Geography

Days after it suggested all District Ganga Committees to address the problem of bodies being dumped within the stream, the National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) asked uttar pradesh and bihar to submit a “detailed report” in 2 days

·        Source of origin: The Ganga rises from the Gangotri glacier close to Gomukh in Uttarkashi district of the state of Uttarakhand. Alaknanda river joins Bhagirathi at Devaprayag.

·        From Devapryag the watercourse is called as Ganga.

·        Confluence or Mouth: The Ganga watercourse drains into the Bay of bengal before forming a very large delta.

·        The Ganga watercourse system outspreads in Bharat, tibet (China), nepal and bangladesh.

·        It is that the largest river basin in india and accounts for regarding one-fourth of the overall area of the country.

·        It covers states of Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Bihar, west bengal, Uttarakhand, Jharkhand, Haryana, Chhattisgarh, Himachal Pradesh and Union Territory of delhi.

·        Ganga stream System The Ganga is created from the 6 headstreams and their 5 confluences.

·        The Alaknanda stream meets the Dhauliganga watercourse at Vishnuprayag, the Nandakini stream at Nandprayag, the Pindar stream to form the Ganga main stream.

·        The Bhagirathi, considered to be the supply stream: rises at the foot of Gangotri glacier, at Gaumukh, at an elevation of 3892m and fanning out into the 350km wide Ganga delta, it finally empties into the Bay of bengal.

·        From Devapryag the stream is named as Ganga.

·        Ganga debouches [emerge from a confined sector into a large, open sector] from the hills into the plain area at its joined by the Yamuna at Allahabad. close to Rajmahal Hills it turns to the south-east.

·        At Farraka, it bifurcates into Bhagirathi-Hugli in west bengal and Padma-Meghna in bangladesh (it ceases to be called as the Ganga after Farraka). Brahmaputra River (or the Jamuna because it is known here) joins Padma-Meghna. the entire length of the Ganga stream from its supply to its mouth (measured along the Hugli) is 2,525 km.

·        Haridwar, Kanpur, Soron, Kannauj, Allahabad, Varanasi, Patna, Ghazipur, Bhagalpur, Mirzapur, Ballia, Buxar, Saidpur, and Chunar are the vital cities. its long been considered holy by Hindus and worshipped because the deity Ganga in Hinduism.

·        Major Tributaries of the Ganga stream right bank Tributaries of the Ganga stream Yamuna stream Chambal stream Banas watercourse Sind watercourse Betwa stream Ken river Son river Damodar stream left bank Tributaries of the Ganga river Ramganga stream Gomti river Ghaghra stream Kali stream Gandak watercourse BurhiGandakKosi watercourse

 Five Prayags

1. Devaprayag, the place of confluence of Bhagirathi river and Alaknanda river.

2. Rudraprayag, the place of confluence of Mandakiniriver and Alaknanda river.

3. Nandaprayag, the place of confluence of Nandakiniriver and Alaknanda river.

4. Karnaprayag, the place of confluence of Pindar river and Alaknanda river.

5. Vishnuprayag, the place of confluence of Dhauligangariver and Alaknanda river.