lower parallel ranges beyond form the Ganges-Brahmaputra divide. On the west the Ganges Basin borders the Indus basin and then the Aravalli ridge. Southern...
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the Meghna, forming the major estuary of the Ganges Delta, and emptying into the Bay of Bengal. The Ganges–Brahmaputra–Meghna system is the second-largest...
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pollution, a major type of pollution in the Ganges. Some of the dams being constructed along the Ganges basin will submerge substantial areas of nearby...
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The Ganges Delta (also known the Ganges-Brahmaputra Delta, the Sundarbans Delta or the Bengal Delta) is a river delta in Eastern South Asia predominantly...
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major river basins. The northern part of the state falls within the Ganges Basin where the Betwa, Chambal and Son flow. South of the Ganges Basin is the Narmada...
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National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA) is a financing, planning, implementing, monitoring and coordinating authority for the Ganges River, functioning...
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of the Ganges in its original channel in this 125 kilometres (78 mi) stretch from its origin. This is the only stretch left where the Ganges can still...
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Yamuna (category Tributaries of the Ganges)
square kilometres (141,399 sq mi), 40.2% of the entire Ganges Basin. It merges with the Ganges at Triveni Sangam, Allahabad , which is a site of the Kumbh...
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The Ganges basin was densely forested, and the population grew when new areas were deforestated and cultivated. The society of the middle Ganges basin lay...
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Rajasthan in northern India. It is a tributary of the Chambal River in the Ganges Basin. The main tributaries of the Kali Sindh are the Parwan, Niwaj and Ahu...
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Bhagirathi River (category Ganges basin)
and travels onward as the Ganges River. The Bhagirathi River is mythologically known to be the source stream for the Ganges River. In hydrology, the Alaknanda...
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Botiidae. It originates in the slow-running and still waters of the Ganges basin in northern India and possibly Nepal. Despite the alternative common...
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mentioned in the text is the Sindh River or the Kali Sindh River in the Ganges Basin. The Malavikágnimitra : a Sanskrit play by Kālidāsa; Tawney, C. H. p...
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Madhya Pradesh (redirect from River basins in Madhya Pradesh)
Ganges on the south bank and that does not arise from the Himalayas. Son and its tributaries contribute the bulk of the monsoon flow into the Ganges,...
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consolidations gave rise to the loose-knit Maurya and Gupta Empires based in the Ganges Basin. Their collective era was suffused with wide-ranging creativity, but...
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link the appearance of the Painted Grey Ware with Aryans in the upper Ganges basin areas. Hastinapur is listed in the Ain-i-Akbari as a pargana under Delhi...
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Farakka Barrage (category Bridges over the Ganges)
Bangladesh, signed in 1996, for sharing of the Ganges water at Farakka, the division is as follows: The Ganges is one of the major rivers of the world. It...
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Examples include the North Alpine Foreland Basin of Europe, or the Ganges Basin of Asia Retroarc (Retro) foreland basins, which occur on the plate that overrides...
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Meghna River (category Ganges basin)
called Bamni. They form the largest delta named Ganges delta. List of rivers in Bangladesh "Ganga (Ganges)-Brahmaputra". Masud Hasan Chowdhury (2012). "Meghna...
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Buriganga River (redirect from Old Ganges)
The Buriganga (Bengali: বুড়িগঙ্গা, Buŗigônga, lit. 'Old Ganges') is a river in Bangladesh which flows past the southwest outskirts of the capital city...
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is a multipurpose river Valley Project on Sone River situated in the Ganges Basin in Madhya Pradesh, India with both irrigation and 435 MW of hydroelectric...
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large load on the lithosphere, leading to the Himalayas and the Ganges foreland basin. Forebulge is most commonly found with continent-continent convergent...
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Much of Bangladesh's geography is dominated by the Ganges-Brahmaputra Delta, but the term "Ganges" is not widely used for the larger river's main distributary...
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timber-producing tree. It is threatened by over-harvesting, water diversions in the Ganges Basin, fluctuations in salinity due to upstream and coastal development and...
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Tamsa River (category Ganges basin)
Belan in UP and joins the Ganges at the town of Sirsa, just under 34 kilometres (21 mi) downstream of the confluence of the Ganges and Yamuna. The total length...
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Lake Manasarovar (category Ganges basin)
are believed to be the abode of Shiva. This is where the holy river the Ganges is believed to be tamed by Shiva and sent to nourish the fertile valleys...
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Kosi River (category Tributaries of the Ganges)
distributaries before joining the Ganges near Kursela in Katihar district. The Kosi is the third-largest tributary of the Ganges by water discharge after the...
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three river basins, namely the Indus, Ganges and Brahmaputra. The Indus basin has the largest number of glaciers (3500), whereas the Ganges and Brahmaputra...
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Krishna River (redirect from Krishna Basin)
India, after the Ganges and Godavari. It is also the fourth-largest in terms of water inflows and river basin area in India, after the Ganges, Indus and Godavari...
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Magadha areas in the Ganges basin. Another prominent theory locates the Gupta homeland in the present-day Bengal region in Ganges basin, based on the account...
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