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National Geographic Adventure Mag.: Up India's Ganges River
Ganges River Adventure Main | E-Mail the Editors | Adventure Customer Service | Subscribe September 2002 Writer Charles Graeber PHOTO GALLERY >> Life on Assignment Indian Summer Sailing, rowing, and dragging a skiff up the Ganges ... place to die in the Hindu religion. In this sacred city along the Ganges River, Graeber would consult fortune-tellers and piece together a mystical adventure based on ...
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Ganges River Dolphin (Platanista gangetica)
Ganges River Dolphin (Platanista gangetica) The Oceania Project - Caring for Whales, Dolphins and the Oceans Information about Individual Species of Cetacea Ganges River Dolphin (Platanista gangetica) MarineBio.Org - Indus River Dolphin (Platanista gangetica) CMS REVIEW ON SMALL CETACEANS: Indus River Dolphin ( ...
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Information about Individual Species of Cetacea
Bottlenose Dolphin * Tursiops truncatus, Bottlenose Dolphin * Family: Iniidae (Amazon River Dolphin) Inia geoffrensis, Boutu * Family: Monodontidae (Arctic Whales) Delphinapterus leucas ... Sperm Whale * Family: Platanistidae (River Dolphins) Platanista gangetica, Ganges River Dolphin* Platanista gangetica minor, Indus River Dolphin* Family: Pontoporiidae (River Dolphins) Lipotes vexillifer, Baiji * ...
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Small cetaceans
(Irrawaddy dolphin, tucuxi, boto, Indus river dolphin, Ganges river dolphin, finless porpoise and baiji), Dall’s propoise, humpback dolphins and small cetaceans of the ...
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Communities along Rivers: Importance of Community Networking to Preserve Local Rivers
These included Thames River, U.K., Mekong River, South-east Asia, Yodogawa River, Japan and Ganges River, India.) Why are Rivers Important? Rivers in general embody ... to promote the activities that will lead to a healthy river. For example, local governments help in creating a healthy river policy and governance system; universities and research institutions help ...
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National Geographic Adventure Photos: Niger River, Africa
Corners Belize's Nightmare Caves Castaway in Paradise,   French Polynesia Chimps at Risk Chinko River Voyage Congo Trekking Dry Tortugas, Florida Ebola Outbreak, Uganda Gabon's Great Leap Galápagos ... photo galleries, tips for taking better pictures, and more. Photo Gallery: Adventure Down the Ganges River Follow an eight-day odyssey down India's sacred waterway.   Shop National Geographic   More ...
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Indus River Dolphin (Platanista gangetica minor) - Office of Protected Resources - NOAA Fisheries
Habitat Maps Contact OPR Glossary OPR Site Map Indus River Dolphin (Platanista gangetica minor) Did You Know? · Indus River dolphins have very small eyes that resemble pinhole openings. ... Family: Platanistidae Genus: Platanista Species: gangetica Subspecies: minor The Indus river dolphin is a subspecies of the Ganges river dolphin (Platanista gangetica) . Key Documents (All documents are in PDF ...
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April 2008 Update: Spring Cleaning: River and Air
Institute Efforts Aid Ganges River Cleanup India Focus of Institute Initiative India's sacred river, the Ganges, supports over 400 million people, and for ... engage the public in cleaning the Ganges. "For decades, cleaning efforts have been beset by bureaucratic and administrative failures, and river pollution has increased dramatically," said Palaniappan ...
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WWF - Ganga (Ganges)
Our solutions News Resources Ganga (Ganges) Sunrise at the Ganges River in Varanasi, India. Creative Commons licence © Richard IJzermans The Hindu holy river Countries India, Bangladesh Basin ... ,507 km Key species Ganges River dolphin (Platanista gangetica gangetica) Livelihood facts Agriculture Related links WWF - Freshwater Conservation The Ganges is a major river in the Indian subcontinent ...
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The River Ganga (Ganges)
River Ganga (Ganges) The Ganga Basin Updated July 16, 1998. All links will appear in a separate window.> Ganges and its tributaries can ... Prime Minister of India, born in Allahabad on the Ganges. The Ganga is a major river of the Indian subcontinent, associated in myth and ... , proposals for linking the Brahmaputra to the Ganges to improve the water flow in the Ganges is hanging fire. Also, the water ...
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