· The origin of the Ganges is a glacier called Gangotri, this is where the river Ganges got its name from.

T The Gangotri is a glacier on the Himalayas situated approximately 14,000 feet above sea level.

· Being the longest river in India, the river Ganges is approximately 1557 miles

1. It brings the fertile alluvial silt from the Himalayas and flood the Ganges plain making it one of the most fertile tracts in the world.

2. It makes 12 waterfalls before reaching Haridwar and is used to generate hydroelectricity.

3. Considered as the most sacred river, people bathe in it to be purified from their sins.

4. Canals leading from the main river is used as an effective means of irrigation in the plains.

5. As it is a perennial river, it provides water the year long.

The Ganges river started at the Gangori Glacier at the Himalayas mountain. It flow down and flows through India then Bangladesh, finally, it emptied into the bay of Bengal.

The Hudson, the East and the Harlem Rivers are all a part of New York City.

The main tributaries of Ganga are:

The Chambal

The Betwa

The Son

The other rivers which join it are:

The Yamuna

The Gandak

The Ghaghara

The Kosi

The source of the River Ganges is the Gangotri Glacier, in Uttarkashi District, Uttarakhand, India. This is almost on the border with China.

India and Bangladesh

It flows in a east-wards direction.

Well, all of the Hindu people believe the water of the river is holy, and use its water for many purposes, such as bathing and cooking purposes, and because of its holyness, they believe a person is lucky if their body is sent to float aimlessly down the river, because when it reaches the end, their soul will have made its way to Heaven. However, because of A., all of the dirt and muck that comes off of people when they bathe, and B., the fact that the river is pretty much a trash can, because people empty everything from dead bodies to human waste to any other substance into the river, so when the people begin to bathe in it, the Hindus get sick from all of the bacteria that's in the water, so many of the Hindus get killed from the diseases.

Hindu's believe that bathing in this river will cure illnesses and your sin's can be forgiven.

this river delta in Bengal can flood every year, some years worse than others. The area is flooded because of tropical cyclones, the monsoons and snow melt from the Himalayan mountains. The worst in 1970 killed 500,000 people with another 100,000 missing. In 1991, 138,000 people were killed and in 1998 1000 were killed and 30 million were homeless. As the area lies in a tropical wet climate, it can receive up to 120 inched of rain a year

when two people from different tribes got married they became a mixed group. also, they used their chariots to take over. lastly, they taught them their language to them.

boats in Bangladesh and west Bengal: used for transporting food agricultural plants and spices according to a website

Yes, the river Ganges has a waterfall at the source of the river!!

they take a dip in the river to spiritually enhance their current state of mind and to become one with god.

There are countless advantages of the River Nile. Though the Nile is not used as much as it was in ancient times the Aswan Dam provides irrigation and hydro electrictiy. In ancient times the Nile was used for washing clothes, transportation, irrigation, farming and the reeds that grew near the river banks, called papyrus, were used as paper for writing on.

get the hell out of here

it was never polluted

it was named after the goddess GANGA

Hindus believe that it is the goddess ganga's home on earth

because