Ganges

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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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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

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Jangipur locatedOnRiver Ganges
Jangipur nearbyMajorRiver Ganges
Upper Ganga Canal system primaryWaterSource Ganges
this entity surface form: Ganges River
Upper Ganga Canal system usesWaterFrom Ganges
this entity surface form: Ganga River
Upper Ganga Canal system locatedOnRiver Ganges
this entity surface form: Ganges River
Ramganga River tributaryOf Ganges
Varuna River tributaryOf Ganges
Varuna River emptiesInto Ganges
Varuna River isSmallerThan Ganges
Jyotiba Phule Nagar district locatedOnRiver Ganges
this entity surface form: Ganga
Jyotiba Phule Nagar district locatedNearRiver Ganges
this entity surface form: Ganga
Budaun locatedNearRiver Ganges
Buxar locatedOn Ganges
this entity surface form: Ganges River
Buxar riverBank Ganges
this entity surface form: Ganges River
Indian skimmer distributionRegion Ganges
this entity surface form: Ganges River system
Kanwar Yatra mainRiver Ganges
this entity surface form: Ganga
Kanwar Yatra mainRiver Ganges
Haridwar Junction near Ganges
this entity surface form: Ganga River
Gurukul Kangri University locatedOnRiver Ganges
this entity surface form: Ganga River
Rishikesh locatedOnRiver Ganges
Rishikesh riverSection Ganges
this entity surface form: upper Ganges
Ganga Asnan honorsDeity Ganges
this entity surface form: Ganga
Khulna Division majorRiver Ganges
Afro-Eurasia containsRiver Ganges
Assi River flowsInto Ganges
Videha associatedRiver Ganges
Mughal Subah of Allahabad locatedOn Ganges
this entity surface form: Ganges River
Mansa Devi Temple overlooks Ganges
this entity surface form: Ganga River
Maya Devi Temple nearbyRiver Ganges
subject surface form: Maya Devi Temple, Haridwar
Chhapra locatedOnRiver Ganges
this entity surface form: Ganges River
River Monsters filmingLocationsInclude Ganges
this entity surface form: Ganges River
Narmada basin and Son–Ganga basin relatedRiver Ganges
this entity surface form: Ganga River
Mughal Subah of Bihar traversedBy Ganges
this entity surface form: Ganges River
Padma River distributaryOf Ganges
Khagaria district locatedOnRiver Ganges
this entity surface form: Ganges River
Sitabdiara locatedNear Ganges
this entity surface form: Ganga River
Patna Sahib locatedOnRiver Ganges
Munger locatedOnRiver Ganges
Munger crosses Ganges
subject surface form: Munger Ganga Bridge
Narmada Devi associatedDeity Ganges
this entity surface form: Ganga
Bithoor, near Kanpur, British India locatedOnRiver Ganges
subject surface form: Bithoor
Farrukhabad locatedOnRiver Ganges