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Ganges
(Encyclopedia)Ganges gŭngˈgä [key], river, c.1,560 mi (2,510 km) long, rising in the Gangotri glacier in the Himalayas in Uttarakhand state, India, and flowing generally southeast through NE India across a vast ...Haridwar
(Encyclopedia)Haridwar härˈdwärˌ [key], city, Uttarakhand state, N India, on the Ganges River. The head...Ghaghara
(Encyclopedia)Ghaghara gōˈgrä [key], river, major tributary of the Ganges, c.640 mi (1,030 km) long, rising in the Himalayas, SW Tibet region of China, and flowing generally S through Nepal (where it is called t...Yamuna
(Encyclopedia)Yamuna jŭmˈnə [key], river, c.850 mi (1,370 km) long, rising in the Himalayas, N India, and flowing generally SE, through the Shiwalik Range, past Delhi, to the Ganges River at Prayagraj (formerly ...Varanasi
(Encyclopedia)Varanasi bənäˈrĭz [key], city (1991 pop. 1,030,863), Uttar Pradesh state, N central India, on the Ganges River. Although a rail hub and trade center, Varanasi is chiefly important as a holy city. ...Brahmaputra
(Encyclopedia)Brahmaputra bräməpo͞oˈtrə [key] [Sanskrit,=son of Brahma], river, c.1,800 mi (2,900 km) long, rising in the Kailas range of the Himalayas, SW Tibet, China, and flowing through NE India to join wi...Bhagalpur
(Encyclopedia)Bhagalpur bäˈgəlpo͝orˈ [key], city, Bihar state, NE India, on the Ganges River. It is a district ...United Provinces , former state, India
(Encyclopedia)United Provinces, former state, N India, now almost coextensive with the modern state of Uttar Pradesh. The United Provinces embraced the plain of the Ganges, the heartland of India. This region was t...Ghazipur
(Encyclopedia)Ghazipur gäˈzēpo͝orˌ [key], town, Uttar Pradesh state, N central India, on the Ganges River. A ...Doab
(Encyclopedia)Doab dōˈăb [key], term applied in India to a tract of land between two converging rivers. The Doab, unqualified by the names of any rivers, designates the tract in Uttar Pradesh state between the G...Browse by Subject
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