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Ganges Delta, 2020 satellite photograph. The Ganges Delta (also known the Ganges-Brahmaputra Delta, the Sundarbans Delta or the Bengal Delta [1]) is a river delta predominantly covering the Bengal region of the Indian subcontinent, consisting of Bangladesh and the Indian state of West Bengal.
ABP Ganga is a 24-hour Indian regional Hindi-language news channel for Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand. It is owned by ABP Group. The channel was launched on 15 April 2019. [1] [2] [3] ABP brings the curtains down on its regional TV channel ABP Ganga.
The growth of the Ganga-Brahmaputra Delta is dominated by tidal processes. [16] The Ganga Delta, fed by the waters of numerous rivers, including the Ganga and Brahmaputra, is 105,000 km 2 (41,000 sq mi), one of the largest river deltas in the world. [17] The Brahmaputra River from outer space
The Brahmaputra at 2,948 km (1,832 mi) is the 15th longest River in the world. It originates in Tibet. The Hooghly River, another channel of the Ganga that flows through Kolkata drains into Bay of Bengal at Sagar in West Bengal, India. [citation needed] The Ganga–Brahmaputra-Barak rivers deposit nearly 1000 million tons of sediment every
It enters India in Arunachal Pradesh in Eastern Himalaya, and then enters Bangladesh where it is called Jamuna (not to be mistaken with Yamuna tributary of Ganges in India). It finally flows into the Bay of Bengal where it merges with the Ganges at Sunderban Delta. There are existing and planned dams on Brahmaputra in Tibet and India, but none ...
The Ganges Delta, formed mainly by the large, sediment-laden flows of the Ganges and Brahmaputra rivers, is the world's largest delta, at about 64,000 km 2 (25,000 sq mi). [30] It stretches 400 km (250 mi) along the Bay of Bengal. [31]
Sundarbans (Bengali: সুন্দরবন) (pronounced / s ʌ n ˈ d ɑːr b ə n z /) is a mangrove forest area in the Ganges Delta formed by the confluence of the Ganges, Brahmaputra and Meghna Rivers in the Bay of Bengal. Spread across parts of India and Bangladesh, this forest is the largest mangrove forest in the world. [6]
Afshan Anjum, journalist and anchor. She worked as a senior news editor with NDTV India. [2] Shiv Aroor (born 25 September 1980), specializes in defence news on India Today television and is an author. Vishal Arora, journalist covering life and politics and a founding editor of StoriesAsia. [3] [4]