{"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\/nl\/hindu_prayer_guide\/the-ganges-basin\/","title":{"rendered":"Het Gangesbekken"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"hpg hpg-article\" style=\"--hpg-top:150px\"><header class=\"hpg-hero\"><p class=\"hpg-hero__kicker\">Voor de reis, deel 4 van 4<\/p><h1 class=\"hpg-hero__title\">Het Gangesbekken<\/h1><figure class=\"hpg-hero__verse\"><p>De Ganges is niet zomaar een rivier; het is een levensader, een cultuur, een geloof en een beschaving.<\/p><figcaption>Van Gaumukh tot de Golf van Bengalen<\/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 de Gaumukh-gletsjer tot de Golf van Bengalen<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"hpg-stat\"><span class=\"hpg-stat__value\">1.086.000 km\u00b2<\/span><span class=\"hpg-stat__label\">van rivierbekken<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"hpg-stat\"><span class=\"hpg-stat__value\">40%+<\/span><span class=\"hpg-stat__label\">een deel van de Indiase bevolking is ervan afhankelijk<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"hpg-stat\"><span class=\"hpg-stat__value\">4 landen<\/span><span class=\"hpg-stat__label\">India, Nepal, Bhutan en Bangladesh<\/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\">Zoom in om de steden, zijrivieren en tempels langs de rivier te bekijken.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">De reis van de Ganges<\/h2>\n\n\n<p><ol class=\"hpg hpg-route\" aria-label=\"De reis van de Ganges\"><li><span class=\"hpg-route__name\">Gaumukh<\/span><span class=\"hpg-route__note\">Himalaya, 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 &amp; 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\">Calcutta<\/span><span class=\"hpg-route__note\">West-Bengalen, zoals de Hooghly<\/span><\/li><li><span class=\"hpg-route__name\">De Padma<\/span><span class=\"hpg-route__note\">Bangladesh<\/span><\/li><li><span class=\"hpg-route__name\">Sagar-eiland<\/span><span class=\"hpg-route__note\">Golf van Bengalen<\/span><\/li><\/ol><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Onderweg mondt de Yamuna uit in de Ganges in Uttar Pradesh, en de Ghaghara, Gandak en Kosi voegen zich erbij in Bihar. De rivier bereikt uiteindelijk de oceaan bij Sagar Island en vormt zo &#039;s werelds grootste delta.<\/p>\n\n\n<p><p class=\"hpg hpg-pull\">Een heilige rivier, een gedeeld erfgoed en een levensader voor miljoenen.<\/p><\/p>\n\n\n<p><div class=\"hpg hpg-dayend hpg-continue\"><nav class=\"hpg-daynav\" aria-label=\"Gidspagina&#039;s\"><a class=\"hpg-daynav__link hpg-daynav__link--prev\" href=\"https:\/\/110cities.com\/nl\/hindu-prayer-guide\/this-guide\/\"><span class=\"hpg-daynav__dir\">Vorig<\/span><span class=\"hpg-daynav__name\">Waarom we ons richten op 110 steden<\/span><\/a><a class=\"hpg-daynav__link hpg-daynav__link--next\" href=\"https:\/\/110cities.com\/nl\/hindu-prayer-guide\/day-1\/\"><span class=\"hpg-daynav__dir\">Volgende<\/span><span class=\"hpg-daynav__name\">Dag 1: Himalaya<\/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\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hindu_prayer_guide\/6584","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/110cities.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hindu_prayer_guide"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/110cities.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/hindu_prayer_guide"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/110cities.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6584"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}