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  1. Mar 20, 2024 · Ganges River, great river of the plains of the northern Indian subcontinent. Although officially as well as popularly called the Ganga in Hindi and in other Indian languages, internationally it is known by its conventional name, the Ganges. From time immemorial it has been the holy river of Hinduism. For most of its course it is a wide and ...

  2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › GangesGanges - Wikipedia

    A 560 km (350 mi) long canal, with another 480 km (300 mi) of branch lines, eventually stretched between the headworks in Haridwar, splitting into two branches below Aligarh, and its two confluences with the Yamuna (Jumna in map) mainstem in Etawah and the Ganges in Kanpur (Cawnpore in map). The Ganges Canal, which required a total capital ...

    • 2,525 km (1,569 mi)
  3. www.worldatlas.com › rivers › river-gangesRiver Ganges - WorldAtlas

    Jul 7, 2021 · Nicknamed as the “Green Delta”, the Ganges Delta is the world’s largest river delta that has an area of 64,000 sq. km and is also one of the most fertile regions on the planet. The delta is a network of channels, swamps, lakes, and sediments of the floodplains. The Ganges Delta empties into the Bay of Bengal and stretches from the Hooghly ...

    • Diptarka Ghosh
  4. Mar 19, 2024 · Indo-Gangetic Plain, extensive north-central section of the Indian subcontinent, stretching westward from (and including) the combined delta of the Brahmaputra and Ganges (Ganga) rivers to the Indus River valley. The region contains the subcontinent’s richest and most densely populated areas. The

    • The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
  5. Ganges. The Ganges (also known as Ganga or Gonga), is the biggest river in the Indian subcontinent in terms of water flow. The length of the Ganga is 2,510 km or 1,560 miles. The river has its ...

  6. The Indo-Gangetic Plain, also known as the North Indian River Plain, is a 700-thousand km 2 (172-million- acre) fertile plain encompassing northern regions of the Indian subcontinent, including most of modern-day northern and eastern India, most of eastern- Pakistan, virtually all of Bangladesh and southern plains of Nepal. [1]

  7. Ganges river ports and destinations. Ganges river ports and destinations. Open full screen to view more. This map was created by a user. Learn how to create your own. ...

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