Major tributaries of Alaknanda
- East Trisul (joins Alaknanda at Karan Prayag)
- Pindar (rises from Nanda Devi)
- Mandakini or Kali Ganga (joins Alaknanda at Rudra Prayag)
- Dhauliganga (joins Alaknanda at Vishnu Prayag)
- Bishenganga, (Kishenganga is the tributary of Jhelum)
About Ganga
- The Ganga originates as Bhagirathi from the Gangotri glacier in Uttar Kashi District of Uttarakhand at an elevation of 7,010 m.
- Alaknanda River joins Bhagirathi at Devprayag. From Devprayag the river is called as Ganga.
- Ganga debouches (emerge from a confined space into a wide, open area) from the hills into plain area at Haridwar.
- It is joined by the Yamuna at Prayagraj (Allahabad).
- Near Rajmahal Hills it turns to the south-east.
- At Farraka, it bifurcates into Bhagirathi-Hugli in West Bengal and Padma-Meghna in Bangladesh (it ceases to be known as the Ganga after Farraka).
- The total length of the Ganga river from its source to its mouth (measured along the Hugli) is 2,525 km.
Ganga-Brahmaputra Delta
- Before entering the Bay of Bengal, the Ganga, along with the Brahmaputra, forms the largest delta of the world between the Bhagirathi/Hugli and the Padma/Meghna covering an area of 58,752 sq km.
- A major part of the delta is a low-lying swamp which is flooded by marine water during high tide.
Left Bank Tributaries of Ganga
Right Bank Tributaries of Ganga
