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{{Geobox
|River
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|name            = Ganges
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|map             = GangesValley&Plain.jpg
|map_caption         = A map showing the course of the Ganges and its tributaries
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At Pakur, the river divides itself into two distributaries, viz.- the Bhāgirathi-Hooghly and the main stream. Bhāgirathi-Hooghly in the later course forms the Hooghly River. The main stream Ganges enters Bangladesh.
Near the border with Bangladesh the Farakka Barrage controls the flow of the Ganges by diverting some of the water into a feeder canal which has link with the Hooghly river to keep it relatively silt-free.
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hindus wash in the very river (they belive they're washing away there sins) and some of them may pee there to!

==Pollution of Ganges==
There is a lot of [[pollution]] in the Ganges because everyone releases their waste into the Ganges. This causes a lot of sicknesses like [[cholera]], [[hepatitis]], [[typhoid]] and amoebic dysentery. The presence of coliform bacteria in the waters has increased well above normal. This is a major cause of water pollution. These diseases cause about a third of the deaths in [[India]] every year. That is why the government has started a multi-crore project called the Ganga Action Pla(contracted; show full){{Commonscat|Ganges River}}

[[Category:Rivers of India]]
[[Category:Rivers of Bangladesh]]

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