Holy River of India
River Ganga
Economic Activity
Location On Map
Some characteristics
Biodiversity
Presentation By Adarsh, RVS Academy IndiaEXIT
Characteristics Of River Ganges
River Ganges ,Hindi Ganga, great river of the plains of the northern
Indian subcontinent. Although officially as well as popularly called
the Ganga in Hindi and in other Indian languages, internationally it
is known by its conventional name, the Ganges. From time
immemorial it has been the holy river of Hinduism. For most of its
course it is a wide and sluggish stream, flowing through one of the
most fertile and densely populated regions in the world. Despite its
importance, its length of 1,560 miles (2,510 km) is relatively short
compared with the other great rivers of Asia or of the world.
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Economic Activity
• Yoga
Originating in ancient India, yoga holds a significance in Indian culture due to its spiritual importance which leads to a state of
peace. There are various different types of yoga, with Hatha being the version that has dominated mainstream yoga cultures.
• Annapurna Bhavani Temple
The Annapurna Bhavani Temple is dedicated to Annapurna, Often referred to Shakti. This figure of Powerful
feminity is embodied in Various ways, and often carries a cooking pot to represent her role as a provider, from
which her name is derived – Anna meaning food for Purna meaning Prosperity
• Ghats
Hundreds of Ghats punctuate the bank of the River Gange in India and these stone steps which jut out of the
side of the river bank play an important part in the Hindu religion.
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• Agriculture
Approximately two-thirds of the Bangladesh people work in agriculture, and grow crops on the fertile floodplains of the
delta. The major crops that are grown in the Ganges Delta are jute, tea, maize and rice. Fishing is also an important activity
in the delta region, with fish being a major source of food for many of the people in the area.
Jute Farming
Tea Farming
Rice Farming
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Location on Map
The 2,525 km (1,569 mi) river rises in the western Himalayas in the Indian state of
Uttarakhand, and flows south and east through the Gangetic Plain of North
India into Bangladesh, where it empties into the Bay of Bengal. It is the third largest river in
the world by discharge.
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Aquatic Biodiversity
• The Ganges River basins support more than 10% of the world’s human population. The concentration of human activities coupled
with the poor economic status of these communities has resulted in a steady degradation of the Ganges with industrial,
agricultural, and domestic pollution and the modification of flow regimes by dams, barrages, and embankments. The resulting
threats to the aquatic biodiversity populations include interrupted movements and environmental degradation; habitat
degradation from gravel mining; and pollution from human sewage and persistent chemicals and trace metals.
Ravine ecosystems are areas of continuous change. As a result of interplay of environmental factors, the development paradigm of
that time, the lack of resources to enforce the laws, the ignorance about the degree of harmful effects of some of the activities led
to the ecological parameters to deteriorate further. Therefore, it is imperative to keep a close eye on the habitat parameters and
take corrective steps as and when required.
The ultimate goal of the Aquatic Biodiversity Conservation is to achieve the NMCG (National Mission for Clean Ganga) long term
vision for Ganga River Conservation, in which viable populations of all endemic and endangered aquatic species occupy their full
historical range and fulfill their role in maintaining the integrity of the Ganga River ecosystems.
The proximate goal is to ensure that by 2020, a significant reduction of threats to the biodiversity populations of River Ganga that
are either currently endangered, or are likely to become endangered in the foreseeable future, is achieved.
In determining whether NMCG should concentrate on a few individual species or encompass the entire biodiversity of Ganga, the
array and number of conservation challenges was taken into consideration, and then conservation of few identified endemic and
endangered species course is chosen. Although individual circumstances may vary, however the threats are similar across many
species and populations, and successful resolutions for the conservation of one population can often be applied to others.
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Some Priority species identified are:
Snow trout (Schizothorax richardsonii)
Gangetic Turtle
River Dolphins
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