Information Text About Rivers Group 4: Ganges by Angela Edwards

tom ganges. how its used

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.drink ,cook ,wash in it.

.travel boat before cars.

.used leisure exercises.

Hannah habitats/animals

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. Freshwater fish

. Main reason people settled beside

river

. Ganges river dolphin

. blind

. nature lovers paradise

James ganges .key facts

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.Biggest in India.

.its holy.

.500 km long.

.1600 East India company.

.home to 150,000

Connie life along the river.

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. Millions of people live there.

. People have lived there for years.

. The people who live by the river believe that

it came from heaven.

. Every Hindu hopes to see the river Ganges.

james ganges key facts

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.3000 Meters above sea level

.biggest in India

.220 miles long

.hasn't changed since the 18th century

.it's other name is Ganga

.the son is a very important tributary

.starts in a ice cave in the Himalayas

.flows through Varnashi

Hannah animals

clnewcombe — 2014-01-31 09:34:27 UTC

.Fish

.Dolphins

.Marsh deer

.Crocodiles

.Walking Catfish

.Milkfish

Glossary.

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Varanasi (A nearby city where the river flows through)

Sediment (A mixture of soil,rock,sand and small stones.)

Glyphis gangeticus (The Ganges shark.)

Fertile(Ground that is good for growing healthy plants in.)

Connie life along the river

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. People use the river Ganges for drinking, washing,cooking and watering farmland.

. Hindu's from all over India come to Varanasi to worship by the river.

Tom ganges how it's used

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sediments make land fertile good growing crops

Hannah

clnewcombe — 2014-01-31 10:22:05 UTC

Glyphis gangiticus

Critically endangered

James ganges how its used

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.Agricultural use

.transportation

.cleaning

.bathing

.irrigation

.fun

.washing

Connie life along the river.

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. Most people that live in Varanasi are cremated along the river banks.

. Some dead people are lowered into the river and float away.

Mrs Edwards/Check

angelaedwards78 — 2014-02-02 15:20:07 UTC

Please check the length of this river as it is longer than 220 miles.

I am not sure what is 220 miles.

Hannah

2014-02-02 17:11:25 UTC

Dolphins

one of oldest creatures in world

Discovered 1801

only live fresh water

Hannah major threats

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Animal eaters

Crocodile/shark