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Arrow-Puffin-4_Semester-1 Social 299Banarasi saree Haridwar Chikankari workThe Northern Plains of India are also known as the Indo-Gangetic Plains because the Ganga and Indus rivers flow through them.FactThe Ganga River BasinThe origin of River Ganga is in Gangotriglacier in the Himalayan Mountains. The states which lie in this basin are Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal.The Ganga enters the plain at Haridwar. The Yamuna is the main tributary of the Ganga and joins the Ganga at Allahabad. This place is called Sangam. The other tributaries of the Ganga are the Ghaghara, Gomti, Gandak, Kosi, Chambal, Betwa and Son.In West Bengal, River Ganga divides into two branches. One branch enters Bangladesh and is called Padma. The other branch enters West Bengal and is called Hugli. Kolkata is situated on the banks of the Hugli. The delta called Sunderbans, made by the Ganga and Brahmaputra, is the largest in the world. The Ganga Basin is very fertile and the main crops grown are rice, wheat, sugarcane, millets and jute. This Basin is called the %u2018food bowl of India.%u2019 Life in the Ganga Basin New Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Bihar and Jharkhand fall in the Ganga Basin. New Delhi, the capital of India, is the third largest city in the world. The main attractions of Delhi are its monuments like the Qutub Minar , the Red Fort and the India Gate. River Ganga