River
Ganges
Supports one of the densest populations of any river basin on Earth, and carries a correspondingly severe pollution load alongside profound religious significance.
Key facts
- Length
- approximately 2,525 km
- Basin population
- over 400 million
- Basin area
- approximately 1.09 million km²
Relationships
- Located in: India
Related intelligence
Sources
- World Wildlife Fund / McGill University — HydroSHEDS / HydroRIVERS / HydroLAKES / HydroBASINS. Open — attribution required · CC BY 4.0
- Global Water System Project — Global Reservoir and Dam Database. Open — attribution required · CC BY 4.0
- Peer-reviewed scientific literature — Open-access hydrology, water chemistry and water use research. Public but restricted · Publisher terms — public access, reuse not clearly granted