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.

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All labels observed (14)

Label	Occurrences
Ganges canonical	128
Ganges River	52
Ganga	23
Ganga River	13
Ganges River system	6
Ganges river system	4
Ganga refers to the Ganges River	1
Ganga river	1
Ganga river basin	1
Ganges River System	1
Ganges River basin	1
Ganges at Prayagraj	1
upper Ganges	1
upper Ganges River system	1

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	geographical feature ⓘ river ⓘ sacred river ⓘ
associatedFestival	Kumbh Mela ⓘ
basinCountry	People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan) ⓘ surface form: Bangladesh India ⓘ
basinSize	about 1,000,000 square kilometers ⓘ
confluenceLocation	Allahabad ⓘ surface form: 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	People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan) ⓘ surface form: Bangladesh India ⓘ
formsDeltaWith	Brahmaputra ⓘ surface form: Brahmaputra River
hasDeityForm	Ganges self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Ganga
length	about 2525 kilometers ⓘ
locatedIn	South Asia ⓘ surface form: Indian subcontinent South Asia ⓘ
majorCityOnRiver	Allahabad ⓘ Haridwar ⓘ Calcutta ⓘ surface form: Kolkata Varanasi ⓘ
mentionedIn	Hindu scriptures ⓘ
mouthLocation	Bay of Bengal ⓘ Bay of Bengal ⓘ surface form: Ganges Delta
partOf	Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna river system ⓘ
religionSignificance	Hinduism ⓘ
sacredTo	Hinduism ⓘ surface form: Hindus
sourceLocation	Gangotri Glacier ⓘ Uttarakhand ⓘ Himalayas ⓘ surface form: Western Himalayas
supportsPopulation	hundreds of millions of people ⓘ
tributary	Ghaghara ⓘ surface form: Gandak Ghaghara ⓘ Kosi ⓘ Son River ⓘ Yamuna ⓘ
usedFor	cremation rites ⓘ drinking water ⓘ fishing ⓘ irrigation ⓘ pilgrimage ⓘ ritual bathing ⓘ transportation ⓘ
worshippedAs	goddess ⓘ

Referenced by (234)

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

India → containsRiver → Ganges ⓘ

Asia → containsRiver → Ganges ⓘ

Hinduism → hasSacredGeography → Ganges ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ganges River

Ganges → hasDeityForm → Ganges self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ganga

Bengal → traversedByRiver → Ganges ⓘ

United Provinces → containsRiver → Ganges ⓘ

Himalayas → sourceOf → Ganges ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ganges River

South Asia → hasMajorRiver → Ganges ⓘ

Yamuna → tributaryOf → Ganges ⓘ

Yamuna → confluenceWith → Ganges ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ganges at Prayagraj

Brahmaputra → formsConfluenceWith → Ganges ⓘ

northern India → hasMajorRiver → Ganges ⓘ

subject surface form: Northern India

Uttar Pradesh → hasMajorRiver → Ganges ⓘ

Bay of Bengal → receivesRiver → Ganges ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ganges River

Shiva → associatedWith → Ganges ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ganges River

Kanpur → locatedOnRiver → Ganges ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ganga

Meerut → locatedBetweenRivers → Ganges ⓘ

Kashi → locatedOnRiver → Ganges ⓘ

Gangotri Glacier → sourceOf → Ganges ⓘ

this entity surface form: upper Ganges River system

Kumbh Mela → heldAtRiver → Ganges ⓘ

Arrah → locatedNearRiver → Ganges ⓘ

Piazza Navona → featuresRiverPersonifications → Ganges ⓘ

Varanasi → locatedOnRiver → Ganges ⓘ

Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna river system → majorRiver → Ganges ⓘ

Ghaghara → tributaryOf → Ganges ⓘ

Ghaghara → majorTributaryOf → Ganges ⓘ

Ghaghara → mouth → Ganges ⓘ

Ghaghara → partOf → Ganges ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ganges River System

Ghaghara → flowsInto → Ganges ⓘ

Kosi → tributaryOf → Ganges ⓘ

Kosi → mouth → Ganges ⓘ

Kosi → partOf → Ganges ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ganges River system

Allahabad → locatedOnRiver → Ganges ⓘ

Allahabad → locatedAtConfluenceOf → Ganges ⓘ

Namami Gange → river → Ganges ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ganga

Namami Gange → targetEcosystem → Ganges ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ganga river basin

Mirzapur → locatedOnRiver → Ganges ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ganges River

West Bengal → traversedByRiver → Ganges ⓘ

Hooghly River → distributaryOf → Ganges ⓘ

Hooghly River → source → Ganges ⓘ

Indian state of West Bengal → majorRiver → Ganges ⓘ

subject surface form: West Bengal

eastern India → hasMajorRiver → Ganges ⓘ

subject surface form: Eastern India

Uttarakhand → river → Ganges ⓘ

Meghna → isDistributaryOf → Ganges ⓘ

subject surface form: Meghna River

this entity surface form: Ganges River

Indo-Gangetic Plain → formedBy → Ganges ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ganges River

Indo-Gangetic Plain → drainageBasin → Ganges ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ganges River basin

Indo-Gangetic Plain → riverSystem → Ganges ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ganges River system

Hathni Kund Barrage → riverSystem → Ganges ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ganges river system

Rohilkhand → riverBasin → Ganges ⓘ