Kerala is the home of more than 600 kilometers along the Arabian Sea Coast, on the humid Malabar Coast. Backwaters, beaches and the like are famous for their canals lined with palms. The Western Ghats are in Kerala, which are mountains that are home to the teapot, coffee, and wildlife along the hills.
The rivers of Kerala — In Kerala the state has 44 different river systems in Kerala, only three originate from the West Ghats.41 Of them flow towards the west, and 3 towards the east. The west-flowing rivers this is an orderly length and the tributaries to a few rivers that flow to the west. Kerala Rivers are flowing through Southern India.
West Ghats are the rivers that flow towards the west and then flow to Kerala’s backwaters Kerala and the Arabian Sea. Each of them flows into West Ghats. The biggest river in Kerala can be found in Priyar (244km). Second longest Bharathapuzha (209km). The third longest is Pamba (176km). It is the fourth-longest of the rivers Chaliyar (169km).
Kerala is home to a variety of water resources, including stunning waterfalls, breathtaking beaches rivers, stunning beaches, and amazing dams. These are the things that help Kerala to draw tourists all over the world. This article will take a deep review of one of the resources for water that Kerala is blessed with that Kerala is home to in the form of Rivers that flow through Kerala. It is the first thing to check the list of the main waterways that run through Kerala.
West Flowing | ||||
Name of River | Length of River (km) | No. of Sub basins | No. of Micro Watersheds | Area in km2 |
Karamana | 68 | 31 | 60 | 689.593 |
Mamom | 27 | 6 | 6 | 57.1075 |
Vamanapuram | 88 | 30 | 52 | 766.9 |
Ayiroor | 17 | 6 | 10 | 124.288 |
Ithikkara | 56 | 25 | 53 | 659.716 |
Kallada | 121 | 51 | 114 | 1615.56 |
Pallikkal Thode | 42 | 14 | 22 | 326.64 |
Achancovil | 128 | 47 | 87 | 1340.4 |
Pampa | 176 | 73 | 158 | 2082.8 |
Manimala | 90 | 58 | 99 | 1063.16 |
Meenachil | 78 | 47 | 114 | 1208.11 |
Muvattupuzha | 121 | 103 | 202 | 2675.08 |
Periyar | 244 | 183 | 448 | 5029.03 |
Chalakudi | 130 | 57 | 140 | 1118.32 |
Karuvannur | 48 | 39 | 89 | 956.945 |
Keecheri | 51 | 51 | 79 | 769.787 |
Kanjiramukku | 29 | 20 | 37 | 353.741 |
Bharathapuzha | 209 | 50 | 290 | 3852.04 |
Tirur | 48 | 20 | 29 | 203.144 |
Kadalundi | 130 | 52 | 148 | 1264.01 |
Chaliyar | 169 | 80 | 382 | 2539.82 |
Kallai | 22 | 9 | 11 | 87.5233 |
Korapuzha | 46 | 29 | 63 | 657.596 |
Kuttiyadi | 74 | 47 | 104 | 665.83 |
Mahe | 54 | 35 | 81 | 421.045 |
Thalassery | 28 | 18 | 32 | 157.591 |
Anjarakandi | 48 | 40 | 83 | 423.763 |
Valapattanam | 110 | 92 | 262 | 1341.27 |
Kuppam | 82 | 51 | 104 | 440.06 |
Ramapuram | 19 | 14 | 20 | 57.5121 |
Peruvamba | 51 | 35 | 82 | 298.148 |
Kavvayi | 31 | 15 | 36 | 164.758 |
Karingote | 64 | 44 | 108 | 442.019 |
Nileswaram | 46 | 21 | 56 | 204.38 |
Chittari | 25 | 15 | 30 | 101.319 |
Chandragiri | 105 | 50 | 150 | 615.353 |
Mogral | 34 | 18 | 27 | 119.997 |
Shiriya | 67 | 22 | 67 | 367.386 |
Uppala | 50 | 17 | 26 | 99.7847 |
Manjeswar | 16 | 8 | 14 | 49.8757 |
East Flowing | ||||
Name of River | Length of River (km) | No. of Sub basins | No. of Micro Watersheds | Area in km2 |
Pambar | 31 | 24 | 49 | 381.576 |
Kabani | 240 | 42 | 290 | 1934.5 |
Bhavani | 135 | 36 | 97 | 603.266 |
Total | 3054 | 1750 | 4452 | 38831 |