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  2. River bank erosion along the Ganges in Malda and Murshidabad ...

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    River bank erosion along the Ganges in Malda and Murshidabad districts focusses on river bank erosion along the main channel of the Ganges in Malda and Mushidabad districts of West Bengal, India. Overview The Ganges is a long river carrying a huge discharge of 70,000 m 3 /s. However, the river bank erosion problems are restricted to a few places. Floods and erosion pose a serious problem in ...

  3. Panchanandapur - Wikipedia

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    Panchanandapur is located at Malda district, West Bengal. It has an average elevation of 17 metres (56 feet). It is on the eastern bank of the river Ganges.As in much of Bengal, the weather is usually extremely humid and tropical. Temperatures can reach as high as 46 °C during the day in May and June and fall as low as 4 °C overnight in ...

  4. List of most-polluted rivers - Wikipedia

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    In 2018, the river suddenly began to change color due to gold mining. The river recorded the highest level of microplastics ever reported in river water globally in early 2024. [16] [17] Plastic pollution, heavy metals and cyanide contamination as a result of illegal gold mining, and human generated waste. [18] Threatening the Osun Osogbo ...

  5. List of rivers by discharge - Wikipedia

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    It can be thought of as a list of the biggest rivers on Earth, measured by a specific metric. For context, the volume of an Olympic-size swimming pool is 2,500 m 3 (88,000 cu ft). The average flow rate at the mouth of the Amazon is sufficient to fill more than 83 such pools each second.

  6. Category:Malda district - Wikipedia

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    River bank erosion along the Ganges in Malda and Murshidabad districts; T. Template:Malda topics; ... Statistics; Cookie statement; Mobile view ...

  7. Alipur, Malda - Wikipedia

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    [5] [6] The bank of the Ganges between Bhutni and Panchanandapur (both the places are marked on the map), is the area worst hit by left bank erosion, a major problem in the Malda area. [7] The ruins of Gauda, capital of several empires, is located in this area. [8] Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the area.

  8. Bhutni, Malda - Wikipedia

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    [4] [5] The bank of the Ganges between Bhutni and Panchanandapur (both the places are marked on the map), is the area worst hit by left bank erosion, a major problem in the Malda area. [6] The ruins of Gauda, capital of several empires, is located in this area. [7] Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the area.

  9. Baer–Babinet law - Wikipedia

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    In geography, the Baer–Babinet law, sometimes called Baer's law, [1] identifies a way in which the process of formation of rivers is influenced by the rotation of the Earth. According to the hypothesis, because of the rotation of the Earth, erosion occurs mostly on the right banks of rivers in the Northern Hemisphere , and in the Southern ...