Ganges river, Hindi Ganga, great river of the plain of the northern Indian subcontinent. Although
Officially as well as popularly called Ganga in Hindi and in other Indian languages. Internationally
Known by its conventional name the Ganges. From time immemorial it has been the holy river Of
Hinduism. Rising in the Himalayas and emptying in the Bay of Bengal. It drains one fourth of the
Territories of India. And it’s basin supports hundreds of millions of people. The greater part of the Indo
gigantic plain, across which it flows in the heartland of the region known as ‘Hindustan’. It has been
the cradle of successive civilizations from the Maurya Empire of Ashoka in the 3rd century BC. To the
Mughal Empire, founded in the 16th century. The general direction of the river flows from Northwest
to southeast. The Ganga rises in the southern great Himalayas on the Indian side of the border with
Tibet. It’s five headstream Bhagirathi, Alaknanda, Mandakini, Dauliganga and the Pindar, all rise in the
Mountain region of northern Uttarakhand state. The true source of Ganga is considered to be at
Gaumukh is about 13 miles (21 km) southeast of Gangotri. The Alaknanda and Bhagirathi river unite
At Devprayag, to form the main stream known as Ganga. And it emerged from the mountain at
Rishikesh. It then flows onto the plain at Haridwar. Now within the state of Uttar Pradesh the river
Receives its two principal right bank tributaries. The Yamuna river which flows from Delhi then
Roughly parallel the southeast ward to the Ganga before joining it near prayagraj and tons which flows
North from the Vindhya range in Madhya Pradesh state and join the Ganga just below the prayagraj.
The Ganga next entered the state of Bihar. Where it main tributaries from the Himalayas region of
Nepal to the north are the Gandak, The river then skirt the Rajmahal hill to the south and flow
southeast To Farakka in the central west bengal state. West Bengal is the last Indian state that the
Ganga entered And after it flow into Bangladesh. The western most distributary of the delta are the
Bhagirathi and The Hugli river. On the east bank of which stand the huge metropolis of Kolkata. The
water than flow Through the delta region to the Bay of Bengal via innumerable channel. The largest of
which is known As the Meghna estuary. To the seaward side of the delta as a whole. There is a vast
stretch of tidal mangrove forest and Swampland. The region is called Sundarban.