Alaknanda River
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Key facts
- Country
- India
- State
- Uttarakhand
- Region
- Garhwal division
- District
- Chamoli , Rudraprayag , Pauri Garhwal
- Source
- Confluence of Satopanth Glacier and Bhagirathi Kharak Glacier
- Location
- Uttarakhand
- Coordinates
- 30°47′03″N 79°26′19″E / 30.7841°N 79.4385°E / 30.7841; 79.4385
- Elevation
- 3,880 m (12,730 ft)
- Mouth
- Ganges
- Length
- 195 km (121 mi)
- Basin size
- 10,882 km (4,202 sq mi)
- Average
- 439.36 m /s (15,516 cu ft/s)
- Left
- Saraswati , Dhauliganga , Nandakini , Pindar
- Right
- Mandakini
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
The Alaknanda is a Himalayan river in the Indian state of Uttarakhand and one of the two headstreams of the Ganges, the major river of Northern India and a river considered holy in Hinduism. In hydrology, the Alaknanda is considered the source stream of the Ganges on account of its greater length and discharge; while, in Hindu tradition and culture, the other headstream, the Bhagirathi, is considered the source stream.
Course
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Alaknanda River” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
2 mapped locations