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Hugli River |
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Hugli Riveror Hooghly RiverRiver, West Bengal state, northeastern India. The most westerly and commercially the most important stream of the Ganges-Brahmaputra delta, it provides access to Kolkata (Calcutta) from the Bay of Bengal. Formed by the junction of the Bhagirathi and Jalangi rivers, it flows south about 160 mi (260 km) through a heavily industrialized area home to more than half of West Bengal's population. Above Kolkata the river is silted up, but it is navigable to the city by ocean liners. It enters the Bay of Bengal through an estuary 3–20 mi (5–32 km) wide, which is spanned by two bridges. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Cross the bridge over the Hooghly River into the suburb of Howrah, take one of the crowded main streets, turn on another, take a one-lane alley to the left, turn into another lane perhaps 10 feet wide, step into a slender alley with an open sewer running at the edge, turn right through an opening in a concrete wall, walk to the end of a series of low-roofed hovels and there she is, home again. |
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