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The old city is located on the north shores of the Ganges, bounded by Varuna and Assi. [32] In the Mahabharata and in ancient India, the city is referred to as Kāśī from the Sanskrit verbal root kaś-"to shine", making Varanasi known as "City of Light", [33] [15] the "luminous city as an eminent seat of learning". [34]
City River Rishikesh: Ganges: Badrinath: Alaknanda River: Devprayag: on the confluences of Bhagirathi and Alaknanda River: Haridwar: Ganges: Karnaprayag: on the confluences of Pindar River and Alaknanda River
Varanasi, a city of one million people that many pilgrims visit to take a "holy dip" in the Ganges, releases around 200 million liters of untreated human sewage into the river each day, leading to large concentrations of fecal coliform bacteria. [142]
The Ganges-Brahmaputra Delta is the river delta formed by the Ganges and Brahmaputra rivers when they enter the Bay of Bengal. Spread over the Bengal region, consisting of Bangladesh and the Indian state of West Bengal, it is the world's largest river delta and is one of the most fertile regions of the plains.
It is derived from Sanskrit, "ghaṭṭa" (Sanskrit: गट्टः).It means an embankment or a landing place. [2]Ghat, a term used in the Indian subcontinent, depending on the context could either refer to a range of stepped-hill such as Eastern Ghats and Western Ghats; or the series of steps leading down to a body of water or wharf, such bathing or cremation place along the banks of a ...
The term Uttarvahini Ganga is used to refer to places where the Ganges river has a northward flow. For the majority of its route, the Ganges flows in a generally southeasterly direction, from the gangotri glacier to its delta emptying into the Bay of Bengal. However, there are several places where the meandering of the river leads to a ...
People living in urban areas can have a huge impact on nature. For Call to Earth Day 2023, CNN is focusing on the crucial connection between cities and wilderness.
According to 2011 census data, Patna city had a population of 1,684,222 (before the expansion of the city limits) within the corporation limits, with 893,399 men and 790,823 women. This was an increase of 22.3 per cent compared to the 2001 figures. 11.32 per cent of the population was under six years of age, with 102,208 boys and 88,288 girls.