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Yamuna

1,376 km from source to mouth · India.

IndiaIndiaFlows into Ganges5th longest in India

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SourceMouthDelhiAgra
The river and every tributary in its basin, drawn from RiverATLAS (CC BY 4.0).

In numbers

Length

1,376km

Average flow

3,500m³/s

Basin

351,000km²

Drop

3,517m

from 3,589 m to 72 m

Country

1

The journey

From source to mouth

1,376 km of river and 58 stops on the way: 46 towns and cities on its banks, dams, bridges and the tributaries that feed it.

3,589 m72 m
Sourceat 3,589 m0 km
Tons Rivertributary136 km
Delhi11,034,555 people373 km
New Delhi249,998 people378 km
Mathura330,511 people559 km
Agra1,430,055 people651 km
Chambal Rivertributary883 km
Sindh Rivertributary891 km
Ken Rivertributary1,098 km
Gangesat 72 m1,376 km
05001,0001,376 km
  1. 0 kmSourceat 3,589 m
  2. 136 kmTons Rivertributary
  3. 137 kmVikāsnagar13,055 people
  4. 141 kmHarbatpur9,478 people
  5. 150 kmPāonta Sāhib25,183 people
  6. 308 kmChhaprauli19,224 people
  7. 340 kmBāghpat41,766 people
  8. 358 kmIbrāhīmpur10,614 people
  9. 359 kmBurāri146,190 people
  10. 364 kmKamal Pur Majra Burari43,086 people
  11. 364 kmJharoda Mazra Burāri22,878 people
  12. 365 kmBaqiabad14,429 people
  13. 366 kmSādatpur Gujran97,641 people
  14. 366 kmKarāwalnagar224,281 people
  15. 366 kmMustafābād127,167 people
  16. 366 kmDayal Pur20,589 people
  17. 366 kmZiauddin Pur68,993 people
  18. 367 kmKhajoori Khas76,640 people
  19. 367 kmMir Pur Turk19,098 people
  20. 367 kmYamuna Vihar10,000 people
  21. 368 kmSignature Bridge
  22. 373 kmDelhi11,034,555 people
  23. 373 kmJāfarābād54,601 people
  24. 378 kmNew Delhi249,998 people
  25. 381 kmGharonda Neemka Bangar37,876 people
  26. 383 kmChilla Soroda Bāngar83,217 people
  27. 384 kmChilla Saroda Khadar11,743 people
  28. 386 kmNoida293,908 people
  29. 388 kmSaidabad10,168 people
  30. 390 kmAli27,169 people
  31. 391 kmMolārband91,402 people
  32. 392 kmJaitpur59,330 people
  33. 393 kmMīthepur69,837 people
  34. 395 kmTilpat20,514 people
  35. 474 kmHasanpur11,569 people
  36. 547 kmVrindāvan60,195 people
  37. 559 kmMathura330,511 people
  38. 559 kmKans Quila
  39. 568 kmBād14,559 people
  40. 571 kmMahāban9,514 people
  41. 583 kmBaldev10,536 people
  42. 589 kmFarah9,236 people
  43. 601 kmKeetham Lake0.5 km²
  44. 650 kmChini Ka Rauza
  45. 651 kmAgra1,430,055 people
  46. 651 kmAgra FortUNESCO World Heritage
  47. 653 kmTaj MahalUNESCO World Heritage
  48. 708 kmFīrozābād306,409 people
  49. 720 kmFatehābād21,957 people
  50. 883 kmChambal Rivertributary
  51. 891 kmSindh Rivertributary
  52. 973 kmKālpi44,339 people
  53. 1,037 kmHamīrpur34,144 people
  54. 1,046 kmBetwa Rivertributary
  55. 1,098 kmKen Rivertributary
  56. 1,203 kmRājāpur13,962 people
  57. 1,291 kmPrayagraj5,954,391 people
  58. 1,292 kmNew Yamuna Bridge
  59. 1,294 kmJhūsi16,642 people
  60. 1,376 kmGangesat 72 m

Water level along the river (RiverATLAS; the height is exaggerated). Towns: GeoNames and Wikidata; bridges, dams and tributaries: Wikidata.

River in India

At the mouth it carries 3,480 m³/s on average: 1.4 Olympic pools every second. It drops from 3,589 m to 72 m, 2.6 m per kilometre on average. Its basin covers 351,000 km², about the size of DE. 153 million people live in it. Highest water: from September to October; lowest: from February to May. Dams and reservoirs hold back a large share of its water (27% of a year's flow).

Read more on Wikipedia

Where to start

  • DelhiLargest city on its banks · 11,034,555 people
  • Indira Gandhi International Airport (DEL)Nearest airport with scheduled flights, 17 km from the cityCar hire at DEL airport (New Delhi)Discover Cars · Affiliate link
  • On the water2 ferry piers, marinas, boat rentals and boat ramps along the river (OpenStreetMap)
  • From November to MarchThe best months to visit

Yamuna, month by month

Highest water: from September to October

Lowest water: from February to May. Best months to visit: from November to March.

540
15°28 mmJan
400
18°14 mmFeb
410
23°17 mmMar
360
29°5 mmApr
220
34°10 mmMay
430
34°58 mmJun
3,500
30°264 mmJul
7,400
29°313 mmAug
8,600
28°157 mmSep
7,700
26°46 mmOct
4,700
20°5 mmNov
1,500
16°11 mmDec
Water (estimated flow)Air (average) Rain (mm)Best months

From about 220 m³/s in the lowest month to 8,600 m³/s in the highest. An estimate: the monthly flow is modelled from the lowest and highest months of WaterGAP (RiverATLAS, 1971–2000) and the rain and snow along the river (WorldClim). Dams change the real rhythm. The chip is the average air temperature; below it, the month's rain.

Plan the trip

Plan the trip: boat trips, a bed by the river, a car

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The basin

Yamuna: the basin in numbers

346,499 km² of land send their water to this river. This is what lives on it.

Heavily regulatedReservoirs can hold 27% of a year's flow: dams shape its seasons.
  • 153millionpeople live in the basin
  • 443/km²people per km²
  • 386maverage altitude of the basin
  • 864mmof rain a year (basin average)
  • 25.1°Caverage air temperature
  • 3%protected areas
  • 0.5%covered by lakes
  • 18km³held in reservoirs

What covers the basin

  • 14% Forest
  • 61% Cropland
  • 6% Pasture
  • 8% Towns and cities

RiverATLAS (HydroATLAS v1.0, CC BY 4.0): land cover, people, protected areas, glaciers and dams over the whole basin upstream of the mouth.

Along the river

Yamuna: what you find on the way

  • 21DamsNaitwar Mori Hydro Power Station, Ichari Dam, Dakpathar Barrage and 18 more
  • 20Weirs
  • 4Waterfalls
  • 1Boat ramps
  • 1Boat rentals
  • 3River beachesYamuna Ghat, Balkeshwar Ghat, DASHASWAMEDH GHAT

From OpenStreetMap, within 2.7 km of the river. Not mapped is not the same as not there.

Cross-checked with our atlases

Yamuna in our other atlases

What our sister atlases know about the waterfalls on this river, the lakes it flows through, the beaches at its mouth, the mountains where it rises and the islands off its mouth.

  • 1lake on its wayLakeyas
  • 3mountains at the sourcePeakyas

Lakes and reservoirs (1)

Lakes it flows through, by Lakeyas

  1. Keetham Lakekm 6440.5km²

Lakeyas is coming soonOpen Lakeyas ↗

Mountains at the source (3)

Within 15 km of the source, by Peakyas

  1. Bandarpunch8.6 km away6,316m
  2. Kalanag11 km away6,387m
  3. Swargarohini9.0 km away6,252m

Open Peakyas ↗

From space

The source and the mouth, seen from orbit

Yamuna: satellite view of the source
The source14 km across
Yamuna: satellite view of the mouth
The mouth80 km across

Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH (contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016), CC BY 4.0. The glowing line is the river as drawn by RiverATLAS.

Photos

Yamuna in pictures

Yamuna River Near Allahabad
Jpmeena · CC BY-SA 3.0
Yamuna (Kesi Ghata)
GourangaUK at English Wikipedia · Public domain
Yamuna river near the Himalayas
elly · CC BY 2.0
A serene scene with clouds and river Yamuna, India
Nivedita Verm · CC BY-SA 4.0

Tributaries

Where it flows, and what flows into it

It flows into

GangesIndiaIndia2,525 km12,000 m³/s

Tributaries (12)

Chambal RiverIndiaIndia960 km600 m³/sjoins at km 947Betwa RiverIndiaIndia590 km500 m³/sjoins at km 1,122

Also: Hindon River, Ken River, Tons River, Sindh River, Banganga River, Sahibi River, Dohan river, Najafgarh drain, Krishnavati river, Indori river

In the same basin

Brahmaputra RiverIndiaIndia2,900 km19,500 m³/sPadma RiverBangladeshBangladesh120 km32,000 m³/sGandaki RiverIndiaIndia630 km1,800 m³/sJamuna RiverBangladeshBangladesh245 km20,100 m³/sGhaghara RiverIndiaIndia1,080 km3,300 m³/sTeesta RiverBangladeshBangladesh470 km1,300 m³/sGomti RiverIndiaIndia900 km230 m³/sKosi RiverIndiaIndia729 km2,300 m³/sSon RiverIndiaIndia780 km1,200 m³/sBhagirathi RiverIndiaIndia205 km260 m³/s

Nearby

Rivers nearby

Gomti RiverIndiaIndia900 km230 m³/s101 km awayBetwa RiverIndiaIndia590 km500 m³/s175 km awayWest Rapti RiverIndiaIndia600 km580 m³/s203 km awaySharda RiverIndiaIndia350 km2,300 m³/s218 km awayGhaghara RiverIndiaIndia1,080 km3,300 m³/s281 km awayChambal RiverIndiaIndia960 km600 m³/s289 km awayRamgangaIndiaIndia600 km940 m³/s276 km awayGandaki RiverIndiaIndia630 km1,800 m³/s332 km away

Where these numbers come from

Name, length, placesWikidata (Q132726) · CC0
Course, profile, basinRiverATLAS v1.0 (HydroATLAS, Linke et al. 2019) · CC BY 4.0 — followed from the source to the mouth given by Wikidata
FlowWaterGAP (RiverATLAS), 1971–2000 · CC BY 4.0
Climate along the riverWorldClim (RiverATLAS), 1970–2000 · CC BY 4.0
Towns, bridges, damsWikidata · CC0; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0
Along the river© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
ImagesEOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons
Our other atlasesLakeyas, Peakyas — Wikidata · CC0; © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0; HydroLAKES · CC BY 4.0; NOAA OISST

Every source and licence is on the data sources page.

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