NEET BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Ganges river in India is more than 2, 500km long and has the most populated river basin in the world. Hundreds of millions of people and a huge range of wildlife rely on the river Ganges.

Detailed explanation-2: -The sprawling Ganga basin, an area of 860, 000 sq km spread across 11 states, is the world’s most populous river basin.

Detailed explanation-3: -As the population of the country is rising, the number of people per unit area in the Ganga-Brahmaputra basin is also rising, thus increasing the population density of the plain. Hence, we can say that the Ganga-Brahmaputra plain of India is an overpopulated region.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Ganges River carries nutrient rich sediment as it flows, depositing fertile soil along its shores. This has allowed civilizations to develop and thrive along the waterway for centuries.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Ganges Basin is a part of the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna (GBM) basin draining 1, 999, 000 square kilometres in Tibet, Nepal, India and Bangladesh. To the north, the Himalaya or lower parallel ranges beyond form the Ganges-Brahmaputra divide.