Hooghly River

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distributary river

The Hooghly River is a major distributary of the Ganges in eastern India that flows past Kolkata and serves as a vital waterway for transport, trade, and industry in West Bengal.

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All labels observed (13)

Label Occurrences
Hooghly River canonical 80
Hooghly 4
Bhagirathi-Hooghly 2

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf distributary ⓘ
river ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Hooghly River ⓘ
surface form: Bhagirathi-Hooghly
country India ⓘ
crossedBy Howrah Bridge ⓘ
Nivedita Setu ⓘ
Howrah Bridge ⓘ
surface form: Vidyasagar Setu

Howrah Bridge ⓘ
surface form: Vivekananda Setu
distributaryOf Ganges ⓘ
economicImportance major waterway for West Bengal ⓘ
emptiesInto Bay of Bengal ⓘ
estuary Hooghly River self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Hooghly estuary
flowsPast Belur Math ⓘ
Dakshineswar Kali Temple ⓘ
flowsThrough Bandel ⓘ
Chandannagar ⓘ
Haldia ⓘ
Howrah ⓘ
Calcutta ⓘ
surface form: Kolkata

Serampore ⓘ
Tribeni ⓘ
formedBy Farakka ⓘ
surface form: Farakka Barrage feeder canal
historicalImportance supported colonial trade of British India ⓘ
locatedIn West Bengal ⓘ
eastern India ⓘ
majorPortOn Haldia Port ⓘ
Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port, Kolkata ⓘ
surface form: Kolkata Port
mouth Bay of Bengal ⓘ
navigation navigable for large vessels up to Kolkata ⓘ
nearbyCity Haldia ⓘ
Howrah ⓘ
Calcutta ⓘ
surface form: Kolkata
partOf Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna river system ⓘ
surface form: Ganges River system
region Hooghly district ⓘ
North 24 Parganas district ⓘ
South 24 Parganas district ⓘ
religiousSignificance sacred river in Hinduism ⓘ
source Ganges ⓘ
sourceRegion Farakka ⓘ
state West Bengal ⓘ
tributary Damodar River ⓘ
Haldi River ⓘ
Rupnarayan River ⓘ
Saraswati River ⓘ
surface form: Saraswati River (West Bengal)
use fishing ⓘ
industry ⓘ
inland water transport ⓘ
irrigation ⓘ
trade ⓘ

Referenced by (96)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Calcutta → locatedOnRiver → Hooghly River ⓘ
Battle of Chandannagar → tookPlaceOn → Hooghly River ⓘ
Bengal Presidency → contains → Hooghly River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hooghly
West Bengal → traversedByRiver → Hooghly River ⓘ
Hooghly River → alsoKnownAs → Hooghly River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bhagirathi-Hooghly
Hooghly River → estuary → Hooghly River self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hooghly estuary
Victoria Memorial → near → Hooghly River ⓘ
Fort William, Kolkata → locatedOnRiver → Hooghly River ⓘ
Eden Gardens → locatedNear → Hooghly River ⓘ
Indian state of West Bengal → majorRiver → Hooghly River ⓘ
subject surface form: West Bengal
eastern India → hasMajorRiver → Hooghly River ⓘ
subject surface form: Eastern India
Howrah → locatedOnRiver → Hooghly River ⓘ
Howrah → borderedBy → Hooghly River ⓘ
Howrah Bridge → crosses → Hooghly River ⓘ
Bengal Subah → majorRiver → Hooghly River ⓘ
Barrackpore → locatedOn → Hooghly River ⓘ
Chandannagar → locatedOnRiver → Hooghly River ⓘ
Chandannagar → nearbyCity → Hooghly River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hooghly
West Bengal coast → majorRiverMouth → Hooghly River ⓘ
Dutch Bengal → mainRiver → Hooghly River ⓘ
Belur Math → locatedOn → Hooghly River ⓘ
Dakshina Kali → associatedRiver → Hooghly River ⓘ
Lothian Island Wildlife Sanctuary → nearbyWaterBody → Hooghly River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hooghly River estuarine system
Naihati → locatedOn → Hooghly River ⓘ
Halisahar → locatedOnRiver → Hooghly River ⓘ
Halisahar → hasRiverFront → Hooghly River ⓘ
Haldia → river → Hooghly River ⓘ
Haldia → locatedOn → Hooghly River ⓘ
Bally → locatedOn → Hooghly River ⓘ
Bally → riverBank → Hooghly River ⓘ
Bally → locatedOnBankOf → Hooghly River ⓘ
Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port, Kolkata → locatedOnRiver → Hooghly River ⓘ
Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port, Kolkata → waterway → Hooghly River ⓘ
Haldia Port → locatedOnRiver → Hooghly River ⓘ
Haldia Port → waterwaySystem → Hooghly River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hooghly–Bhagirathi river system
Haldia Port → navigationChannel → Hooghly River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hooghly River navigation channel
Bandel → locatedOnRiver → Hooghly River ⓘ
Tribeni → locatedOnRiver → Hooghly River ⓘ
Hooghly district → namedAfter → Hooghly River ⓘ
Hooghly district → alternativeName → Hooghly River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hooghly
Hooghly district → traversedBy → Hooghly River ⓘ
Uluberia → riverNearby → Hooghly River ⓘ
Hugli-Chuchura → locatedOnRiver → Hooghly River ⓘ
Hugli-Chuchura → hasNeighbouringSettlement → Hooghly River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hooghly
North 24 Parganas district → hasRiver → Hooghly River ⓘ
Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers → locatedOn → Hooghly River ⓘ
Titagarh → riverBankSettlement → Hooghly River ⓘ
Panihati → locatedOnRiver → Hooghly River ⓘ
Nivedita Setu → crosses → Hooghly River ⓘ
South 24 Parganas district → locatedOn → Hooghly River ⓘ