Question

write about the ganga river basin.

Answer 1

Ganga Basin. The Ganga River BasinThe Ganga basin covers over 12,500 sq. kilometers in northern India and ranks among the largest in the world indrainage basin area and length. ... Theriver has two main headwaters in the Himalayas--the Bhagirathi and the Alaknanda and others for each of its other tributaries.

According to scientific theory, the level of pollution in a river depends upon the concentration of pollutants and the discharge of the river. Both concentration and discharge are affected by hydrologic, geomorphologic, topographic and cultural factors. The rivers of the Ganga basin drain the southern slopes of the Great Himalaya and carry one of the largest sediment loads on earth. Deglaciation at the headwaters of tributaries that form the Ganga, human-instigated forms of erosion such as tree felling, farming, and construction of settlements all contribute to the river's discharge and concentrations of pollution.