File:Calcutta, Delta of the Ganges (4904356915).jpg

Image Description from historic lecture booklet: "The Ganges is fed by the perpetual snows of the Himalaya Mountains and after a southern and eastern course of 1557 miles, flows into the northern section of the Bay of Bengal , through a multi-channeled delta 283 miles long. Its basin, lying between the Himalalya and Vindhya ranges, is one of the finest and most fertile portions of the world, as well as one of the densest populated areas of the globe. The Ganges has its main source in a snow-field embedded between three Himalayan mountains over 22,000 feet high. Like all rivers subject to floods, the Ganges holds in suspension a large admixture of mud and sand, depositing in the sea annually millions of tons of solid matter. The delta, which in the northern part is fertile and well cultivated, in the south bordering the sea is a dismal network of swamp land, known as the Sundarbans, infested by crocodiles, tigers, and other wild animals."

Original Collection: Visual Instruction Department Lantern Slides

Item Number: P217:set 020 021

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