The Ganga River System : Easy To Learn [Geography]

The Ganga River System

The main waters of the Ganga, called the Gangotri Glacier and joined by the Alaknanda at Devaprayag in Uttaranchal. The Ganga emerges form the mountains on to the plains in Haridwar. Many tributaries from Himalayas joined the Ganga, many of them being major rivers like the Yamuna, the Ghaghara, the Gandav and the Kosi. The river Yamuna originate from the flows parallel to the Ganga. As a right bank, tributary, it meets the Ganga at Allahabad. The other three rivers i.e., The Ghaghara, the Gandak and the Kosi originate from the Nepal Himalayas. Every year these rivers brought floods in some parts of the northern plains, causing widespread damage to life and property but enrich the soil for the extensive agricultural lands.

The Chembal, the Betwa and the Son are the main tributaries, which  come from the peninsular uplands. These rise from semi arid areas. They have shorter course and don't carry much water in them.

Find out how and from where these rivers joins the Ganga. 

                   Ganga enlarged with the water from its right and left bank tributaries, flow eastwards till Farakka in West Bengal. This is the northernmost point of the Ganga delta. Here river bifurcates: the bhagirathi Hooghly (a distributary ) flows southwards through the delta plains to the Bay of Bengal. The mainstream, flows southwards into Bangladesh and joined by the Brahamputra. This stream is known as the Maghna. This biggest river with waters from the Ganga and the Brahamputra, flows into the Bay of Bengal.

These rivers formed delta known as the Sunderban delta.