Ganges Basin

E638749

The Ganges Basin is the vast river drainage system in northern India and neighboring countries that supports hundreds of millions of people through its fertile plains and extensive network of tributaries.

All labels observed (25)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (70)

Predicate Object
instanceOf drainage basin ⓘ
geographical region ⓘ
river basin ⓘ
area approximately 1.0 million square kilometres ⓘ
approximately 1.1 million square kilometres ⓘ
borderedBy Deccan Plateau ⓘ
Himalayas ⓘ
climate monsoon climate ⓘ
containsFeature Ganges Delta ⓘ
Indo-Gangetic Plain ⓘ
Terai region ⓘ
linked to: Terai
containsProtectedArea Corbett National Park ⓘ
Rajaji National Park ⓘ
Sundarbans ⓘ
countryShares Bangladesh ⓘ
Bhutan ⓘ
China ⓘ
India ⓘ
Nepal ⓘ
culturalSignificance sacred in Hinduism ⓘ
drainedBy Ganges River ⓘ
linked to: Ganges
flowsInto Bay of Bengal ⓘ
hasIssue flooding ⓘ
glacial melt impacts ⓘ
groundwater depletion ⓘ
sedimentation ⓘ
water pollution ⓘ
hasPart Ganges Delta ⓘ
Lower Ganges Basin ⓘ
linked to: Ganges Basin

Middle Ganges Basin ⓘ
linked to: Ganges Basin

Upper Ganges Basin ⓘ
linked to: Ganges Basin
hasTributary Betwa River ⓘ
Chambal River ⓘ
Damodar River ⓘ
Gandak River ⓘ
Ghaghara River ⓘ
linked to: Ghaghra River

Gomti River ⓘ
linked to: Gomti

Ken River ⓘ
Kosi River ⓘ
linked to: Kosi

Mahananda River ⓘ
Ramganga River ⓘ
Son River ⓘ
Yamuna River ⓘ
linked to: Yamuna
hydrologicalRegionCode Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna basin ⓘ
locatedIn Bangladesh ⓘ
Bhutan ⓘ
China ⓘ
India ⓘ
Nepal ⓘ
South Asia ⓘ
mainRainfallSource Southwest monsoon ⓘ
majorCityInBasin Allahabad ⓘ
Delhi ⓘ
Kanpur ⓘ
Kolkata ⓘ
linked to: Calcutta

Lucknow ⓘ
Patna ⓘ
Varanasi ⓘ
partOf Indo-Gangetic Basin ⓘ
linked to: Indo-Gangetic Plain
populationServed hundreds of millions of people ⓘ
over 400 million people ⓘ
supportsActivity fishing ⓘ
inland navigation ⓘ
irrigated agriculture ⓘ
rice cultivation ⓘ
wheat cultivation ⓘ
supportsEcosystem floodplain forests ⓘ
mangroves ⓘ
wetlands ⓘ
transboundary true ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (131)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kauriala → drainageBasin → Ganges Basin ⓘ
Sarda River → mouthOf → Ganges river system ⓘ
linked to: Ganges Basin
Sarda River → drainageBasin → Ganges Basin ⓘ
Rapti River → partOf → Ganges basin ⓘ
linked to: Ganges Basin
Rapti River → drainageBasin → Ganges River system ⓘ
linked to: Ganges Basin
present-day Budaun → locatedNear → Ganges basin ⓘ
linked to: Ganges Basin
Indian rhinoceros → historicalRange → Ganges basin ⓘ
linked to: Ganges Basin
Gorakhpur Division → riverBasin → Ganges River basin ⓘ
linked to: Ganges Basin
Ganges basin (south side) → partOf → Ganges Basin ⓘ
Bagmati River → partOf → Ganges River basin ⓘ
linked to: Ganges Basin
Tibetan Himalayas → drainageBasinOf → Ganges River system ⓘ
linked to: Ganges Basin
Bhagirathi River → riverSystem → Ganga basin ⓘ
linked to: Ganges Basin
Imja Glacier → hydrologicalBasin → Ganges River basin ⓘ
linked to: Ganges Basin
Pangasiidae → nativeTo → Ganges River basin ⓘ
linked to: Ganges Basin
Bhote Koshi River → partOf → Ganges basin ⓘ
linked to: Ganges Basin
Damodar River → region → Ganges River basin ⓘ
linked to: Ganges Basin
Khajauli → locatedInRiverBasin → Ganges basin ⓘ
linked to: Ganges Basin
Assi River → drainageBasin → Ganges Basin ⓘ
Arun River → formsPartOf → Ganges River basin ⓘ
linked to: Ganges Basin
Arun River → drainageBasin → Ganges Basin ⓘ
Shramana → region → Ganges plain ⓘ
linked to: Ganges Basin
Kundagrama → nearbyRiver → Ganga basin (regional context) ⓘ
linked to: Ganges Basin
Notopteridae → nativeTo → Ganges River basin ⓘ
linked to: Ganges Basin
Jale → locatedInRiverBasin → Ganges basin ⓘ
linked to: Ganges Basin
Tamur River → formsPartOf → Ganges River basin ⓘ
linked to: Ganges Basin
Narmada basin and Son–Ganga basin → hasPart → Son–Ganga basin ⓘ
linked to: Ganges Basin
Khagaria district → locatedInBasin → Ganges river basin ⓘ
linked to: Ganges Basin
Rosera → locatedInRiverBasin → Ganges basin ⓘ
linked to: Ganges Basin
Burhi Gandak River → drainageBasin → Ganges Basin ⓘ
Ghazipur district → riverBasin → Ganges basin ⓘ
linked to: Ganges Basin
Doon Valley → hasRiver → Ganga basin ⓘ
linked to: Ganges Basin
Jaunpur → riverSystem → Ganges basin ⓘ
linked to: Ganges Basin
Gandak River → drainageBasin → Ganges Basin ⓘ
Atlantic Ocean drainage basin → hasPart → Ganges River basin ⓘ
linked to: Ganges Basin
Sai River → partOf → Ganges Basin ⓘ
Dudh Koshi → partOf → Ganges River basin ⓘ
linked to: Ganges Basin
Dhasan River → partOfRiverSystem → Ganges River basin ⓘ
linked to: Ganges Basin
Punpun River → riverSystem → Ganges basin ⓘ
subject linked to: Punpun
linked to: Ganges Basin
Son Bridge at Dehri-on-Sone → riverBasin → Ganges basin ⓘ
linked to: Ganges Basin
Sun Koshi → formsPartOf → Ganges River basin ⓘ
linked to: Ganges Basin
Kali Gandaki Gorge → drainageBasin → Ganges Basin ⓘ
Bheri River → partOf → Ganges River basin ⓘ
linked to: Ganges Basin
Sher River → partOf → Ganges Basin ⓘ
Parbati River → partOf → Ganges basin ⓘ
linked to: Ganges Basin
Dudhi River → partOf → Ganges river basin ⓘ
linked to: Ganges Basin
Mahajanapada period → location → Ganga valley ⓘ
linked to: Ganges Basin
Pindar River → riverSystem → Ganges Basin ⓘ
Tamakoshi River → contributesTo → Ganges River basin ⓘ
linked to: Ganges Basin
Son River plain → partOf → Ganges basin ⓘ
linked to: Ganges Basin