Essay Archive - My Trip on the Ganges River
My Trip on the Ganges River
About 2 weeks ago I went on an exciting trip along the Ganges River. In
this letter I'll tell you all about it. It turns out that the Ganges has its
beginning in an ice cave 10,300 feet above sea level in the snow-covered
Himalayan Mountains of northern India. From there, the river flows towards the
southeast and goes through East Pakistan, for about 1,557 miles. Ganges River
then empties into the Bay of Bengal. Several tributary rivers, including the
Jumna, Rmganga, Gumti, Gogra, Son, and Kusi also add to the waters of the Ganges.
As I was going past the Bay of Bengal I noticed some people....
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