	59	Number	59
units	1	0	Text	59
note	3	3	Text	3

Citation

Ministry of Jal Shakti. Place of Origin-wise Major Rivers of India, their Basins Length and Catchment Area [Data set]. Dataful. https://dataful.in/datasets/1263

Place of Origin-wise Major Rivers of India, their Basins Length and Catchment Area