Ganges+River

The Ganges River is a 1577 mile long river stretching from an ice cave in the himalayas and eastward to the Bay of Bengal. The river basin is 200 to 400 miles wide which is why it was settled by the migrating Aryans from 1500 BC to 500 BC. Like the Indus River basin as the it was being cultivated there was massive forrest burning and clearing causing massive environmental damage.

Sources: http://web.bryant.edu/~langlois/ecology/gangesmap.htm Created By:Stephen Puckette September 2 2008