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The Ganges

English: GAN-jeez (/ˈgændʒiːz/)
Also Known As Ganga The name used in India, from which the English form derives.
Rivers

The Ganges is the major river of northern India and Bangladesh, rising in the Himalayan glaciers of Gangotri and flowing roughly 2,525 kilometers southeast across the Indo-Gangetic Plain before emptying into the Bay of Bengal through the world's largest river delta, shared with the Brahmaputra. Its immense religious significance in Hinduism is treated in full on the family's Divinity Atlas; here it is described in its geographic frame, a snowmelt-and-monsoon-fed river whose basin supports one of the most densely populated regions on Earth.

Facts
Area (sq km)
1,080,000 1
The river's drainage basin area.
Elevation (m)
4356 2
Length (km)
2525 3
Latitude
22 degrees north 2
Longitude
90.9 degrees east 2
Connections

Associated With

China, Countries
Source Ganges (Wikipedia)
Ganges Basin, Landforms
Nepal, Countries
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Prayagraj, Cities
South Asia, Regions
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The Himalayas, Landforms
Source Himalayas (Wikipedia)
Varanasi, Cities

Flows Through

Bangladesh, Countries
Source Ganges (Wikipedia)
India, Countries
Source Ganges (Wikipedia)

Shaped By

Delta Formation, Physical Processes
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Sources
1. Encyclopaedia Britannica
Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.View the Source
2. Ganges (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Infobox, Pronunciation
    /ˈgændʒiːz/
  • Infobox, Source elevation (Gangotri Glacier, Gomukh)
    4,356 m (14,291 ft)
  • Infobox, Mouth coordinates field
    22.0N 90.9E
  • Associated With: Nepal, Infobox, Basin countries
    India, Nepal, China, and Bangladesh
  • Associated With: China, Infobox, Basin countries
    India, Nepal, China, and Bangladesh
  • Associated With: South Asia, Lead section
    The Ganges (in India: Ganga; in Bangladesh: Padma) is a trans-boundary river of Asia which flows through India and Bangladesh.
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3. National Geographic Atlas of the World
National Geographic Society, 2019
Wikidata: The Ganges
Wikidata Q5089, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
Ganges (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Flows Through: India, Lead section
    is a trans-boundary river of Asia which flows through India and Bangladesh
  • Flows Through: Bangladesh, Lead section
    is a trans-boundary river of Asia which flows through India and Bangladesh
  • Shaped By: Delta Formation, Formation statement for target 287621
    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 km2 (25,000 sq mi).
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Himalayas (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationAssociated With: The Himalayas, Introduction
Quote, Associated With: The Himalayas, Introduction
the Ganges, and the Tsangpo-Brahmaputra, rise in the vicinity of the Himalayas
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