Distribution of flood prone areas

Large scale flooding in India is limited to a relatively small area - along the lower reaches of most rivers and along parts of the sea coast.

Compared to drought, a smaller area is affected by large scale flooding. However the loss in terms of lives and property is much higher. Usually heavy rainfall combines with some other factor(s) to lead to destructive flooding.

EAST
Assam - Brahmaputra and Barak valleys
Manipur - central districts
Tripura - west
West Bengal - Duars, Hugli basin, areas adjoining Ganga and Damodar
Bihar - Ganga valley, Kosi valley
Orissa - central coastal districts, lower Mahanadi basin
Jharkhand - Damodar valley

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NORTH

Uttar Pradesh

- Ganga floodplains, Ghaghra, Gomti, Sharda, Rapti basins

Punjab - Satlej-Ravi basin

Himachal Pradesh - valley

Jammu and Kashmir - Kashmir valley

WEST
Rajasthan

- flash floods along Luni, Chambal

Gujarat - Lower Mahi, Narmada, Tapi

Maharashtra - lower Wainganga, Penganga

Andhra Pradesh - lower reaches of Krishna, Godavari, north coastal districts

Tamil Nadu - Kaveri delta

Kerala - along hills in west flowing rivers