Talk:Ganges River
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It's commonly, though erroneously, believed that the Sunderbans mean Beautiful Forest. Actually, the name means 'Forest of the Sundari Trees', the Sundari being a local type of tree. The word Sundari means beautiful (fem.). Gokul 07:51, Apr 26, 2004 (UTC)
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Ganges Watershed
The Ganges is a watershed. It is more or less circular. It is isn't really belt-shaped. There are hundreds of rivers involved. McDogm--64.12.116.6 13:49, 1 May 2005 (UTC) I don't know how to explain this. McDogm--172.141.51.243 06:11, 2 May 2005 (UTC)
To do: The Ganges River In South Asian Popular Culture, Proportion Of Private and Public Sector Investment In The Basin as percentages, List of Important Associated bodies of water including tributaries, major industrial settlements, expand gentrification and Major Towns and Cites/List of Provinces.--McDogm 17:05, 7 May 2005 (UTC)
Ganges And Yarlung Zangbo
The Ganges meets the Tibet River near Dhaka. It is known as the Brahmaputra. Tibet's civilization extends north to the Mongol, who are Tibetan Buddhists. It is a double river system. As the Ganges dominates South Asian thought, this double body of water could be said to extend from the Indian Ocean to Lake Baikal and farther north. Given the Mongol dominination of everything from Hokkaido to Hungary, this page is much bigger than a geography page. McDogm--64.12.116.6 13:49, 1 May 2005 (UTC)
Reverting to complete version
There was a lot of material lost over the last two and a half weeks, so I reverted to the version before that. If there was any material lost in that time, please help add it back. ~~Shiri — Talk~~ 21:55, May 17, 2005 (UTC)
Map
Is it possible to have a map here showing the source and distributaries of the Ganges river? Right now the article focuses more on the religious issues (which it definitely should discuss, given its importance) than geographic information. A map would show the start of the Ganges and its location in South Asia, and that would enhance the article a lot. Thanks. --Ragib 05:58, 19 Jun 2005 (UTC)