The Ganges has many tributaries - so many, in fact, that the river basin covers Tibet, Nepal, India and Bangladesh. The river and its tributaries are a vital water source for 400 million people.

And the Ganges, or the Ganga Mata (Mother Ganges) as it's called by India's devout, is in bad shape. Untreated sewage flows directly into the river where people cook, bathe, and perform burial ...

The River Ganges (or Ganga) flows from the Himalayas all the way to the Bay of Bengal, through some of Asia’s most densely-populated regions. Its river basin is more than 1 million sq km, and home to ...

Situated on the west bank of the Ganges River—referred to in Hindi as Ma Ganga (Mother Ganga), or simply Ganga—in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, Varanasi is India's oldest city and thought ...

The river and its tributaries are a vital water source for 400 million people. Most of India’s population can be found in the northern belt around the Ganges. Monitoring stations set up by the ...