A report on Ghaghara, Ganges and Chhapra

Source of Karnali River
Bhagirathi River at Gangotri.
Ghaghara River in Faizabad is also known as Sarayu river
Devprayag, confluence of Alaknanda (right) and Bhagirathi (left), and beginning of the Ganges proper.
Lake Manasarovar in Tibet near the source of the Karnali River
The Himalayan headwaters of the Ganges River in the Garhwal region of Uttarakhand, India.
Ghaghra river in Sitapur
The Gandhi Setu Bridge across the Ganges in Patna, Bihar
Karnali River in Humla, Nepal
A sailboat on the main distributory of the Ganges in Bangladesh, the Padma river.
Karnali River in Nepal
The Ganges delta in a 2020 satellite image.
Fish from Karnali River on sale in a shop at Chisapani, Kailali, Nepal
A 1908 map showing the course of the Ganges and its tributaries.
Gangetic dolphin
The River Ganges at Kolkata, with Howrah Bridge in the background
Cable-stayed bridge over the Karnali River in Chisapani, western Nepal
Lower Ganges in Lakshmipur, Bangladesh
Hardinge Bridge, Bangladesh, crosses the Ganges-Padma River. It is one of the key sites for measuring streamflow and discharge on the lower Ganges.
Chromolithograph, Indian woman floating lamps on the Ganges, by William Simpson, 1867
Descent of Ganga, painting by Raja Ravi Varma c. 1910
Preparations for cremations on the banks of the Ganges in Varanasi], 1903. The dead are being bathed, wrapped in cloth, and covered with wood. The photograph has a caption, "Who dies in the waters of the Ganges obtains heaven."]
Women and children at a bathing ghat on the Ganges in Banares (Varanasi), 1885.
Shiva, as Gangadhara, bearing the Descent of the Ganges, as the goddess Parvati, the sage Bhagiratha, and the bull Nandi look on (circa 1740).
A procession of Akharas marching over a makeshift bridge over the Ganges River. Kumbh Mela at Allahabad, 2001.
Head works of the Ganges canal in Haridwar (1860). Photograph by Samuel Bourne.
The Ganges Canal highlighted in red stretching between its headworks off the Ganges River in Haridwar and its confluences with the Jumna (Yamuna) River in Etawah and with the Ganges in Cawnpore (now Kanpur).
A girl selling plastic containers in Haridwar for carrying Ganges water.
Ganges from Space
Lesser florican (Sypheotides indicus)
The catla (Catla catla) is one of the Indian carp species that support major fisheries in the Ganges
The threatened gharial (Gavialis gangeticus) is a large fish-eating crocodilian that is harmless to humans
The Gangetic dolphin in a sketch by Whymper and P. Smit, 1894.
People bathing and washing clothes in the Ganges in Varanasi.
The Ganges at Sultanganj.

It is situated near the junction of the Ghaghara River and the Ganges River.

- Chhapra

Together they form the Ghaghara River, a major left bank tributary of the Ganges.

- Ghaghara

It flows southeast through Uttar Pradesh and Bihar states to join the Ganges downstream of the town of Chhapra, after a course of 1080 km. Sarayu river is stated to be synonymous with the modern Ghaghara river or as a tributary of it.

- Ghaghara

Then the 1156 km long Ghaghara River (Karnali River), also flowing south from the Himalayas of Tibet through Nepal joins.

- Ganges

Along the way between Allahabad and Malda, West Bengal, the Ganges river passes the towns of Chunar, Mirzapur, Varanasi, Ghazipur, Ara, Patna, Chapra, Hajipur, Mokama, Begusarai, Munger, Sahibganj, Rajmahal, Bhagalpur, Ballia, Buxar, Simaria, Sultanganj, and Farakka.

- Ganges

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