GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Detailed explanation-1: -Various tributaries joining Bhagirathi are Kedar Ganga at Gangotri, Jadh Ganga at Bhaironghati, kakora Gad and Jalandhari Gad near Harshil, Siyan Gad near Jhala, Asi Ganga near Uttarkashi and Bhilangna River near Old Tehri.

Detailed explanation-2: -The major tributaries-the Kuwana, the Rapti, and the Little Gandak rivers-all flow into the Ghaghara from the mountains to the north. Together with the Ganges and its tributaries, it has helped form the vast alluvial plain of northern Uttar Pradesh.

Detailed explanation-3: -When Ganga descended, Bhagiratha took her through the mountains, foothills, the plains of India, and to the sea where she liberated the sixty thousand sons of King Sagara. Due to Bhagiratha’s role in the descent of the Ganges, the source stream came to be known as Bhagirathi.

Detailed explanation-4: -Some of the tributaries of the Ganga are Yamuna, Ghaghra, Son, Chambal and Kosi.

Detailed explanation-5: -Major tributaries of ganga 1. Left tributaries-Brahmaputra, burhi gandak, koshi, mahananda, ramganga, garra, gomti, gandak, ghaghara. 2. Right tributaries-Yamuna, rupnarayan, tamsa, sone, karamnasa, punpun, flagu, kiul, chandan, ajoy, damodar.