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List of the 44 major rivers of Kerala

There are 44 major rivers in Kerala of which 41 are west flowing and 3 east flowing. All these rivers originate from the Sahyadri hills. Bharatapuzha is the longest river in Kerala followed by Periyar and Pampa. Here is the complete list of all the 44 rivers of Kerala showing the direction of their flow, place of origin, major tributaries and distributaries and the length of each river.

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Sl. No	West Flowing Rivers of Kerala	Place of Origin	Major Tributaries / Distributaries	Empties Into	Length (km)
1	Anjarakkandi			Arabian Sea	52
2	Achenkovil			Pampa	128
3	Baikal				10
4	Bharathapuzha ( Nila )	Anamalai (Tamil Nadu)	Gayathripuzha, Kannadipuzha, Kalppathipuzha, Poothapuzha	Arabian Sea	250
5	Chalakkudy	Anamalai	Periyar	Periyar	144
6	Chaliyar	Elampaleri Hills	Iringipuzha, Cherupuzha, Kurumbanpuzha	Arabian Sea	168
7	Chandragiri			Arabian Sea	104
8	Chittar			Arabian Sea	25
9	Itthikkara	Madathara		Paravoor Lake	56
10	Kaariyankode			Kavvai Lake	64
11	Kadalundi			Arabian Sea	130
12	Kallada	Kulathoorpuzha hills		Ashtamudi lake	120
13	Kallai			Arabian Sea	22
14	Kalnadu				8
15	Karamana			Arabian Sea	67
16	Karuvannoor	Poomalai		Enamaakkal Lake	48
17	Kavvai			Kavvai Lake	22
18	Keecheri			Enamaakkal Lake	43
19	Korappuzha	Arikkan Hills		Arabian Sea	40
20	Kumbala				10
21	Kuppam			Valapattanam River	80
22	Kuttyadi			Arabian Sea	73
23	Maahi	Wayanad Hills		Arabian Sea	54
24	Manjeshwaram	Baleppooney hills		Uppala Lake	16
25	Manimala	Thattamalai		Pampa	91
26	Maugral			Arabian Sea	33
27	Meenachil			Vembanadu lake	67
28	Muvattupuzha			Vembanadu lake	120
29	Neeleshwaram			Kaariyankode River	46
30	Neiyyar	Agasthi Hills		Arabian Sea	56
31	Pampa	Peermedu	Azhuthayaar, Kakkattaar, Kallar, Manimala, Achenkovil	Vembanad lake	176
32	Periyar	Sivagiri	Splits into two	Kodangalloor lake	227
33	Perumpa				40
34	Purapparamba				8
35	Ramapurampuzha	Eringal Hills		Arabian Sea	19
36	Shiriya			Arabian Sea	65
37	Thalasseri			Arabian Sea	28
38	Tiroor			Bharatapuzha	48
39	Uppala			Arabian Sea	50
40	Valapattanam	Brahmagiri Forests		Arabian Sea	112
41	Vamanapuram			Anchuthengu Lake	80

Sl. No	East Flowing Rivers	Paampar and Bhavani flows into Tamilnadu. Kabani enters Karnataka. All three of them empties into Kaveri			Length (km)
1	Paampar				Flows only a few kilometres through Kerala
2	Bhavani
3	Kabani

Length of the rivers are approximate measures and are likely to vary with time and season.