Inland Fisheries

3.1.4 Classification of rivers of India

          The rivers of India play an important role in the lives of the Indian people. The riverine system of the country comprises four groups of rivers viz. major rivers, medium rivers, minor rivers and desert rivers. Most of the rivers pour their waters into the Bay of Bengal. Some of the rivers whose courses take them through the western part of the country empty into the Arabian Sea. Parts of Ladakh, northern parts of the Aravalli range and the arid parts of the Thar Desert have inland drainage.