RIVER GANGES
Ø LENGTH : 2507km (1557
miles)
Ø BASIN WIDTH : 1,016,124 sq.km
Ø SOURCE : Himalayan Glaciers
Ø BASIN WIDTH : 1,016,124 sq.km
Ø SOURCE : Himalayan Glaciers
Ø MOUTH : India & Bangladesh (Bay of Bengal)
FACTS
• River Ganges is considered to be very pure...
• River Ganges is also worshipped as Goddess Ganga…
• Hindus believe that Ganga jal is very pure, pious and drinkable….
• River Ganges is also worshipped as Goddess Ganga…
• Hindus believe that Ganga jal is very pure, pious and drinkable….
Landforms Created…
• Floods have enriched the soil of the Ganges delta…
• The Ganges originates at the Gangotri glacier
on the Southern
slopes of Himalayas which is 14,000 feet above sea level…
slopes of Himalayas which is 14,000 feet above sea level…
• Ganga
is the home for 140 species of fish and
over 90 different
type of amphibians…
type of amphibians…
The occupations depending on the River…
The waters from Ganga and her tributaries irrigate the
fields of the millions of acres of agricultural crops which are grown along her
banks. These farms provide food for nearly one-third of the population of
India, and thus their reliance on Ganga and her tributaries in inestimable.
Pollution of River Ganges...
Bio-Diversity
• There are more than 35 fish species
•
Some of them are Hilsa (Tenualosa ilsa), Mahaseer (Tor putitora), Tiger prawns (Macrobrachium rosenbergii) and Indian trout (Raiamas bola)
• A large number of plants that naturally grow along the Ganga
are of great economic and medicinal importance for the people who live near the
river's banks.
Done by:-
Done by:-
Tholakari,
Gyani,
Himisha,
& Harshavardhan.
Gyani,
Himisha,
& Harshavardhan.
To know more about the click the links given below:-
These are the sources from which we took this information:-
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ganges#Ecology_and_environment
http://www.slideshare.net/
https://www.google.co.in/
https://www.google.co.in/search?q=the+occupations+depended+of+river+ganges&espv=2&biw=1024&bih=643&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiYtvmW25DKAhWDao4KHWwOCd4Q_AUIBigB#tbm=isch&q=the+occupations+dependent+of+river+ganges
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