Ganga | Yamuna | India

• The longest river in India
• Ganga basin is the largest basin in India
• The ganga and the Brahmaputra meet and form the world's largest delta (Known as Ganges-Brahmaputra Delta or Brahmaputra Delta or Sunderbans Delta)
• Ganga also known as Ganges
• The National river of India - Ganga (declared on 4th November 2008)
• It rises from the Gangotri glacier (Near Gaimukh in Uttarakhand, Himadri) Here, it is known as the Bhagirathi
• At Devprayag (Uttarakhand), the Bhagirathi meets the Alaknanda; then after, it is known as the Ganga
• Length 2,525 km
• The Ganges passes through the states of Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, and West Bengal.
• The Ganga enters the plains at Haridwar
• The river flows into Bangladesh and finally discharges itself into the Bay of Bengal near the Sagar Island.
• After entering Bangladesh, the main branch of the Ganges is known as the Padma
• Hooghly River is a Ganges distributary that flows through India
• The Indian river with maximum number of tributaries
• The major tributaries : Yamuna, Kosi, Son, Gomati, Ghaghra

Yamuna

• The Yamuna originates from Yamunotri glacier(Himadri)
• The longest tributary of Ganga
• Two physical rivers Ganges, Yamuna and the invisible Saraswati river combined to form Triveni Sangam in Prayag (Allahabad)
• The important tributaries of the Yamuna River are Tons, Chambal, Betwa and Ken
• Known as Kalindi in later literature

Questions

1.Which among the following is India’s National river - Ganga (HSST -COMPUTER SCIENCE 2018)

2.ഭാരതത്തിന്റെ ദേശീയ നദിയായി ഗംഗയെ പ്രഖ്യാപിച്ച വർഷം - 2008 നവംബർ (LGS 2018)

3.The Delta Sunderbans is formed by deposition by the rivers __________ and ______ - Ganga and Brahmaputra (Clinical Psychologist 2018)

4.Other name of Ganga in Bengladesh - Padma (Agricultural Assistant Gr.II 2018)

5.ഗംഗ, യമുന നദികളുടെ ഉദ്ഭവസ്ഥാനം - ഹിമാദ്രി (Forest Driver 2018)

6.Ken river is a tributary of - Yamuna (Assistant Surgeon-Health Services 2018)

7.ഗംഗയുടെ പോഷകനദി - കോസി  (AYAH 2018)

8.At which place Alakananda and Bhagirathi meets and take name Ganga - Devaprayag (Civil Police Officer 2018)

9.The largest river in India - Ganga  (Ophthalmic Assistant Gr II For SC/ST 2018)

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