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Ganges

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Length2,525 km
Mouth Ganges Delta
Sources Gangotri Glacier
Nanda Devi
Nanda Kot
Satopanth Glacier
Kedarnath
Kamet
Trisul
Cities Varanasi
Haridwar
Allahabad
Kolkata
Patna
Kanpur
Ghazipur
Bridges Ram Jhula, Rishikesh
Mahatma Gandhi Setu
Did you knowUse of the Ganges' water for irrigation, either when the river floods or by means of gravity canals, has been common since early times.
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About Ganges


The Ganges, or Ganga, is a trans-boundary river of the Indian subcontinent which flows through the nations of India and Bangladesh. The 2,525 km river rises in the western Himalayas in the Indian state of Uttarakhand, and flows south and east through the Gangetic Plain of North India.

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