DRAINAGE OF INDIA
THE GANGA GEOGRAPHY
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Yamuna
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Ghagara
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Mahananda
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Kosi
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Tons is the longest tributary of the Yamuna River and its flows through Garhwal, the western part of the Himalayan state of Uttaranchal. The river originates at an elevation of 3900 m and join the Yamuna below Kalsi near Dehradun, Uttarakhand.
Detailed explanation-2: -Yamuna. The Yamunotri glacier, which is located on the western slopes of the Banderpunch range, is where the Ganga’s longest and most western tributary originates (6, 316 km). At Prayag, it merges with the Ganga (Allahabad).
Detailed explanation-3: -Yamuna is the main and the longest right bank tributary of river Ganga. It is a snow-fed, braided river which rises from Yamunotri glacier near Banderpoonch peak of the higher Himalaya.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Yamuna is the longest and the second largest tributary river of the Ganges (Ganga) in northern India. Originating from the Yamunotri Glacier at a height of 6, 387 metres on the south western slopes of Banderpunch peaks in the uppermost region of the Lower Himalayas in Uttarakhand . More items