Hooghly River
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The Hooghly River Ganga is an 260 km long river. It is a distributary river of Ganges River. Farakka Barrage a dam diverts water from Ganges into a canal near the town of Tildanga of Murshidabad district. This canal supplies Hooghly river with adequate water. The river has two tributaries: the Rupnarayan River and Damodar River. Hooghly also reaches Bay of Bengal at Nurpur and then empties into the sea.
Hooghly River Media
Bhagirathi River
- Hooghly River in India, 50% quality copy map by U.S. Army Map Service. Compiled in 1954.
View of Hooghly River from Serampore
Sunset at River Hooghly, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Jubilee Bridge on Hooghly River between Naihati and Bandel
A ferry operating between Howrah and Kolkata with Howrah Bridge (Rabindra Setu) in background
Panoramic view of Kolkata from Howrah with Second Hooghly Bridge
Ganga Arati on the banks of the Hooghly river, Howrah
The Hooghly River from the Harvest Fields of Bengal, c. 1905
Hooghly River near Diamond Harbour
