Question

Name the major distributaries of river Ganga

Answer 1

garai river,gorai-madhumati river,hooghly river,meghna river and padma river

Answer 2

The Ganga River originates in Gangotri glacier in the Himalaya mountains of Uttrakhand and passes to Bangladesh where it is emptied into the Bay of Bengal. So it has various distributaries which are as :  

Brahmaputra River

Gorai-Madhumati River

Khowai River

Kushiyara River

Meghna River

Pasur River

Surma River

Surma-Meghna River System

Hoogly River

Padma River

Jamuna River in Bangladesh and is largest distributary of Ganga.