The Ganga receives numerous tributaries from the Southern Uplands among which the Son is the largest and it joins ganga from the south along with Gandak, Gumti, Ghaghara, and sarda rivers. They have a markedly steep gradient (Son with an average gradient of 35-55 cm per km) with quick run-off and ephemeral regimes, being roaring rivers with the rain-waters in the catchment areas but turning quickly into fordable streams. These streams, being wide and shallow, become disconnected pools of water in the remaining part of the year. The channel of the Son is very wide (about 5km at Dehri) but the flood-plain is narrow, only 3 to 5 km wide. The river has been notorious for its changing courses in the past, as it traceable from several old beds on its east, but has been tamed squarely with the anicut at Dehri, and now more so with the Indrapuri Barrage, a few km upstream.
The SonRiver of central India is the largest of the Ganges ' southern tributaries.
Geologically, the lower valley of the Son is an extension of the Narmada Valley, and the Kaimur Range an extension of the Vindhya Range.
The Son has a steep gradient (35-55 cm per km) with quick run-off and ephemeral regimes, becoming a roaring river with the rain-waters in the catchment area but turning quickly into a fordable stream.
At AllahÄbÄd, the Ganges is joined by the Yamuna River from the southwest, then flows east past the cities of MirzÄpur, VÄrÄnasi, Patna, and BhÄgalpur near the Bangladesh border.
The main course of the river continues south and is joined by the Brahmaputra and then by the Meghna River (the name by which it is known thereafter) before entering the Bay of Bengal.
In Hindu ideology, bathing in the river is said to wash away oneâs sins, and river water is used extensively in rituals.
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