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The 19 pages that link to Ganges, each with the reason it gives.

• HimalayasBroader topic: Himalayan runoff carries about a billion tonnes of sediment yearly to the Gangetic plain.

• BangladeshBroader topic: Its distributaries contribute to the delta landscapes and fertile soils of southwestern Bangladesh.

• South AsiaRelated: Its basin anchors a densely populated plain shared by India and Bangladesh.

• AsiaBroader topic: Its basin sustains one of Asia’s most densely populated regions.

• MagadhaRelated: River transport linked Magadha to settlements and trade across the plain.

• PataliputraRelated: The river’s routes and fertile basin helped make the city strategically valuable.

• Ganges DeltaRelated: It supplies a principal branch and sediment source of the delta.

• Sacred geographyBroader topic: Its waters connect sacredness to bathing, ritual, pilgrimage, and the geography of a living river.

• Uttar PradeshRelated: Its basin shapes settlement, agriculture, and pilgrimage across much of Uttar Pradesh.

• Indo-Gangetic PlainRelated: Its sediment and tributaries shape the central and eastern plain.

• BiharRelated: The river shapes Bihar’s plains, agriculture, transport, and flood patterns.

• GharialRelated: Gharials historically occupied the Ganges basin, though populations are now greatly reduced.

• Farakka BarrageNarrower topic: The barrage intercepts this river's flow to supply its feeder canal.

• VaranasiRelated: Varanasi’s riverfront rituals and sacred identity center on the Ganges.

• Padma RiverNarrower topic: The Padma is the Ganges’s main distributary in Bangladesh.

• Teesta RiverCompared with: Unlike the Teesta’s route into the Brahmaputra, the Ganges follows a separate major channel through Bangladesh.

• Gangotri GlacierNarrower topic: The Bhagirathi, fed by Gangotri, is one of its principal headstreams.

• KanpurRelated: It runs through Kanpur and receives pollution from the city and its industries.

• GhagharaNarrower topic: The Ghaghara ends as a large tributary of the Ganges.