Water Pollution Control – A Guide to the Use of Water Quality Management.
There is a universal reverence to water in almost all of the major religions of the world.
However, the river is not just a legend, it is also a life-support system for the people of About 47 per cent of the total irrigated area in India is located in the Ganga basin alone.
The Ganga rises on the southern slopes of the Himalayan ranges (Figure I.1) from the Gangotri glacier at 4,000 m above mean sea level.
It flows swiftly for 250 km in the mountains, descending steeply to an elevation of 288 m above mean sea level.
In the form the Ganga.
After entering the plains at Hardiwar, it winds its way to the Bay of Bengal, covering 2,500 km through the provinces of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and West This preview has intentionally blurred sections.
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The Ganga receives over 60 per cent of its