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Ganga Basin
The Northern Plains SST Std IV
Question | Answer |
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Most important river in the Northern plains | Ganga |
States in the Ganga Basin | Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal |
Ganga Basin is spread across | Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal |
Ganga originates from | The glacier Gangotri |
In the mountains, the Ganga River is fed by | Several tributaries like Alaknanda, Mandakini, and Bhagirathi, before it enters the Northern Plains at Haridwar |
Where does the Ganga enter the Northern Plains | At Haridwar, in Uttar Pradesh |
How does the Ganga flow in the plains, fast or slow? | Slow |
Which are the tributaries of the Ganga in the plains | Gandak, Ghagra, Kosi, Gomti |
Gomti | Tributary of Ganga in the plain |
Alaknanda | Tributary of Ganga in the mountain |
Ghagra | Tributary of Ganga in the plain |
Kosi | Tributary of Ganga in the plain |
Mandakini | Tributary of Ganga in the mountain |
Bhagirathi | Tributary of Ganga in the mountain |
Gandak | Tributary of Ganga in the plain |
States through which the Ganga flows in the Northern plains | After flowing through Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, the Ganga enters the West Bengal. |
What happens to the Ganga in West Bengal? | It splits into many branches or distributaries. |
Two main branches or tributaries of the Ganga in West Bengal | Hoogly and Padma. |
City on Hoogly river | Kolkata |
How does the Hoogly flow? | The Hoogly flows through the city of Kolkata into the Bay of Bengal. |
How does the Padma flow? | The Padma enters Bangladesh. Here it joins the Jamuna, the main branch of the Brahmaputra, before entering the Bay of Bengal. |
Largest Delta in the world | The Sundarbans delta made by Ganga and Brahmaputra |
Sunderbans | The delta made by Ganga and Brahmaputra |