THE GANGA(India)
The Ganges is the Primary River which merges in Ganges Delta at Bay of Bengal, the Hooghly and Padma are the small rivers which join to Ganges. Originates in Gangotri Glaciet and many cities have been located on its banks.
 The Ganga Length: 2,620 km Outflow: Bay of Bengal Countries: India, Bangladesh, Nepal, China |
Ganga is a river where the soul of India thrived for eons and still lives! It is river that gives life to millions of Indians and it is a river where devotees prefer to take their last breath hoping to wash off all sins they committed.
SOME FACTS ABOUT GANGA
- Ganga is the home for 140 different species of fish and 90 different species of amphibians, many of which are near extinction today.
- Ganga is also the home for fresh water dolphins and Ganges sharks, both of which are endangered species with Ganges shark being critically endangered.
- River Ganga supports many bird species that are uniquely found in India. They don’t live anywhere else in world.
- New Delhi-based Malaria Research Center found that water taken from Ganga’s upper ambits prevent mosquito breeding and also prevented mosquito breeding when the water was added to any other water from other sources!
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THE VILYUY
The Vilyuy River completely flows in Russia and merge to the ocean at Lena, it drains in 454,000 square km of area and discharge water of 1,480 cubic meters per second.This river is also known as Viliui.
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| The Vilyuy Length: 2,650 km Outflow: Lena Countries: Russia |
THE TSANGPO
The Tsangpo River merges to Brahmaputra River, originates in Chemayungdung Glacier in Himalayas in Tibet, the both rivers discharge volume is 19,300 m3/s and drainage area of 1,730,000 square km.
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| The Tsangpo Length: 2,948 km Outflow: Ganges Countries: India (58.0%), China (19.7%), Nepal (9.0%), Bangladesh (6.6%), Disputed India/China (4.2%), Bhutan (2.4%) |
While early speculation that China planned to dam and divert the waters of the Brahmaputra to its parched north appear unfounded, China has been building the Zangmu Hydropower Station on the main stream of the middle reaches of Brahmaputra, the first of a series of five dams planned. The installed capacity of the Zangmu Water Power Station will be 510 MW. The project is located in Lhokha (Shannan) Prefecture of Tibet Autonomous Region about 140 km southeast from Lhasa. On November 12, 2010, the builders of the Zangmu Hydropower Station announced the successful damming of the river. Huaneng, China's top power company, is backing the financing of the project and, Gezhouba, one of China's biggest dam construction companies, will build the project. Those living downstream, including India and Bangladesh, will likely be greatly impacted.(see more at)
INDUS
Indus river flow about 93% in Pakistan, originates in Tibet and Northern India, it flow trough cities including Karachi, Peshawar, Rawalpindi, Gilgit, Jamshoro, Thatta, Attock, Mithankot.
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| Indus Length: 3,180 km Outflow: Arabian Sea Countries: Pakistan (93%), India, China |
The upper Indus, fed by snow and glacial meltwater from the Karakorum, Hindu Kush, and Himalayan mts., flows through deep gorges and scenic valleys. The turbulence of its rushing waters makes it unsuitable for navigation.
In Pakistan the Indus is extensively used for irrigation and hydroelectric-power generation. The Jinnah, Sukker, and Kotri barrages feed the main Indus canals in W Punjab and Sind. The irrigated plain is Pakistan's most densely populated region and its main agricultural area; wheat, corn, rice, millet, dates, and fruits are the chief crops.
The lower Indus is navigable for small boats but is little used for transportation, at least since the development of railroads. The extensive use of the Indus's waters for irrigation has greatly reduced the flow of freshwater in the lower Indus, leading to the encroachment of saltwater up the lower river and the loss to the Sind of millions of acres of surrounding farmland to the sea or salt and of hundreds of thousands of acres of ecologically important mangrove swamp.
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