The Ganges River flows about 1,560 miles across northern India and into Bangladesh. It starts high up in the Himalaya Mountains, where melting snow and ice feed the river. The Ganges empties into the Bay of Bengal through a giant delta, one of the largest in the world.
The Ganges is home to the Ganges river dolphin, a rare animal that is almost blind. Gharials, which look like thin-snouted crocodiles, also live in the river. Farmers use water from the Ganges to grow rice, wheat, and sugarcane in the flat plains nearby.
- The Ganges is a very important river to the people of India.
- Hindus consider it a holy river.
- Millions of people visit the city of Varanasi each year to bathe in its waters!
- About 400 million people live near the Ganges and depend on it for drinking water and farming.
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