Ganges

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geographical feature river sacred river

The Ganges is a major river in northern India that is considered sacred in Hinduism and supports hundreds of millions of people along its basin.

Aliases (11)

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	geographical feature → river → sacred river →
associatedFestival	Kumbh Mela →
basinCountry	Bangladesh → India →
basinSize	about 1,000,000 square kilometers →
confluenceLocation	Prayagraj →
confluenceWith	Yamuna →
conservationProgram	Namami Gange →
considered	purifying →
country	India →
culturalSignificance	national river of India →
deltaName	Sundarbans →
dischargeLocation	Bay of Bengal →
environmentalIssue	industrial waste → sewage contamination → water pollution →
flowsThrough	Bangladesh → India →
formsDeltaWith	Brahmaputra River →
hasDeityForm	Ganga →
length	about 2525 kilometers →
locatedIn	Indian subcontinent → South Asia →
majorCityOnRiver	Allahabad → Haridwar → Kolkata → Varanasi →
mentionedIn	Hindu scriptures →
mouthLocation	Bay of Bengal → Ganges Delta →
partOf	Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna river system →
religionSignificance	Hinduism →
sacredTo	Hindus →
sourceLocation	Gangotri Glacier → Uttarakhand → Western Himalayas →
supportsPopulation	hundreds of millions of people →
tributary	Gandak → Ghaghara → Kosi → Son River → Yamuna →
usedFor	cremation rites → drinking water → fishing → irrigation → pilgrimage → ritual bathing → transportation →
worshippedAs	goddess →

Referenced by (82)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Allahabad → Haridwar → Kanpur → Kanpur ("Ganga") → Kashi → Kashi Vishwanath Temple → Mirzapur ("Ganges River") → Patna → Varanasi →	locatedOnRiver
Gandaki River → Ghaghara → Gomti → Jamuna → Karnali River → Koshi River ("Ganges River") → Kosi → Son River → Yamuna →	tributaryOf
Gandaki River → Ghaghara → Jamuna → Koshi River ("Ganges River") → Kosi → Son River →	mouth
Eastern India → Northern India → South Asia → Uttar Pradesh →	hasMajorRiver
Bengal Subah → Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna river system → Mughal Subah of Awadh → West Bengal →	majorRiver
Gandaki River ("Ganges River system") → Ghaghara ("Ganges River System") → Kosi ("Ganges River system") → Son River ("Ganges river system") →	partOf
Asia → India → United Provinces →	containsRiver
Bengal → Samastipur district ("Ganges River") → West Bengal →	traversedByRiver
Jamuna River ("Ganges River") → Yamuna ("Ganges at Prayagraj") →	confluenceWith
Ghaghara → Gomti →	flowsInto
Dehradun ("Ganges River") → Doab ("Ganges River") →	locatedBetween
Namami Gange ("Ganga") → Uttarakhand →	river
Hathni Kund Barrage ("Ganges river system") → Indo-Gangetic Plain ("Ganges River system") →	riverSystem
Gangotri Glacier ("upper Ganges River system") → Himalayas ("Ganges River") →	sourceOf
Dakshin Ganga ("Ganga River") →	analogousTo
Shiva ("Ganges River") →	associatedWith
Dakshin Ganga ("Ganga") →	associatedWithDeity
Kashi Vishwanath Temple ("Ganga") →	associatedWithRiver
Ganges of the South ("Ganges River") →	comparedTo
Fountain of the Four Rivers ("Ganges River") →	depicts
Hooghly River →	distributaryOf
Indo-Gangetic Plain ("Ganges River basin") →	drainageBasin
Dakshin Ganga ("Ganga refers to the Ganges River") →	etymologyComponent
Piazza Navona →	featuresRiverPersonifications
Indo-Gangetic Plain ("Ganges River") →	formedBy
Brahmaputra →	formsConfluenceWith
Ganges ("Ganga") →	hasDeityForm
Kingdom of Kashi →	hasPrimaryRiver
Bihar →	hasRiver
Hinduism ("Ganges River") →	hasSacredGeography
Kumbh Mela →	heldAtRiver
Meghna River ("Ganges River") →	isDistributaryOf
Allahabad →	locatedAtConfluenceOf
Meerut →	locatedBetweenRivers
Arrah →	locatedNearRiver
Ghaghara →	majorTributaryOf
Bay of Bengal ("Ganges River") →	receivesRiver
Rohilkhand →	riverBasin
Patna →	riverConfluenceNearby
Doab ("Ganges River") →	riverOnEast
Hooghly River →	source
Namami Gange ("Ganga river basin") →	targetEcosystem