S.No

River Basin

Catchment Area

(1,000 sq. km)

Water Resources Potential

(BCM)*

Utilisable Surface Water

(BCM)*

1

Indus

   321

     73.3

46.0

2

Ganga-Brahmaputra-Meghna

 1,097

 1,110.6

   274.0

a) Ganga

   861

   525

   250.0

b) Brahmaputra

   194

   537.2

     24.0

c) Barak (Meghna)

     42

     48.4

3

Godavari

   313

   110.5

     76.3

4

Krishna

   258

     78.1

     58.0

5

Cauvery

     81

     21.4

     19.0

6

Subarnarekha

     29

     12.4

       6.8

7

Brahmani-Baitarani

     52

     28.5

     18.3

8

Mahanadi

   142

     66.9

     50.0

9

Pennar

     55

       6.3

       6.9

10

Mahi

     35

     11.0

       3.1

11

Sabarmati

     21

       3.8

       1.9

12

Narmada

     99

     45.6

     34.5

13

Tapi

     65

     14.9

     14.5

14

WFRTapi - Kanyakumari

   112

   200.9

     36.2

15

EFR-Mahanadi to Pennar

  87

     22.5

     13.1

16

EFR Pennar to Kanyakumari

100

     16.5

      16.5

17

WFR  Kutch, Saurashtra

322

     15.1

     15.0

18

Minor rivers going into Myanmar, Bangladesh

  36

     31.0

Total

  1,869.4

   690.0