River Ganges

River Ganges

ØLENGTH   :2506 m (1557 miles)

Ø WIDTH     :322 to 644m (200 to 400 miles)

Ø SOURCE   :Himalayan Glaciers

Ø MOUTH   :Bangladesh and Bay of Bengal

Facts :-

• Considered to be very pure.
• River  Ganges is also worshipped as Goddess Ganga…
• Hindus  believe that Ganga jal is very pure,  pious and drinkable….

Landforms created....

•Floods have enriched the soil of the Ganges delta…

•  The Ganges originates at the Gangotri glacier on the Southern slopes of Himalayas which is 14,000 feet above sea level…

• Ganga is the home for 140 species of fish and  over 90 diff. types of amphibians…

Gangotri Glacier          Agaya Ganga

                  Ganges Delta near Bangladesh….

The occupations depending…

The waters from Ganga and her tributaries irrigate the fields of the millions of acres of agricultural crops which are grown along her banks. These farms provide food for nearly one-third of the population of India, and thus their reliance on Ganga and her tributaries in inestimable.

The fisherman of river Ganga .There are many poor fishermen in Nadia, a district of West Bengal state, who earned their livelihood by fishing in the River Ganga..everyday in the morning or sometimes at noon they collect fish from the river.

Bio-Diversity

•More than 35 fish species .

• Some of them are Hilsa (Tenualosa ilsa), Mahaseer (Tor putitora), Tiger prawns (Macrobrachium rosenbergii) and Indian trout (Raiamas bola).

• A large number of plants that naturally grow along the Ganga are of great economic and medicinal importance for the people who live near the river's banks.