Ganges Basin

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drainage basin geographical region river basin

The Ganges Basin is the vast river drainage system in northern India and neighboring countries that supports hundreds of millions of people through its fertile plains and extensive network of tributaries.

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Observed surface forms (9)

Surface form Occurrences
Ganges River basin 13
Ganges basin 12
Ganga basin 2

Statements (70)

Predicate Object
instanceOf drainage basin ⓘ
geographical region ⓘ
river basin ⓘ
area approximately 1.0 million square kilometres ⓘ
approximately 1.1 million square kilometres ⓘ
borderedBy Deccan Plateau NERFINISHED ⓘ
Himalayas NERFINISHED ⓘ
climate monsoon climate ⓘ
containsFeature Ganges Delta NERFINISHED ⓘ
Indo-Gangetic Plain NERFINISHED ⓘ
Terai region NERFINISHED ⓘ
containsProtectedArea Corbett National Park NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rajaji National Park NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sundarbans NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryShares Bangladesh NERFINISHED ⓘ
Bhutan NERFINISHED ⓘ
China NERFINISHED ⓘ
India NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nepal NERFINISHED ⓘ
culturalSignificance sacred in Hinduism ⓘ
drainedBy Ganges River NERFINISHED ⓘ
flowsInto Bay of Bengal NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasIssue flooding ⓘ
glacial melt impacts ⓘ
groundwater depletion ⓘ
sedimentation ⓘ
water pollution ⓘ
hasPart Ganges Delta NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lower Ganges Basin NERFINISHED ⓘ
Middle Ganges Basin NERFINISHED ⓘ
Upper Ganges Basin NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasTributary Betwa River NERFINISHED ⓘ
Chambal River NERFINISHED ⓘ
Damodar River NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gandak River NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ghaghara River NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gomti River NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ken River NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kosi River NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mahananda River NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ramganga River NERFINISHED ⓘ
Son River NERFINISHED ⓘ
Yamuna River NERFINISHED ⓘ
hydrologicalRegionCode Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna basin ⓘ
locatedIn Bangladesh NERFINISHED ⓘ
Bhutan NERFINISHED ⓘ
China ⓘ
India ⓘ
Nepal NERFINISHED ⓘ
South Asia ⓘ
mainRainfallSource Southwest monsoon ⓘ
majorCityInBasin Allahabad NERFINISHED ⓘ
Delhi NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kanpur NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kolkata NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lucknow NERFINISHED ⓘ
Patna NERFINISHED ⓘ
Varanasi NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Indo-Gangetic Basin NERFINISHED ⓘ
populationServed hundreds of millions of people ⓘ
over 400 million people ⓘ
supportsActivity fishing ⓘ
inland navigation ⓘ
irrigated agriculture ⓘ
rice cultivation ⓘ
wheat cultivation ⓘ
supportsEcosystem floodplain forests ⓘ
mangroves ⓘ
wetlands ⓘ
transboundary true ⓘ

Referenced by (45)

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

Arun River → drainageBasin → Ganges Basin ⓘ
Assi River → drainageBasin → Ganges Basin ⓘ
Burhi Gandak River → drainageBasin → Ganges Basin ⓘ
Gandak River → drainageBasin → Ganges Basin ⓘ
Kali Gandaki Gorge → drainageBasin → Ganges Basin ⓘ
Kauriala → drainageBasin → Ganges Basin ⓘ
Rapti River → drainageBasin → Ganges Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ganges River system
Sarda River → drainageBasin → Ganges Basin ⓘ
Tibetan Himalayas → drainageBasinOf → Ganges Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ganges River system
Arun River → formsPartOf → Ganges Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ganges River basin
Sun Koshi → formsPartOf → Ganges Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ganges River basin
Tamur River → formsPartOf → Ganges Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ganges River basin
Atlantic Ocean drainage basin → hasPart → Ganges Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ganges River basin
Narmada basin and Son–Ganga basin → hasPart → Ganges Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Son–Ganga basin
Doon Valley → hasRiver → Ganges Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ganga basin
Indian rhinoceros → historicalRange → Ganges Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ganges basin
Imja Glacier → hydrologicalBasin → Ganges Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ganges River basin
Khagaria district → locatedInBasin → Ganges Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ganges river basin
Jale → locatedInRiverBasin → Ganges Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ganges basin
Khajauli → locatedInRiverBasin → Ganges Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ganges basin
Rosera → locatedInRiverBasin → Ganges Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ganges basin
Upper Ganga Canal system → locatedInRiverBasin → Ganges Basin ⓘ
present-day Budaun → locatedNear → Ganges Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ganges basin
Sarda River → mouthOf → Ganges Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ganges river system
Notopteridae → nativeTo → Ganges Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ganges River basin
Pangasiidae → nativeTo → Ganges Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ganges River basin
Kundagrama → nearbyRiver → Ganges Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ganga basin (regional context)
Bagmati River → partOf → Ganges Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ganges River basin
Bheri River → partOf → Ganges Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ganges River basin
Bhote Koshi River → partOf → Ganges Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ganges basin
Dudh Koshi → partOf → Ganges Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ganges River basin
Ganges basin (south side) → partOf → Ganges Basin ⓘ
Parbati River → partOf → Ganges Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ganges basin
Rapti River → partOf → Ganges Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ganges basin
Sai River → partOf → Ganges Basin ⓘ
Sher River → partOf → Ganges Basin ⓘ
Dhasan River → partOfRiverSystem → Ganges Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ganges River basin
Damodar River → region → Ganges Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ganges River basin
Shramana → region → Ganges Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ganges plain
Ghazipur district → riverBasin → Ganges Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ganges basin
Gorakhpur Division → riverBasin → Ganges Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ganges River basin
Son Bridge at Dehri-on-Sone → riverBasin → Ganges Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ganges basin
Bhagirathi River → riverSystem → Ganges Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ganga basin
Jaunpur → riverSystem → Ganges Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ganges basin
Punpun → riverSystem → Ganges Basin ⓘ
subject surface form: Punpun River
this entity surface form: Ganges basin