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Meanders formed by river ganga?

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Meanders formed by river ganga?

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  1. upper course:-

    v shaped valley

    water falls

    middle course:-

    meanders

    alluvial fans

    flood plains

    lower course:-

    braided channels

    dis tributaries

    delta


  2. Normally meanders occur because of very gentle slope of countryside in which the river flows and due to the heavy load of silt carried by it. East of Kanpur to Farakka (where it splits into Hooghly, its major distributary and Padma the main course of the river), there is lot of meandering. After the confluences with Gomti, gandak on left and Sone on right, between Chapra and the vicinity of Patna, the silt added increased many times. The bend to right at Munger is due to Rajgirh hills. Many old meanders resulted in ox-bow lakes which were eventually taken over by the high density of population for agriculture. Even near where Kosi joins ganga (at an acute angle, though a few miles away they seem to join perpendicularly) there are water bodies independent of both rivers.

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  3. "At Bhagalpur, the river meanders past the Rajmahal Hills, and begins to run south. ..."

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    "The river Ganga meanders through the rugged Shivalik hills, with lush deciduous forests of sal and bamboo on either side. ..."

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