UPSC · Prelims and Mains
Indian and World Geography
← India: drainage and water resourcesThe Ganga river system
- Headwaters: Bhagirathi from Gangotri, Alaknanda from Satopanth, Devprayag and the Panch Prayag, Haridwar
- Left bank himalayan tributaries
- Yamuna: Yamunotri and Bandarpunch, Chambal, Sind, Betwa, Ken; Hindon and Tons; confluence at Prayagraj
- Son and damodar
- River avulsion and floodplain change in the northern plains
- Lower Ganga: Farakka barrage, Bhagirathi-Hooghly, Padma and Meghna in Bangladesh, Sundarbans delta
