This study investigated the multifractality of streamfow data of 192 stations located in 13 river basins in India using the multifractal detrended fuctuation analysis (MF-DFA). The streamfow datasets of diferent river basins displayed multifractality and long-term persistence with a mean exponent of 0.585. The streamfow records of Krishna basin displayed least persistence and that of Godavari basin displayed strongest multifractality and complexity. Subsequently, the streamfow-sediment links of fve major river basins were evaluated using the novel multifractal cross-correlation analysis (MFCCA) method of cross-correlation studies. The results showed that the joint persistence of streamfow and total suspended sediments (TSS) is approximately the mean of the persistence of individual series. The streamfow displayed higher persistence than TSS in 60% of the stations while in majority of stations of Godavari basin the trend was opposite. The annual cross-correlation is higher than seasonal cross-correlation in majority of stations but at these time scales strength of their association difers with river basin.
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