INDIAN GEOGRAPHY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Ganga Brahmaputra basin lies in the sub-tropical region that is situated between 10°N to 30°N latitudes. The tributaries of rivers Ganga and Brahmaputra together form the Ganga-Brahmaputra basin in the Indian subcontinent.

Detailed explanation-2: -It flows through the northern states on India namely Rajasthan, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, and West Bengal. As the largest densely populated basin in the world, the Ganga-Brahmaputra basin is also the highest fertile land of the sub-continent. The basin is a confluence of plains and mountains.

Detailed explanation-3: -The River Ganges emerges in the western Himalayas and flows down across northern India into Bangladesh, where it empties into the Bay of Bengal. Nearly 80% of the Ganges river basin is in India, the rest is in Nepal, China and Bangladesh.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Ganges basin is a part of the Ganges-Brahmaputra basin draining 1, 086, 000 square kilometres in Tibet, Nepal, India and Bangladesh. To the north, the Himalaya or lower parallel ranges beyond form the Ganges-Brahmaputra divide. On the west the Ganges Basin borders the Indus basin and then the Aravalli ridge.