Answer the following questions in not more than 125 words.Suppose you are travelling from Haridwar to Siliguri along the foothills of the Himalayas. Name the important rivers you will come across. Describe the characteristics of any one of them.

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The rivers that we might come across are Ganga and its left bank tributaries: Sarda, Rapti, Gandak, SaptKosi.

Ganga is the major river here.

• It’s source is the Gangotri glacier, where it starts as Bhagirathi. At Devprayag, it meets Alaknanda, and together they form Ganga.

• Ganga enters the plains at Haridwar.

• The river has a length of 2525km.

• The river meets the Bay of Bengal, and forms a delta at its mouth.