{"id":6584,"date":"2026-10-03T05:09:12","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T22:09:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/110cities.com\/?post_type=hindu_prayer_guide&#038;p=6584"},"modified":"2026-10-03T05:09:14","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T22:09:14","slug":"the-ganges-basin","status":"publish","type":"hindu_prayer_guide","link":"https:\/\/110cities.com\/af\/hindu_prayer_guide\/the-ganges-basin\/","title":{"rendered":"Die Ganges-bekken"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"hpg hpg-article\" style=\"--hpg-top:150px\"><header class=\"hpg-hero\"><p class=\"hpg-hero__kicker\">Voor die reis, deel 4 van 4<\/p><h1 class=\"hpg-hero__title\">Die Ganges-bekken<\/h1><figure class=\"hpg-hero__verse\"><p>Die Ganga is nie net &#039;n rivier nie; dit is &#039;n lewenslyn, &#039;n kultuur, &#039;n geloof en &#039;n beskawing.<\/p><figcaption>Van Gaumukh na die Baai van Bengale<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/header><div class=\"hpg-article__body\">\n\n\n<p><div class=\"hpg hpg-stats\">\n<div class=\"hpg-stat\"><span class=\"hpg-stat__value\">2 525 km<\/span><span class=\"hpg-stat__label\">van die Gaumukh-gletser tot die Baai van Bengale<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"hpg-stat\"><span class=\"hpg-stat__value\">1 086 000 km\u00b2<\/span><span class=\"hpg-stat__label\">van rivierkom<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"hpg-stat\"><span class=\"hpg-stat__value\">40%+<\/span><span class=\"hpg-stat__label\">van Indi\u00eb se bevolking is daarvan afhanklik<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"hpg-stat\"><span class=\"hpg-stat__value\">4 lande<\/span><span class=\"hpg-stat__label\">Indi\u00eb, Nepal, Bhoetan en Bangladesj<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/110cities.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/hpg-2026-ganges-basin-map.jpg\" alt=\"Map of the Ganges Basin from the Gaumukh glacier in the Himalayas through India, Nepal and Bangladesh to the Bay of Bengal, with major cities, tributaries and temples marked.\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Zoem in om stede, sytakke en tempels langs die rivier te sien.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Die reis van die Ganga<\/h2>\n\n\n<p><ol class=\"hpg hpg-route\" aria-label=\"Die reis van die Ganga\"><li><span class=\"hpg-route__name\">Gaumukh<\/span><span class=\"hpg-route__note\">Himalajas, 4 023 m<\/span><\/li><li><span class=\"hpg-route__name\">Rishikesh en Haridwar<\/span><span class=\"hpg-route__note\">Uttarakhand<\/span><\/li><li><span class=\"hpg-route__name\">Prayagraj en Varanasi<\/span><span class=\"hpg-route__note\">Uttar Pradesh<\/span><\/li><li><span class=\"hpg-route__name\">Patna<\/span><span class=\"hpg-route__note\">Bihar<\/span><\/li><li><span class=\"hpg-route__name\">Kolkata<\/span><span class=\"hpg-route__note\">Wes-Bengale, soos die Hooghly<\/span><\/li><li><span class=\"hpg-route__name\">Die Padma<\/span><span class=\"hpg-route__note\">Bangladesj<\/span><\/li><li><span class=\"hpg-route__name\">Sagar-eiland<\/span><span class=\"hpg-route__note\">Baai van Bengale<\/span><\/li><\/ol><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Langs die pad sluit die Yamuna aan by die Ganga in Uttar Pradesh, en die Ghaghara, Gandak en Kosi sluit daarby aan in Bihar. Die rivier ontmoet uiteindelik die oseaan by Sagar-eiland en vorm die w\u00eareld se grootste delta.<\/p>\n\n\n<p><p class=\"hpg hpg-pull\">&#039;n Heilige rivier, &#039;n gedeelde erfenis en &#039;n lewenslyn vir miljoene.<\/p><\/p>\n\n\n<p><div class=\"hpg hpg-dayend hpg-continue\"><nav class=\"hpg-daynav\" aria-label=\"Gidsbladsye\"><a class=\"hpg-daynav__link hpg-daynav__link--prev\" href=\"https:\/\/110cities.com\/af\/hindu-prayer-guide\/this-guide\/\"><span class=\"hpg-daynav__dir\">Vorige<\/span><span class=\"hpg-daynav__name\">Waarom ons op 110 stede fokus<\/span><\/a><a class=\"hpg-daynav__link hpg-daynav__link--next\" href=\"https:\/\/110cities.com\/af\/hindu-prayer-guide\/day-1\/\"><span class=\"hpg-daynav__dir\">Volgende<\/span><span class=\"hpg-daynav__name\">Dag 1: Himalajas<\/span><\/a><\/nav><\/div><\/p>\n\n\n<\/div><\/article>","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-6584","hindu_prayer_guide","type-hindu_prayer_guide","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"featured_image_src":"","ams_acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/110cities.com\/af\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hindu_prayer_guide\/6584","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/110cities.com\/af\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hindu_prayer_guide"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/110cities.com\/af\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/hindu_prayer_guide"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/110cities.com\/af\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6584"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}