Where is the Ganges River locaten In India??

Question

What Cities are around it?? In particular.. is Bangal one of them?

Answer 1

The Ganges River (English: /ˈgænʤiz/; Gangā /ˈgəŋgaː/ in most Indian languages) (Devanagari गंगा) is a river of northern India and Bangladesh. The river has a long history of reverence in India and is worshipped by Hindus as a goddess. Its often called the 'holy Ganga'.
The Gangotri Glacier in the Uttaranchal Himalayas is the origin of the Bhagirathi river, which joins the Alaknanda river at Devaprayag, also in the Uttaranchal Himalayas, to form the Ganga. The river then flows through the Himalayan valleys and emerges into the north Indian plain at the town of Haridwar. This section sees extensive Whitewater rafting and kayaking from September to March.

Ganges river delta, Bangladesh and IndiaThe Ganga then flows across the broad plains of north India, (called the Gangetic Plains), and forms the major river basin of that vast region. Its tributaries include the Kosi, the Gomti, the Sone, and above all the Yamuna. The Yamuna River — a major river in its own right, and nearly as endowed with the sanctity of Religious tradition and legend as the Ganga, is in fact a tributary of the Ganga; their confluence marks the site of the pilgrim town of Prayag, now known as Allahabad. Not only sites of religious significance, but also many of the most populous industrial cities of northern India lie on the banks of the Ganga, including Kanpur, Allahabad, Varanasi and Patna.

Swollen by the waters of a wide basin that draws from watersheds as diverse as the Himalayas and the Aravallis, the Ganga forms a formidable current in the stretch between Allahabad and Malda, and thereafter, a large delta. Near the town of Malda in West Bengal, it undergoes its first attrition with the branching away of the Hoogly, its first distributary. The city of Kolkata (previously Calcutta) stands on the banks of the Hoogly. The main stream of the river (known as the Padma River) then enters Bangladesh. Here, it unites with the Jamuna branch of the even larger Brahmaputra river. The combined stream then joins with the Meghna River before flowing out to sea. In the flat plains of Bangladesh, the Ganges splits almost immediately into a dense network of distributaries, all of which finally empty into the Bay of Bengal.

The region encompassing the delta near the Bay of Bengal coast is known as The Sundarbans (Beautiful Forests) — a region of thick mangrove forests, and one of the major habitats of the Royal Bengal Tiger. Two species of dolphin can be found in the Ganges, the Ganges River Dolphin and the Irrawaddy Dolphin. The Ganges is also notable in that it contains a rare species of freshwater shark, Glyphis gangeticus, about which little is known.-

Answer 2

It runs through a northern city called Haridwar and through Baranagar in eastern India.

Answer 3

A beautiful ritual, to be sure. And yet there are those who put far too much store in the "signs" that rituals produce...and conduct their actions accordingly... oft times with tragic results A delicate and questioning pen

Answer 4

It passes thru hardwar,kanpur,Allahabad.varanasi,mughalsarai,kolkata,more detail u call me on 9818550921

Answer 5

Please check the following websites:

http://www.touristplacesinindia.com/ganga-ganges/gangotri.html

http://www.earthscienceworld.org/images/search/results.html?Keyword=Ganges%20River

Answer 6

.................... ALMOST THERE ............... Benaras .........