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The Ganges is the distilled lifeblood of the Hindu tradition, of its divinities, holy books, and enlightenment. [ 81 ] As such, her worship does not require the usual rites of invocation (avahana) at the beginning and dismissal (visarjana) at the end, required in the worship of other gods. [ 81 ]
Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna basins. The Ganges Basinis a major part of the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna(GBM) basin draining 1,999,000 square kilometres in Tibet, Nepal, Indiaand Bangladesh. To the north, the Himalayaor lower parallel ranges beyond form the Ganges-Brahmaputra divide. On the west the Ganges Basin borders the Indus basinand then the ...
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]
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 ...
Tangon River, Nagar River (Rangpur) • right. Mechi River, Kankai River, Balason River, Kalindi River. The Mahananda (/ məˌhɑːˈnʌndə, ˌmɑːhə -/ mə-HAH-NUN-də, MAH-hə-) is a trans-boundary river that flows through the Indian states of Bihar and West Bengal before crossing into Bangladesh. It is an important tributary of the Ganges.
The Gandak flows southeast 300 km (190 mi) across the Gangetic plain of Bihar state through West Champaran, Gopalganj, East Champaran, Saran, Muzaffarpur and Vaishali districts. [4] It joins the Ganga near Patna just downstream of Hajipur at Sonpur. Its drainage area in India is 7,620 km 2 (2,940 sq mi). [citation needed]
The Chambal River is a tributary of the Yamuna River in Central and Northern India, and thus forms part of the drainage system of the Ganges. [2] The river flows north-northeast through Madhya Pradesh, running for a time through Rajasthan, then forming the boundary between Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh before turning southeast to join the Yamuna in Uttar Pradesh state.
This picture of the Nowitna River in Alaska shows two oxbow lakes – a short one at the bottom of the picture and a longer, more curved one at the middle-right. The picture also shows that a third oxbow lake is probably in the making: the isthmus or bank in the centre of the most prominent meander is very narrow – much narrower than the width of the river; eventually, the two sections of ...