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The River Ganges at Kolkata, with Howrah Bridge in the background Lower Ganges in Lakshmipur, Bangladesh. The name Ganges is used for the river between the confluence of the Bhagirathi and Alaknanda rivers, in the Himalayas, and the first bifurcation of the river, near the Farakka
As per the classification of Food and Agriculture Organization, the rivers systems are combined into 20 river units, which includes 14 major rivers systems and 99 smaller river basins grouped into six river units. The Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna basin is the largest, which covers 34% of the land area and contributes to nearly 59% of the available ...
The Hooghly River (also spelled Hoogli or Hugli) is the westernmost distributary of the Ganges, situated in West Bengal, India. It is known in its upper reaches as the Bhagirathi. The Bhagirathi splits off from the main branch of the Ganges at Giria. A short distance west, it meets the man-made Farakka Feeder Canal, which massively increases ...
Ganga Under Construction Gravity & Masonry Jamui: Irrigation 5 Baskund Dam: Baskund 67.07 17.68 Ganga 1984 Earth-fill: Lakhisarai: Irrigation 6 Belharna Dam: Belharna 411.58 30.1 Ganga 1987 Earth-fill: Jamui: Irrigation 7 Bilasi Dam: Bilasi 169.8 19.97 Ganga 2001 Earth-fill: Jamui: Irrigation 8 Chandan Dam: Chandan 1555 40.4 Ganga 1968 Earth ...
The Himalayan watershed is the source of majority of the major river systems in India including the three major rivers–the Ganges, the Brahmaputra and the Indus. [3] [4] These three river systems are fed by more than 5000 glaciers. [5] The Aravalli range in the north-west serves as the origin of few of the rivers.
[a] The region's name comes from پنج, panj, 'five' and آب, āb, 'water' thus "five waters", a Persian calque of the Indo-Aryan Pancha-nada meaning "five rivers". [ 4 ] The same names were often imposed on different rivers as the Vedic culture migrated eastward from around Afghanistan (where they stayed for a considerable time) to the ...
The Ganges Delta is “a really exciting place to work because it has these big, dynamic river channels,” said Dr. Elizabeth Chamberlain, lead author of a new study published June 17 in the ...
It is the world's largest river delta [2] [3] and it empties into the Bay of Bengal with the combined waters of several river systems, mainly those of the Brahmaputra River and the Ganges River. It is also one of the most fertile regions in the world, thus earning the nickname the Green Delta.