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Ganges
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|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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|image_caption        = The Ganges in [[Haridwar]]
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The '''Ganges''' (English pronunciation: /ˈɡændʒiːz/ GAN-jeez; Sanskrit: गङ्गा Hindi: गंगा Urdu: گنگا Ganga IPA: [ˈɡəŋɡaː]  ( listen); Bengali: গঙ্গা Gônga), is the second largest river on the Indian subcontinent by discharge. Ganges [[river]] is named after a Hindu goddess called Ganga. Geographists to Historians and Mythologists regard Ganges as the heart of Indian culture, tradition and living.

==Geography==

The government declared that the Ganges river between Allahabad and Haldia is National-Waterway No.1. The river has many industrial towns like Patliputra, Kannauj, Kara, Allahabad, Murshidabad, Baharampur and Kolkata on its banks. The Ganges Basin drains 1,000,000-square-kilometre (390,000 sq mi) and supports one of the world's highest densities of humans. The average depth of the river is 52 feet (17 m), and the maximum depth, 100 feet (33 m).hyt6nhj 745njf6u7 4juortghp8lo0906.;pm,lo99999999999999999999

==Course==
The river starts from a glacier called Gangotri Glacier, which is in the Garhwal region in Himalayas. The Ganges flows through north India, and ends at the [[Bay of Bengal]] in eastern India. Overall it flows 3,877&nbsp;km making it one of the longest rivers in the world. Its watershed is 907,000&nbsp;km² broad. The major rivers which flow into the Ganges are [[Brahmaputra River]], Gomti, Kosi river, Gandak, Ghaghra river, Yamuna river and Son river.
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[[Category:Rivers of India]]
[[Category:Rivers of Bangladesh]]

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