INDIAN GEOGRAPHY

Detailed explanation-1: -Ganges river dolphins once lived in the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna and Karnaphuli-Sangu river systems of Nepal, India, and Bangladesh. But the species is extinct from most of its early distribution ranges. The Ganges river dolphin can only live in freshwater and is essentially blind.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Ganges river dolphin-known locally as susu, which refers to the noise the dolphin is said to make when it breathes-inhabits parts of the Ganges, Meghna, and Brahmaputra river systems in India, Nepal, and Bangladesh.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Ganges river dolphin-or susu (Platanista gangetica), a nearly sightless cetacean with highly developed sonar capabilities-can be found throughout the Ganges-Brahmaputra basin, but it is considered endangered because of encroaching human activity.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Ganges and its river basin support lots of wonderful wildlife, particularly river dolphins, otters, freshwater turtles and gharials (small bulbous-nosed crocodiles).

Detailed explanation-5: -As the name goes, the Ganges Dolphin are endemic to the river Ganga. Ganges River Dolphin along with the Indus River Dolphin is the sub-species of the South Asian River Dolphin.