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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 Yamuna (pronounced [jəmʊnɑː]; IAST: Yamunā) is the second-largest tributary river of the Ganges by discharge and the longest tributary in India.Originating from the Yamunotri Glacier at a height of about 4,500 m (14,800 ft) [1] on the southwestern slopes of Bandarpunch peaks of the Lower Himalaya in Uttarakhand, it travels 1,376 kilometres (855 mi) and has a drainage system of 366,223 ...
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]
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 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.
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, India. It is the world's largest river delta [2][3] and it empties into the Bay of Bengal with ...
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]