Ganges River Delta Map

Ganges River Delta Map. Ganges delta, region in West Bengal state, India, and Bangladesh.An area of about 220 miles (355 km) wide along the Bay of Bengal, it is covered by the network of streams forming the mouths of the Ganges (Ganga) and Brahmaputra rivers Ganges River is a great river of the plains of the northern Indian subcontinent, which from time immemorial has been the holy river of Hinduism.


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In Bangladesh the Brahmaputra is joined by the Tista River and, from there to its junction with the Ganges, is known as the Jamuna River. The Ganges Delta is a river delta predominantly covering the Bengal region of the Indian subcontinent, consisting of Bangladesh and the Indian state of West Bengal

The delta is a network of channels, swamps, lakes, and sediments of the floodplains Ganges delta, region in West Bengal state, India, and Bangladesh.An area of about 220 miles (355 km) wide along the Bay of Bengal, it is covered by the network of streams forming the mouths of the Ganges (Ganga) and Brahmaputra rivers The Ganges Delta (also known the Ganges-Brahmaputra Delta, the Sundarbans Delta or the Bengal Delta [1]) is a river delta predominantly covering the Bengal region of the Indian subcontinent, consisting of Bangladesh and the Indian state of West Bengal.It is the world's largest river delta [2] [3] and it empties into the Bay of Bengal with the combined.

Ganges River Delta Map. Created with ArcExplorer and Adobe Illustrator, based on Natural Earth data. The Ganges Delta, formed mainly by the large, sediment-laden flows of the Ganges and Brahmaputra rivers, is the world's largest delta, at about 59,000 km2 (23,000 sq.

. This is a map of the Ganges (yellow), Brahmaputra (violet), and Meghna (green) drainage basins stretching over 2,500 kilometers from its source in the Himalayas to its delta in the Bay of Bengal.