Question

Which is the largest tributary of the ganga?
(A) Godavari
(B) Gandak
(C) Mahanadi
(D) Yamuna

Answer 1

Hint: Rivers are large and flowing water by nature that travels across land and into the sea. The major river system of India on the basis of drainage- broadly divided into peninsular river system and Himalayan river system. The ganga is a major river of the Indian subcontinent originating in the Himalaya mountain and flowing about km. tributary refers to a small river that flows into a large river.

Complete step by step solution
The headwater of ganga is known as ‘Bhagirathi’, which is victualed by the gangotri glacier and connected by the alaknanda at devprayag in uttarakhand. At Haridwar, the ganga comes out from the mountains onto the plains. There are three divisions of ganga plains, upper ganga, middle ganga, lower ganga.

Major tributaries of ganga
1. Left tributaries- Brahmaputra, burhi gandak, koshi, mahananda, ramganga, garra, gomti, gandak, ghaghara.
2. Right tributaries- Yamuna, rupnarayan, tamsa, sone, karamnasa, punpun, flagu, kiul, chandan, ajoy, damodar.

Main Distributaries of ganga
1. Gorai
2. Gorai madhumati
3. Hooghly
4. Meghna
5. Padma
The Yamuna tributary is the longest and also second largest tributary river of Ganges in north India. It originates from the Yamunotri glacier at a height of about meters. It travels a total length of about kilometers. Before joining with the Ganges at Triveni sangam, Allahabad, the site for the kumbh mela every twelve years.

Thus the option (D) is correct

Note: Ganges river is often known as holy river. Average depth of Ganges river is feet. Main river valley projects on the river ganga are bansagar dam, tehri dam, farakka dam. Water pollution of Ganges river caused by disposal of human sewage animal waste and increasing industrialization.