Question
Difference between the River Indus and the River Ganga Basin.
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The Indus Basin
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The Ganga Basin
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The Indus Basin is formed by the Indus and its tributaries.
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The Ganga Basin is formed by the Ganga and its tributaries.
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It is located in the states of Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Punjab.
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It is located in Haryana, Raj as then, Uttar Pradesh, M.P., Bihar and West Bengal.
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The Indus flows over 2900km-s in length. Other important rivers of this basin are Satluj, Beas, Ravi, Chenab and Jhelum.
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The Ganga flows over 1900km-s in length. The other tributaries of the Ganga include Yamuna, Gomati, Ghaghara, Gandak, Kosi, Chambal, Betwa, Ken and Son.
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The highland (commonly known as Ambala- Saharanpur water divide) separates the Basin from the Ganga Basin. Rivers flow in this Basin from north-west to south-west.
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The Ganga basin spreads from Ambala in the north-west to the Sundarbans in the east.
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This Basin has fertile land and a dense network of canals for irrigation.
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Except in the upper portion irrigation facilities are comparatively less owing to high amount of rainfall.
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The Indus Basin is shared by Tibet, India and Pakistan.
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The Ganga Basin is shared by India and Bangladesh.
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