PHYSIOGRAPHIC DIVISION OF INDIA
NORTHEN PLALNS
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Padma
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Tsangpo
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Hugli
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none of above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The major branch enters Bangladesh and is joined by the Brahmaputra. Further downstream, it is known as the Meghna. The other distributary of the Ganga, known as the Bhagirathi-Hooghly, flows southwards through the deltaic plains and also drains into the Bay of Bengal.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Hugli River is the eastern distributary of the Ganges River in West Bengal, India, rising close to Giria in Murshidabad. The river flows through the Rarh region, the lower deltaic districts of West Bengal, and eventually into the Bay of Bengal.
Detailed explanation-3: -Enlarged with the waters from its right and left bank tributaries, the Ganga flows eastwards till Farakka in West Bengal. This is the northernmost point of the Ganga delta. The river bifurcates here as the Bhagirathi-Hooghly.