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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 largest river of the Indian subcontinent , flowing east through

The Godavari ( Marathi : गोदावरी, Telugu : గోదావరి ) is a river that runs from western to southern India and is considered to be one of the big river basins in India. With a length of 1465 km, it is the second longest river in India (only after the Ganges

The Buriganga River ( Bangla : বুড়িগঙ্গা Buŗigônga "Old Ganges ") is the main river flowing beside Dhaka city, capital of Bangladesh . The average depth is 25 feet (7.6 m) and maximum depth is 58 feet (18 m). Contents 1 History 2 Economic significance

The Ganges River Dolphin ( Platanista gangetica gangetica ) and Indus River Dolphin ( Platanista minor minor ) are two sub-species of freshwater or river dolphins found in Bangladesh , India , Nepal and Pakistan . The Ganges River Dolphin is primarily found in the Ganges and Brahmaputra

The Ganga Canal (also, Ganges Canal ) is a canal system that irrigates the Doab region between the Ganges River and the Yamuna River in India . The canal is primarily an irrigation canal, although parts of it were also used for navigation mainly of its construction material. Separate

The Narmada ( Devanagari : नर्मदा, Gujarati : નર્મદા) is a river in central India and the fifth largest river in the Indian subcontinent . It forms the traditional boundary between North India and South India and flows westwards over a length of 1,312 km (815.2

The Brahmaputra , [ 1 ] also called Tsangpo-Brahmaputra, is a trans-boundary river and one of the major rivers of Asia . From its origin in southwestern Tibet as the Yarlung Tsangpo River , it flows across southern Tibet to break through the Himalayas in great gorges and into Arunachal

The Indo-Gangetic Plains also known as the Northern Plains and The North Indian River Plain is a large and fertile plain encompassing most of northern and eastern India , the most populous parts of Pakistan , parts of southern Nepal and virtually all of Bangladesh . The region is named

District of Uttarakhand , India, joins with the Gori Ganga at Jauljibi, which in turn joins the Saryu River at Pancheshwar. (The area around Pancheshwar is called 'Kali Kumaon '). Kalapaani is situated on the route of Kailash Manasarovar Yatra(Pilgrimage) tour and it is said that it was here

The Ghaggar-Hakra River is an intermittent River in India and Pakistan that flows only during the monsoon season. It is generally identified with the Vedic Sarasvati River by most of scholars, but it is disputed whether all Rigvedic references to the Sarasvati should be taken to refer