LIST OF NATIONAL WATERWAYS DECLARED BY NATIONAL WATERWAYS ACT, 2016
Government of India has declared 111 waterways as National Waterways through National Waterways Act, 2016 enacted on 12.04.2016. These are:-
| Sr No. | National Waterway No. | Length (km) | Details of Waterways | STATES |
| 1 | National Waterway 1 | 1620 | Ganga-Bhagirathi-Hooghly River System (Haldia - Allahabad) | Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand & West Bengal |
| 2 | National Waterway 2 | 891 | Brahmaputra River (Dhubri - Sadiya) | Assam |
| 3 | National Waterway 3 | 205 | West Coast Canal (Kottapuram - Kollam), Champakara and Udyogmandal Canals | Kerala |
| 170 | West Coast Canal (Kottapuram - Kozhikode) | |||
| 4 | National Waterway 4 | 50 | Kakinada Canal (Kakinada to Rajahmundry) | Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Maharashtra |
| 171 | Godavari river (Bhadrachalam to Rajahmundry) | |||
| 139 | Eluru Canal (Rajahmundry to Vijayawada) | |||
| 157 | Krishna river (Wazirabad to Vijayawada) | |||
| 113 | Commamur Canal (Vijayawada to Peddaganjam) | |||
| 316 | North Buckingham Canal (Peddaganjam to Central Station of Chennai) | |||
| 110 | South Buckingham canal (Central Station of Chennai to Marakanam) | |||
| 22 | Marakanam to Puducherry through Kaluvelly tank | |||
| 1202 | River Godavari (Bhadrachalam - Nashik) | |||
| 636 | River Krishna (Wazirabad - Galagali) | |||
| 256 | East Coast Canal and Matai river | |||
| 5 | National Waterway 5 | 265 | Brahmani-Kharsua-Dhamra rivers | Odisha and West Bengal |
| 67 | Mahanadi delta rivers (Consisting of Hansua river, Nunanala, Gobrinala, Kharnasi river and Mahanadi river) | |||
| 6 | National Waterway 6 | 68 | AAI RIVER | Assam |
| 7 | National Waterway 7 | 90 | AJOY (AJAY) RIVER | West Bengal |
| 8 | National Waterway 8 | 29 | ALAPPUZHA- CHANGANASSERY CANAL | Kerala |
| 9 | National Waterway 9 | 40 | ALAPPUZHA- KOTTAYAM– ATHIRAMPUZHA CANAL | Kerala |
| 10 | National Waterway 10 | 45 | AMBA RIVER | Maharashtra |
| 11 | National Waterway 11 | 99 | ARUNAWATI - ARAN RIVER SYSTEM | Maharashtra |
| 12 | National Waterway 12 | 5.5 | ASI RIVER | Uttar Pradesh |
| 13 | National Waterway 13 | 11 | AVM CANAL | Kerala & Tamil Nadu |
| 14 | National Waterway 14 | 48 | BAITARNI RIVER | Odisha |
| 15 | National Waterway 15 | 135 | BAKRESWAR - MAYURAKSHI RIVER SYSTEM | West Bengal |
| 16 | National Waterway 16 | 121 | BARAK RIVER | Assam |
| 17 | National Waterway 17 | 189 | BEAS RIVER | Himachal Pradesh & Punjab |
| 18 | National Waterway 18 | 69 | BEKI RIVER | Assam |
| 19 | National Waterway 19 | 67 | BETWA RIVER | Uttar Pradesh |
| 20 | National Waterway 20 | 95 | BHAVANI RIVER | Tamil Nadu |
| 21 | National Waterway 21 | 139 | BHEEMA RIVER | Karnataka & Telangana |
| 22 | National Waterway 22 | 156 | BIRUPA - BADI GENGUTI - BRAHMANI RIVER SYSTEM | Odisha |
| 23 | National Waterway 23 | 56 | BUDHA BALANGA | Odisha |
| 24 | National Waterway 24 | 61 | CHAMBAL RIVER | Uttar Pradesh |
| 25 | National Waterway 25 | 33 | CHAPORA RIVER | Goa |
| 26 | National Waterway 26 | 51 | CHENAB RIVER | Jammu & Kashmir |
| 27 | National Waterway 27 | 17 | CUMBERJUA RIVER | Goa |
| 28 | National Waterway 28 | 45 | DABHOL CREEK -VASHISHTI RIVER SYSTEM | Maharashtra |
| 29 | National Waterway 29 | 132 | DAMODAR RIVER | West Bengal |
| 30 | National Waterway 30 | 109 | DEHING RIVER | Assam |
| 31 | National Waterway 31 | 114 | DHANSIRI / CHATHE | Assam |
| 32 | National Waterway 32 | 63 | DIKHU RIVER | Assam |
| 33 | National Waterway 33 | 61 | DOYANS RIVER | Assam |
| 34 | National Waterway 34 | 137 | DVC CANAL | West Bengal |
| 35 | National Waterway 35 | 108 | DWAREKESWAR RIVER | West Bengal |
| 36 | National Waterway 36 | 119 | DWARKA RIVER | West Bengal |
| 37 | National Waterway 37 | 296 | GANDAK RIVER | Bihar & Uttar Pradesh |
| 38 | National Waterway 38 | 62 | GANGADHAR RIVER | Assam & West Bengal |
| 39 | National Waterway 39 | 49 | GANOL RIVER | Meghalaya |
| 40 | National Waterway 40 | 354 | GHAGHRA RIVER | Bihar & Uttar Pradesh |
| 41 | National Waterway 41 | 112 | GHATAPRABHA RIVER | Karnataka |
| 42 | National Waterway 42 | 514 | GOMTI RIVER | Uttar Pradesh |
| 43 | National Waterway 43 | 10 | GURUPUR RIVER | Karnataka |
| 44 | National Waterway 44 | 63 | ICHAMATI RIVER | West Bengal |
| 45 | National Waterway 45 | 650 | INDIRA GANDHI CANAL | Punjab , Haryana & Rajasthan |
| 46 | National Waterway 46 | 35 | INDUS RIVER | Jammu & Kashmir |
| 47 | National Waterway 47 | 131 | JALANGI RIVER | West Bengal |
| 48 | National Waterway 48 | 590 | JAWAI-LUNI-RANN OF KUTCH RIVER SYSTEM | Gujarat & Rajasthan |
| 49 | National Waterway 49 | 110 | JHELUM RIVER | Jammu & Kashmir |
| 50 | National Waterway 50 | 43 | JINJIRAM RIVER | Assam & Meghalaya |
| 51 | National Waterway 51 | 23 | KABINI RIVER | Karnataka |
| 52 | National Waterway 52 | 53 | KALI RIVER | Karnataka |
| 53 | National Waterway 53 | 145 | KALYAN-THANE-MUMBAI WATERWAY, VASAI CREEK AND ULHAS RIVERSYSTEM | Maharashtra |
| 54 | National Waterway 54 | 86 | KARAMNASA RIVER | Bihar & Uttar Pradesh |
| 55 | National Waterway 55 | 311 | KAVERI - KOLLIDAM RIVERSYSTEM | Tamil Nadu |
| 56 | National Waterway 56 | 22 | KHERKAI RIVER | Jharkhand |
| 57 | National Waterway 57 | 50 | KOPILI RIVER | Assam |
| 58 | National Waterway 58 | 236 | KOSI RIVER | Bihar |
| 59 | National Waterway 59 | 19 | KOTTAYAM-VAIKOM CANAL | Kerala |
| 60 | National Waterway 60 | 80 | KUMARI RIVER | West Bengal |
| 61 | National Waterway 61 | 28 | KYNSHI RIVER | Meghalaya |
| 62 | National Waterway 62 | 86 | LOHIT RIVER | Assam & Arunachal Pradesh |
| 63 | National Waterway 63 | 336 | LUNI RIVER | Rajasthan |
| 64 | National Waterway 64 | 426 | MAHANADI RIVER | Odisha |
| 65 | National Waterway 65 | 80 | MAHANANDA RIVER | West Bengal |
| 66 | National Waterway 66 | 247 | MAHI RIVER | Gujarat |
| 67 | National Waterway 67 | 94 | MALAPRABHA RIVER | Karnataka |
| 68 | National Waterway 68 | 41 | MANDOVI RIVER | Goa |
| 69 | National Waterway 69 | 5 | MANIMUTHARU RIVER | Tamil Nadu |
| 70 | National Waterway 70 | 245 | MANJARA RIVER | Maharashtra & Telangana |
| 71 | National Waterway 71 | 27 | MAPUSA / MOIDE RIVER | Goa |
| 72 | National Waterway 72 | 59 | NAG RIVER | Maharashtra |
| 73 | National Waterway 73 | 226 | NARMADA RIVER | Maharashtra & Gujarat |
| 74 | National Waterway 74 | 79 | NETRAVATHI RIVER | Karnataka |
| 75 | National Waterway 75 | 142 | PALAR RIVER | Tamil Nadu |
| 76 | National Waterway 76 | 23 | PANCHAGANGAVALI (PANCHAGANGOLI) RIVER | Karnataka |
| 77 | National Waterway 77 | 20 | PAZHYAR RIVER | Tamil Nadu |
| 78 | National Waterway 78 | 262 | PENGANAGA - WARDHA RIVER SYSTEM | Maharashtra & Telangana |
| 79 | National Waterway 79 | 28 | PENNAR RIVER | Andhra Pradesh |
| 80 | National Waterway 80 | 126 | PONNIYAR RIVER | Tamil Nadu |
| 81 | National Waterway 81 | 35 | PUNPUN RIVER | Bihar |
| 82 | National Waterway 82 | 58 | PUTHIMARI RIVER | Assam |
| 83 | National Waterway 83 | 31 | RAJPURI CREEK | Maharashtra |
| 84 | National Waterway 84 | 44 | RAVI RIVER | Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh & Punjab |
| 85 | National Waterway 85 | 31 | REVADANDA CREEK - KUNDALIKA RIVER SYSTEM | Maharashtra |
| 86 | National Waterway 86 | 72 | RUPNARAYAN RIVER | West Bengal |
| 87 | National Waterway 87 | 210 | SABARMATI RIVER | Gujarat |
| 88 | National Waterway 88 | 14 | SAL RIVER | Goa |
| 89 | National Waterway 89 | 45 | SAVITRI RIVER (BANKOT CREEK) | Maharashtra |
| 90 | National Waterway 90 | 29 | SHARAVATI RIVER | Karnataka |
| 91 | National Waterway 91 | 52 | SHASTRI RIVER - JAIGAD CREEK SYSTEM | Maharashtra |
| 92 | National Waterway 92 | 26 | SILABATI RIVER | West Bengal |
| 93 | National Waterway 93 | 63 | SIMSANG RIVER | Meghalaya |
| 94 | National Waterway 94 | 141 | SONE RIVER | Bihar |
| 95 | National Waterway 95 | 106 | SUBANSIRI RIVER | Assam |
| 96 | National Waterway 96 | 311 | SUBARNREKHA RIVER | Jharkhand, West Bengal & Odisha |
| 97 | >National Waterway 97 | 172 | SUNDERBANS WATERWAY | West Bengal |
| 56 | BIDYA RIVER | West Bengal | ||
| 15 | CHHOTA KALAGACHI (CHHOTO KALERGACHI) RIVER | West Bengal | ||
| 7 | GOMAR RIVER | West Bengal | ||
| 16 | HARIBHANGA RIVER | West Bengal | ||
| 37 | HOGLA (HOGAL)- PATHANKHALI RIVER | West Bengal | ||
| 9 | KALINDI (KALANDI) RIVER | West Bengal | ||
| 22 | KATAKHALI RIVER | West Bengal | ||
| 99 | MATLA RIVER | West Bengal | ||
| 28 | MURI GANGA (BARATALA) RIVER | West Bengal | ||
| 53 | RAIMANGAL RIVER | West Bengal | ||
| 14 | SAHIBKHALI (SAHEBKHALI) RIVER | West Bengal | ||
| 37 | SAPTAMUKHI RIVER | West Bengal | ||
| 64 | THAKURRAN RIVER | West Bengal | ||
| 98 | National Waterway 98 | 377 | SUTLEJ RIVER | Himachal Pradesh & Punjab |
| 99 | National Waterway 99 | 62 | TAMARAPARANI RIVER | Tamil Nadu |
| 100 | National Waterway 100 | 436 | TAPI RIVER | Maharashtra & Gujarat |
| 101 | National Waterway 101 | 42 | TIZU - ZUNGKI RIVERS | Nagaland |
| 102 | National Waterway102 | 87 | TLWANG (DHALESWARIRIVER) | Assam & Mizoram |
| 103 | National Waterway 103 | 73 | TONS RIVER | Uttar Pradesh |
| 104 | National Waterway 104 | 232 | TUNGABHADRA RIVER | Karnataka, Telangana & Andhra Pradesh |
| 105 | National Waterway 105 | 15 | UDAYAVARA RIVER | Karnataka |
| 106 | National Waterway 106 | 20 | UMNGOT (DAWKI) RIVER | Meghalaya |
| 107 | National Waterway 107 | 46 | VAIGAI RIVER | Tamil Nadu |
| 108 | National Waterway 108 | 53 | VARUNA RIVER | Uttar Pradesh |
| 109 | National Waterway 109 | 166 | WAINGANGA - PRANAHITARIVER SYSTEM | Maharashtra &Telangana |
| 110 | National Waterway 110 | 1081 | YAMUNA RIVER | Delhi, Haryana & Uttar Pradesh |
| 111 | National Waterway 111 | 50 | ZUARI RIVER | Goa |
| Total Length | 20163.5 |