DRAINAGE OF INDIA
INDIAN DRAINAGE
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THE MONT BLANC
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THE PIRINIS
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THE HIMALAYA
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Detailed explanation-1: -The River Ganges emerges in the western Himalayas and flows down across northern India into Bangladesh, where it empties into the Bay of Bengal.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Indus River originates in the Himalayas and flows to the western side.
Detailed explanation-3: -After flowing 250 km through its narrow Himalayan valley, the Ganges emerges from the mountains at Rishikesh, then debouches onto the Gangetic Plain at the pilgrimage town of Haridwar.
Detailed explanation-4: -The headwaters of the Ganges River begin high in the Himalayan Mountains where the Bhagirathi River flows out of the Gangotri Glacier in India’s Uttarakhand state. The glacier sits at an elevation of 12, 769 feet (3, 892 m). The Ganges River proper begins farther downstream where the Bhagirathi and Alaknanda rivers join.