WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Ganges or Ganga is a trans-boundary river of Asia which flows through India and Bangladesh. The 2, 525 km river rises in the western Himalayas in the Indian state of Uttarakhand, and flows south and east through the Gangetic plain of North India into Bangladesh, where it empties into the Bay of Bengal.

Detailed explanation-2: -A number of large rivers-the Mahanadi, Godavari, Krishna, and Kaveri (Cauvery) on the west and the Ganges (Ganga) and Brahmaputra on the north-flow into the Bay of Bengal.

Detailed explanation-3: -River Ganga flows through both India and Bangladesh.

Detailed explanation-4: -India’s longest river, the Ganges flows eastward from its source in the snow-capped western Himalayas across the plains of northern India until it empties into the Bay of Bengal.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Ganga river mainly passes through the states of Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, and West Bengal. Then it goes across the Indian border into Bangladesh where it merges with the Brahmaputra.