Sl. Basin Catchment Average Water No. area (Sq. Resources Potential Km) (BCM)* 1 Ganga-Brahmaputra-Meghna (a) Ganga 861452 525 (b) Brahmaputra 194413 537.2 (c) Barak & others 41723 48.4 2 Godavari 312812 110.5 3 Krishna 258948 78.1 4 Cauvery 81155 21.4 5 Subarnarekha 29196 12.4 6 Brahmani-Baitarni 51822 28.5 7 Mahanadi 141589 66.9 8 Pennar 55213 6.3 9 East Flowing Rivers between Mahanadi 86643 22.5 and Pennar 10 East Flowing Rivers between Pennar & 100139 16.5 Kanyakumari 11 Rivers draining into Myanmar 36302 31 (Burma) and Bangladesh
Sl. No. Basin Catchment area (Sq. Km) Average Water Resources Potential (BCM)* 1 Ganga-Brahmaputra-Meghna (a) Ganga 861452 525 (b) Brahmaputra 194413 537.2 (c) Barak & others 41723 48.4 2 Godavari 312812 110.5 3 Krishna 258948 78.1 4 Cauvery 81155 21.4 5 Subarnarekha 29196 12.4 6 Brahmani-Baitarni 51822 28.5 7 Mahanadi 141589 66.9 8 Pennar 55213 6.3 9 East Flowing Rivers between Mahanadi and Pennar 86643 22.5 10 East Flowing Rivers between Pennar & Kanyakumari 100139 16.5 11 Rivers draining into Myanmar (Burma) and Bangladesh 36302 31
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