Consider the following statements regarding the Ganga river system 1 It passes through four states o...........

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Consider the following statements regarding the Ganga river system:

1. It passes through four states only.

2. All its rivers are perennial in nature.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

1 only

2 only

Both 1 and 2

Neither 1 nor 2

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Explanation:
The Ganga River has a length of 2,525 km. It is shared by Uttarakhand (110 km), Uttar Pradesh (1,450 km), Bihar (445 km), Jharkhand and West Bengal (520 km). The Ganga basin covers about 8.6 lakh sq. km area in India alone. The Ganga river system is the largest in India, having a number of perennial and non-perennial rivers originating in the Himalayas in the north and the Peninsula in the south, respectively.