THE GANGES RIVER.

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The Ganges
The national basin	An Độ va Bangladesh
The length	2510 km (1560 miles)
High river levels	0 m
Traffic average	12,015 m³ / s (424,305 ft ³ / s)
Area of basin	907.000 km² (350.344 mi²)
Upstream	Gangotri glacier
Estuaries	Vinh Bengal

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Table of Contents [ An ] A flow 2 The importance of economic 3 The importance of religion 4 Ganges River today 5 See also

[ shua ] Dong Chay

Ganga is formed by two rivers upstream as the river Bhagirathi and Alaknanda River in the Mountains Himalayan state of Uttaranchal in India. Water sources are usually people admitted as Bhagirathi , a river that originates from a band at the height of 4,000 m and the smaller rivers in two tributaries of the Ganges. Alaknanda river originates from the area under the peak Nanda Devi (7817 m/25.646 ft) near the border with Tibet . Formed from ice melting snow from places like Gangotri and the peaks like Nanda Devi and Kamet (m/25.446 7756 ft), two tributaries which flow south through the Haymalaya to the convergence of our to form the Ganges. After running over 200 km (125 miles), the Ganges to the city of Haridwar (310 m/1.020 ft elevation), where it split along the Siwalik Mountains and starts flowing towards east-south generally by Delta Hang . At Haridwar, a dam was to divert water upstream of the Ganges Canal. Between Haridwar and Allahabad , a distance of nearly 800 km (500 miles), the Ganges in a zigzag line and could not be circulated by boat and by many shallow rapids. At Allahabad , the Ganges was the Yamuna flowing from Southwest to enter, then Ganges flows east through the city of Mirzapur , Varanasi , Patna , and Bhagalpur near the border with Bangladesh . At this stage, the Ganges also get water pouring in from the Son River to the south, the river Gumti , Ghaghra river , the river Gandak , and Kosi rivers from the north. Through Bhagalpur , the river runs around the hills Rajmahal Bangladesh border. Here, through the south is the Ganges Delta , the Allahabad about 900 km upstream, and the Bay of Bengal 450 km downstream. Nearly Pakaur, India, the Ganges ramification. Branch Bhagirathi flows south to form the river Hugli , the west branch of the delta, as well as the main shipping channel of the Plains region. The ship can run on Hugli river Ganges from the Bay of Bengal to the city of Kolkata is located about 130 river miles upstream. From the mid-1970s, India has diverted water into the river Hugli or siltation to improve transportation to Kolkata but this has led to disputes over water use rights with neighboring Bangladesh.
The main river Ganges flowing through Bangladesh , where it is called the Padma River . Ganga has created many tributaries form a network of waterways as well as creating one large deltas and fertile in the world. Mainstream of the Ganga continues to flow southward and receives water from the river Brahmaputra is poured on and so on from the Meghna River (the name from this passage it is called) before emptying into the Bay of Bengal . In the Bay of Bengal, Meghna estuary is 30 km wide. Annual flow of the Ganges water just behind the Amazon and Congo rivers . Because every river carries in its large sediment delta region as it makes a further expansion to the Gulf.

[ edit ] The importance of economic

Ganges basin is the most populous region, the largest agricultural producers and the largest in India. In Asia , only the U.S. Northern Plains of China's population density is similar in this basin. In the western part of the Ganges delta, the river water supply and a system of canals with the main arterial channels Channel Upstream Ganges and Lower Ganges Canal . The staple food and cash crops cultivation and harvesting in this area are: rice , sugar , lentils , oilseeds , potatoes and wheat . Almost all of the Ganges River delta area has been reclaimed most trees and grass to serve agriculture . Typically, both sides of the river Ganges with wetlands and lakes. In areas of marsh and pond areas, people grow vegetables, rice, pepper , mustard, sesame (Sesame) and Plants of jute . Some forest areas are mangroves and crocodiles live. Because the water from the Ganges-capped peaks of ice snow , its water level remains high throughout the year and the river is still used as irrigation and even hot dry season from April to June. Summer rainy season, rainfall can cause floods raging, especially in the Delta.

[ edit ] The importance of religion

Pilgrims bathing in the Ganges

Ethnic Hindu , majority ethnic populations of India, the Ganges is considered a sacred river: Ganga was the daughter of the mountain god Himavan or Himalaya. According to Hindu belief, bathing in the Ganges River is considered to be washed from sin, and rivers are widely used in cult ceremonies. Ganges water to drink before they die as a Hindu auspicious and many asked to be cremated along the Ganges and their lack of ash spread up the river. Hindu pilgrims on a pilgrimage to the holy city of Varanasi , where the religious ceremonies used to be conducted; Haridwar revered because it is where the Ganges leaves the Himalayas , while Allahabad , where the Saraswati River is legendary believed to be flowing into the Ganges. Every 12 years, a festival Purna Kumbha (Full Vac) was held in Haridwar and Allahabad in the festival which millions of people come to bathe in the Ganges. Pilgrims also to other sacred sites near the upper Ganges, including the Temple Mount under ice Gangotri .

[ shua ] Song Hang ngày nay

Since the 1950s, population and industry industry along the river Ganges and Hugli has rapidly developed and industrial waste water and population have been poured into the river with huge numbers. In addition, because of the importance of religion of the Ganges, Hindus usually cremated and sprinkle both sides of the river and coal ash into the river, this is usually done in Varanasi . All these things have come together to cause water pollution the Ganges to bathe and drink at the river Ganges is becoming dangerous. In 1986, the Indian government launched a Ganga Action Plan , a program to reduce pollution to the river Ganges in 40 cities in the states of Uttar Pradesh , Bihar and West Bengal . Under this plan, waste water is passed through the block treatment plants. The electric furnace was also built and the two river area was redeveloped. After a century of implementing this Action Plan, Ganga pollution levels have been reduced somewhat.END=VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY BACH LIEN HOA.( TAM THANH ).NAM MO SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).12/2/2012.