The Ganga River System

  • The Ganga River System is the largest river system in India.
  • The total area of the Ganga basin in India is 861,404 sq km which accounts for 26.3% of the geographical area of the country.
  • The Ganga basin covers over 12,500 sq km in northern India.
  • This basin is shared by Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Rajasthan and West Bengal.

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It rises from the Maikala range near the Amarkantak plateau in the Shahdol district of Madhya Pradesh.

It flows through a rift valley between the Vindhyan Range on the north and the Satpura Range on the south.

Ganga River

Ganga River originates as Bhagirathi from the Gangotri glacier, Uttarakhand, India.

Alaknanda joins it at Devaprayag.

Pindar River joins it at Karan Prayag and Mandakini or Kali Ganga at Rudra Prayag.

The combined waters of the Bhagirathi and the Alaknanda flow in the name of the Ganga, below Devprayag.

Godavari River

Godavari River is the largest peninsular river system in India.

It is held in reverence as ‘Vridha Ganga’ or ‘Dakshina Ganga’.

The river originates from Trimbakeshwar near Nasik in Maharashtra.

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