swap_horiz Cauvery River Alternatives

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Nile River

The Nile River is a major waterway originating in East Africa and extending over 6,650 kilometers. It’s notable for its...

Historic Africa Irrigation Major

9.8 Brilliant

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Ganges River

The Ganges River is a major waterway in Asia originating in the Himalayas and flowing through India and Bangladesh. It’s...

India Asia Sacred Irrigation

9.4 Excellent

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Euphrates River

The Euphrates River is a major waterway originating in Turkey and flowing through Syria and Iraq. It’s notable for its h...

Historic Asia Middle East Irrigation

9.1 Excellent

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São Francisco River

Brazilian river roughly 2,830 km long flowing entirely within Brazil, historically vital for transportation and providin...

South America Brazil Irrigation Hydropower

8.1 Great

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Padma River

The Padma is the main Ganges distributary in Bangladesh, forming part of one of the world's largest deltas before emptyi...

South Asia Delta Bangladesh Major

8.1 Great

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Meghna River

The Meghna forms in Bangladesh where the Padma and Jamuna converge, draining into the Bay of Bengal through one of the w...

South Asia Delta Bangladesh Estuary

8.0 Great

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Min River

The Min River in Sichuan, China, is famous as the site of the Dujiangyan irrigation system, an ancient hydraulic enginee...

China Irrigation Sichuan Major

7.9 Good

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Sacramento River

The Sacramento is California's longest river at ~716 km, draining the northern Central Valley and forming the backbone o...

Navigation USA California Irrigation

7.8 Good

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Jhelum River

Punjab river roughly 774 km long rising in Kashmir and joining the Chenab in Pakistan; site of Alexander the Great's Bat...

South Asia Pakistan Indus Major

7.7 Good

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Hooghly River

The Hooghly is a Ganges distributary in West Bengal flowing past Kolkata, historically the subcontinent's busiest coloni...

Navigation India South Asia Estuary

7.7 Good

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Karnali River

The Karnali originates on the Tibetan Plateau, flows ~507 km as Nepal's longest river, and joins the Ganges system in no...

Himalayan South Asia Nepal Major

7.7 Good

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Sutlej River

The Sutlej, longest of Punjab's five rivers at ~1,500 km, originates in Tibet and crosses India and Pakistan before join...

India South Asia Glacial Pakistan

7.6 Good

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Chenab River

One of Punjab's five rivers, the Chenab flows ~960 km from the Indian Himalayas into Pakistan, where it is a major tribu...

South Asia Irrigation Pakistan Indus

7.5 Good

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Huai River

The Huai River in central China, about 1,000 km long, has been central to Chinese flood-control efforts for centuries an...

Navigation China Irrigation Major

7.4 Good

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Sakarya River

A Turkish river about 824 km long flowing from central Anatolia to the Black Sea, site of the 1921 Battle of Sakarya tha...

Turkey Irrigation Black Sea Hydropower

7.3 Good

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Chambal River

The Chambal flows ~960 km through Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan in India, notable for its deep ravines and as a right-ban...

India South Asia Major Tributary

7.2 Good

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Ravi River

The Ravi is one of Punjab's five rivers, rising in the Indian Himalayas and flowing into Pakistan, where it joins the Ch...

India South Asia Pakistan Border

7.0 Good

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San Joaquin River

The San Joaquin flows ~563 km through California's Central Valley, once one of North America's richest salmon rivers bef...

USA California Delta Irrigation

7.0 Good

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Maule River

The Maule River flows approximately 240 km west from the Chilean Andes through the Maule Region to the Pacific Ocean, hi...

South America Irrigation Chile Hydropower

7.0 Good

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Son River

The Son is a major right-bank tributary of the Ganges, rising in India's Maikal Hills and flowing ~784 km through Madhya...

India South Asia Major Ganges

6.9 Fair