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There are 44 rivers in Kerala, all but three originating in the Western Ghats
Western Ghats

The Western Ghats also known as the Sahyadri mountains, is a mountain range along the western side of India. It runs north to south along the western edge of the Deccan Plateau, and separates the plateau from a narrow coastal plain along the Arabian Sea....
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The following is a list of the westward-flowing rivers of Kerala
Kerala

Kerala is a Indian Union States and territories of India located in the southwestern part of India. With an Arabian Sea coastline on the west, it is bordered on the north by Karnataka and by Tamil Nadu on the south and east....
 state in southern India, in order of length, and their tributaries. These rivers all originate in the Western Ghats
Western Ghats

The Western Ghats also known as the Sahyadri mountains, is a mountain range along the western side of India. It runs north to south along the western edge of the Deccan Plateau, and separates the plateau from a narrow coastal plain along the Arabian Sea....
 range and flow westward into the Kerala Backwaters
Kerala Backwaters

The Kerala backwaters are a chain of brackish lagoons and lakes lying parallel to the Arabian Sea coast of Kerala state in southern India. The network includes five large lakes linked by canals, both manmade and natural, fed by 38 rivers, and extending virtually half the length of Kerala state....
 or into the Arabian Sea
Arabian Sea

The Arabian Sea is a region of the Indian Ocean bounded on the east by India, on the north by Pakistan and Iran, on the west by Arabian Peninsula, on the south, approximately, by a line between Cape Guardafui, the north-east point of Somalia, Socotra, Kanyakumari in India, and the western coast of Sri Lanka....
. Length in kilometers is in parentheses.

Three rivers, the Kabani, Bhavani
Bhavani River

The Bhavani is the second largest river in Tamil Nadu, South India and a major tributary of the Kaveri River. The Bhavani is a 217 km. long perennial river fed mostly by the southwest monsoon and supplemented by the northeast monsoon....
 and Pambar
Pambar River

The Pambar River originates in the Anaimudi Hills in Idukki District of Kerala state in South India....
 rise in Kerala and flow eastwards, Kabini into Karnataka
Karnataka

Karnataka is a States and territories of India in the southern part of India. It was Unification of Karnataka on November 1, 1956, with the passing of the States Reorganisation Act....
 and the other two into Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu is one of the 28 States and territories of India of India. Its capital and largest city is Chennai . Tamil Nadu lies in the southern most part of the Indian Peninsula and is bordered by Puducherry , Kerala, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh....
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There are 44 rivers in Kerala, all but three originating in the Western Ghats
Western Ghats

The Western Ghats also known as the Sahyadri mountains, is a mountain range along the western side of India. It runs north to south along the western edge of the Deccan Plateau, and separates the plateau from a narrow coastal plain along the Arabian Sea....
.

The following is a list of the westward-flowing rivers of Kerala
Kerala

Kerala is a Indian Union States and territories of India located in the southwestern part of India. With an Arabian Sea coastline on the west, it is bordered on the north by Karnataka and by Tamil Nadu on the south and east....
 state in southern India, in order of length, and their tributaries. These rivers all originate in the Western Ghats
Western Ghats

The Western Ghats also known as the Sahyadri mountains, is a mountain range along the western side of India. It runs north to south along the western edge of the Deccan Plateau, and separates the plateau from a narrow coastal plain along the Arabian Sea....
 range and flow westward into the Kerala Backwaters
Kerala Backwaters

The Kerala backwaters are a chain of brackish lagoons and lakes lying parallel to the Arabian Sea coast of Kerala state in southern India. The network includes five large lakes linked by canals, both manmade and natural, fed by 38 rivers, and extending virtually half the length of Kerala state....
 or into the Arabian Sea
Arabian Sea

The Arabian Sea is a region of the Indian Ocean bounded on the east by India, on the north by Pakistan and Iran, on the west by Arabian Peninsula, on the south, approximately, by a line between Cape Guardafui, the north-east point of Somalia, Socotra, Kanyakumari in India, and the western coast of Sri Lanka....
. Length in kilometers is in parentheses.

Three rivers, the Kabani, Bhavani
Bhavani River

The Bhavani is the second largest river in Tamil Nadu, South India and a major tributary of the Kaveri River. The Bhavani is a 217 km. long perennial river fed mostly by the southwest monsoon and supplemented by the northeast monsoon....
 and Pambar
Pambar River

The Pambar River originates in the Anaimudi Hills in Idukki District of Kerala state in South India....
 rise in Kerala and flow eastwards, Kabini into Karnataka
Karnataka

Karnataka is a States and territories of India in the southern part of India. It was Unification of Karnataka on November 1, 1956, with the passing of the States Reorganisation Act....
 and the other two into Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu is one of the 28 States and territories of India of India. Its capital and largest city is Chennai . Tamil Nadu lies in the southern most part of the Indian Peninsula and is bordered by Puducherry , Kerala, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh....
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  • Periyar River
    Periyar River

    The Periyar River is the longest river in the state of Kerala, India, with a length of 244 km.The river is also known as The lifeline of Kerala as it is one of the few Perennial stream rivers of Kerala....
     (244)
    • Edamala River
    • Cheruthoni River
    • Mullayar River
    • Muthirapuzha River
      Muthirapuzha River

      Muthirapuzha River is the major tributaries of the Periyar River, the longest river in Kerala state south India....
    • Perinjankutti River
  • Bharatapuzha River (209)
    • Thuthapuzha River
      Thuthapuzha

      Thuthapuzha River is one of the main tributaries of the Bharathapuzha River, the second-longest river in Kerala, south India. Kunthipuzha that flows through the Silent Valley is one of its tributaries....
    • Gayathripuzha River
      Gayathripuzha

      Gayathripuzha River is one of the main tributaries of the Bharathapuzha River, the second-longest river in Kerala, south India. It originates from Anaimalai hills, passes through Kollengode, Nanmara, Alathur, Wadakanchery and Pazhayannur before joining the Bharathapuzha at Mayannur....
    • Kalpathipuzha River
      Kalpathipuzha

      Kalpathipuzha River is one of the main tributaries of the Bharathapuzha River, the second-longest river in Kerala, south India.The Kalpathipuzha originates in the upper slopes of the Western Ghats deep inside Palakkad district from the place called Chenthamarakulam in the hills, north of Walayar....
    • Kannadipuzha River
      Kannadipuzha

      Kannadipuzha River is one of the main tributaries of the Bharathapuzha River, the second-longest river in Kerala, south India.The Kannadipuzha originates in the fothills of the Anaimalai Hills in the eastern fringes of Palakkad district of Kerala....
  • Pamba River
    Pamba

    * Pamba * Pamba River* Pamba Ward, Tanzania* Pamba , genus of grass skipper butterflies* Pamba , p-benzoic acid , antifibrinolytic agent...
     (196)
  • Chaliyar River
    Chaliyar River

    Chaliyar River is the fourth longest river in Kerala at 169 km in length. The Chaliyar river is also known as Beypore River as it nears the sea....
     (169)
  • Chalakudy River
    Chalakudy River

    Chalakudy River or Chalakudy Puzha runs through Chalakudy town which is in the Thrissur District of Kerala state, south India. It is the 5th longest river in Kerala and its basin is between 10? 05? to 10? 35? North latitude and 76? 15?to 76? 55? East longitude....
     (169)
    • Parambikulam River
      Parambikulam River

      Parambikulam River, one of four tributaries of the Chalakkudi River, originates in the Coimbatore district of Tamil Nadu, India.The Parambikulam Dam has been constructed across the river at Udumalaipettai, located in the Western Ghats of Kerala....
  • Kadalundy River (130)
  • Achankoil River (128)
  • Kallada River
    Kallada River

    The Kallada River is one of two major rivers that flow through the Kollam District of Kerala, India. It originates in the Western Ghats and travels for 121 km, finally ending at Ashtamudi Lake....
     (121)
  • Muvattupuzha River (121)
  • Valapattanam River
    Valapattanam River

    Valapattanam River is a the largest river in the Kannur district area in the Indian States and territories of India of Kerala. Valapattam town is located on its banks....
     (110)
  • Chandragiri River (105)
  • Manimala River (90)
  • Vamanapuram River
    Vamanapuram River

    The Vamanapuram River is an 88-km long river in southern Kerala. The river originates in the Chemunjimotta hills hills on the southern side of the Western Ghats, and flows through Trivandrum and Kollam districts of Kerala before draining into the Arabian sea at Anjengo ....
     (88)
  • Kuppam River (88)
  • Meenachil River
    Meenachil River

    The Meenachil river flows through the heart of Kottayam district of Kerala state, India. The river, 78 km long, flows through Erattupetta, Palai, Ettumanoor and Kottayam before emptying itself into the Vembanad Lake....
     (78)
  • Kutyadi River (74)
  • Karamana River
    Karamana River

    Karamana river is a river flowing through the Thiruvananthapuram city , Kerala, India. The river starts from the southern tip of the Western Ghats at Agastya_Mala....
     (68)
  • Shiriya River (68)
  • Karingode River (64)
  • Ithikkara River
    Ithikkara River

    Ithikkara River is a 56 km long river in Kerala, India. It originates in Ponmudi in Thiruvananthapuram District and flows through Kollam District, finally emptying into Paravur Kayal....
     (56)
  • Neyyar River
    Neyyar River

    The Neyyar River is a river of south-western India in the Western Ghats. It flows from the Agastya Mala hills in of Thiruvananthapuram District of Kerala state....
     (56)
  • Mahé River
    Mahé River

    Mah? River , is a river in South India. It flows through the states and territories of India of Kerala and the coastal exclave of Mah? in Pondicherry....
     (54)
  • Keecheri River (51)
  • Prumba River (51)
  • Uppala River (50)
  • Karuvanoor River (48)
    • Kurumali River
      Kurumali River

      The Kurumali River is the main tributary of the Karuvannur. It originates as the Chimmony Aar from Poomalai in the Western Ghats and flows through the Thrissur district of the state of Kerala in India....
  • Anjarakkandi River (48)
  • Tirur River
    Tirur River

    Tirur River begins in the Tirur taluk village of Athvanad in the Malappuram district of the state of Kerala in south India and flows south-west to Thiruvnavaya and then north-west to Elamkulam where it turns south-west, joining the Bharathapuzha River which flows into the Arabian Sea near the coastal town of Ponnani....
     (48)
  • Neeleshwaram River (46)
  • Pallikkal River (42)
  • Kallayi River
    Kallayi River

    Kallayi River is one of the rivers in Kerala, India. It originates in Cherikkulathur in the Western Ghats at an altitude of 45 m and is 40 km long....
     (40)
  • Korapuzha River
    Korapuzha

    Korapuzha also known as Elathur River is a short river of 40 km, with a drainage area of 624 km?, flowing through the Kozhikode district of Kerala state in India....
     (40)
  • Mogral River (34)
  • Kaveripuzha River (31)
  • Puzhakkal River (29)
  • Manam River (27)
  • Thalassery River (28)
  • Chittary River (25)
  • Kallai River (22)
  • Ramapuram River (19)
  • Ayiroor River (17)
  • Bangra Manjeswara River (16)


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