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Table 3. Water Potential of India by basin (Basin Map of India at Annex 1)
(Values are in Cubic Km/Year. A basin map of India is at Annex 1)
Average annual
potential in river
Total replenishable
GW resources
SI No.
Name of river basin
1.
Indus (up to border)
73.31
26.49
2.
a) Ganga
525.02
170.99
26.55, 8.55
1
, 10.83
2
b) Brahmaputra Barak & others
585.60
3.
Godavari
110.54
40.65
4.
Krishna
78.12
26.41
5.
Cauvery
21.36
12.30
6.
Pennar
6.32
4.93
7.
East Flowing Rivers Between Mahanadi & Pennar
22.52
18.22
3
8.
East flowing rivers between Pennar and Kanyakumari
16.46
9.
Mahanadi
66.88
16.46
10.
Brahmani & Baitarni
28.48
4.05
11.
Subernarekha
12.37
1.82
12.
Sabarmati
3.81
13.
Mahi
11.02
11.23+ 7.19
4,5
14.
West flowing rivers of Kutch, Sabarmati including Luni
15.10
15.
Narmada
45.64
10.83
16.
Tapi
14.88
8.27
17.
West flowing rivers from Tapi to Tadri
87.41
17.29
6
18.
West flowing rivers from Tadri to Kanyakumari
113.53
19.
Area of inland drainage in Rajasthan desert
NEG.
20.
Minor river basins drainage into Bangladesh & Burma
31.00
1869.35
7
431.42
8
Total
1. Meghna value assessment.
2. North East: a composite value
3. Madras and south of Tamilnadu
4. Kutch and Saurashtra composite
5. Cambai composite.
6. Western Ghat all-inclusive.
7. Official web site statistics of the Government of India 2005 (Surface Water Resources data). These data, given independently
for surface and groundwater, have some differences in the basin categories and hence some readjustments have been made in
the table to put GW under the corresponding row of a river basin in the table.
8. Official web site statistics of the Government of India 2005 (Ground Water Resources
data).
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