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  2. Ganges - Wikipedia

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    The Ganges river follows a 900 km (560 mi) arching course passing through the cities of Bijnor, Kannauj, Farukhabad, and Kanpur. Along the way it is joined by the Ramganga, which contributes an average annual flow of about 495 m 3 /s (17,500 cu ft/s) to the river. [24]

  3. Antecedent drainage stream - Wikipedia

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    The Colorado River cut the Grand Canyon as the Colorado Plateau rose between 5 and 2.5 million years ago. Paradox Valley is another good example in the Colorado Plateau. Devil's Gate in Wyoming is a remarkable display of an antecedent stream. A 100-meter slot is cut through a granite ridge which would have missed the ridge completely had the ...

  4. Alaknanda River - Wikipedia

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    In the Vishnu Purana, the Ganges river which surrounds the city of Brahma divides into four and one of rivers is called Alaknanda, which flows south to India. [ 6 ] Five rivers merge with the Alaknanda and are referred to as prayag or 'holy confluence of rivers' and are places of pilgrimage in Hinduism. [ 7 ]

  5. List of rivers of West Bengal - Wikipedia

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    Rivers of North Bengal. Most of the rivers of West Bengal originate from the Himalayan in the north or from the Chhota Nagpur plateau in the west and flow south or southeast over the state.

  6. Ganges Delta - Wikipedia

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    Ganges Delta, 2020 satellite photograph. The Ganges Delta (also known the Ganges-Brahmaputra Delta, the Sundarbans Delta or the Bengal Delta [1]) is a river delta predominantly covering the Bengal region of the Indian subcontinent, consisting of Bangladesh and the Indian state of West Bengal.

  7. List of rivers of India - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  8. Sutlej - Wikipedia

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    Sutlej is an antecedent river, which existed before the Himalayas and entrenched itself while they were rising. The Sutlej, along with all of the Punjab rivers, is thought to have drained east into the Ganges prior to 5 mya. [13]

  9. Kosi River - Wikipedia

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    The Kosi is the third-largest tributary of the Ganges by water discharge after the Ghaghara and the Yamuna. [2] ... deep gorge is that the river is antecedent to the ...