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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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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.

==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 Plan (GAP).

==History==
During the early [[Vedic Age]], the [[Indus]] and the [[Sarasvati River]] were the major rivers of the Indian subcontinent, not the Ganges. But the later three Vedas seem to give much more importance to the Ganges, as shown by its numerous references.
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[[Category:Rivers of India]]
[[Category:Rivers of Bangladesh]]

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