ECOLOGY
ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
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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. Nearly 80% of the Ganges river basin is in India, the rest is in Nepal, China and Bangladesh.
Detailed explanation-2: -Teesta is an important trans-boundary river between both India and Bangladesh. It is a major tributary to Jamuna (Brahmaputra). Both of the countries, especially the sates of Sikkim and northern parts of West Bengal in India and North Eastern part of Rangpur depend on the water of Teesta.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Ganges originates in the Gangotri Glacier of the Himalaya, and runs through India and Bangladesh to the Bay of Bengal. The Padma enters Bangladesh at Shibganj in the district of Chapai Nababganj. The Ganges branches into two distributaries, the Hooghly and the Padma at Giria in Murshidabad district of India .
Detailed explanation-4: -Ganga is known as the Padma in Bangladesh. The Padma river joined by Jamuna river the largest tributary of Brahmaputra and then the two join and form Meghna river.