List of Notable Rivers in Karnataka

There are hundreds of large and tiny rivers with several tributaries, many of the rivers originate in the Western Ghats ranges at high altitude. Karnataka state has 300 km of coastline where many rivers merge into the ocean. Kaveri is the longest and largest river at a length of 765 km, it originates in Talakaveri of Karnataka and merges into the ocean at (Bay of Bengal) in Tamil Nadu. The following list of rivers originates in Karnataka state. Tiny rivers are ignored from the list.