<Table> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> The Ganges River ( Ganga ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> The Ganges in Varanasi </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Country </Th> <Td> India Bangladesh </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> States </Th> <Td> Uttarakhand , Uttar Pradesh , Bihar , Jharkhand , West Bengal </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> Tributaries </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> - left </Td> <Td> Ramganga , Gomti , Ghaghara , Gandak , Koshi , Mahananda </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> - right </Td> <Td> Yamuna , Tamsa , Son , Punpun </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Cities </Th> <Td> Rishikesh , Haridwar , Kannauj , Kanpur , Allahabad , Varanasi , Buxar , Patna , Hajipur , Munger , Sahibganj , Farakka , Murshidabad , Plassey , Nabadwip , Ganga Sagar </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Source </Th> <Td> Gangotri Glacier , Satopanth Glacier , Khatling Glacier , and waters from melted snow from such peaks as Nanda Devi , Trisul , Kedarnath , Nanda Kot , and Kamet . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> - location </Td> <Td> Uttarakhand , India </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> - elevation </Td> <Td> 3,892 m ( 12,769 ft ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> - coordinates </Td> <Td> 30 ° 59 ′ N 78 ° 55 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 30.983 ° N 78.917 ° E ﻿ / 30.983 ; 78.917 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Length </Th> <Td> 2,525 km ( 1,569 mi ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Depth </Th> <Td> 17 m ( 56 ft ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Basin </Th> <Td> 1,080,000 km ( 416,990 sq mi ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Discharge </Th> <Td> for Farakka Barrage </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> - average </Td> <Td> 16,648 m / s ( 587,919 cu ft / s ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> - max </Td> <Td> 70,000 m / s ( 2,472,027 cu ft / s ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> - min </Td> <Td> 2,000 m / s ( 70,629 cu ft / s ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> Discharge elsewhere ( average ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> - Bay of Bengal </Td> <Td> 38,129 m / s ( 1,346,513 cu ft / s ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> Map of the combined drainage basins of the Ganges ( orange ) , Brahmaputra ( violet ) , and Meghna ( green ) . </Td> </Tr> </Table>
name the right bank and the left bank tributaries of ganga
right Yamuna Tamsa Son Punpun left Ramganga Gomti Ghaghara Gandak Koshi Mahananda