Hooghly River
The Hooghly River is the westernmost distributary of the Ganges, situated in West Bengal, India. It is known in its upper reaches as the Bhagirathi. The Bhagirathi splits off from the main branch of the Ganges at Giria.
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- Stream
- Description: river in West Bengal, India
- Also known as“Hooghly”“Hûgli”“Hugli River”“the Hooghly River”
- Categories
- Location
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Latitude
21.83231° or 21° 49′ 56″ north
Longitude
88.03074° or 88° 1′ 51″ east
Open location code
7MHCR2JJ+W7
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Hooghly River” goes by many names.
نهر هوغليArabic
Ríu HooghlyAsturian
হুগলী নদীBengali
भागीरथीBhojpuri
हुगलीBhojpuri
हुगली गंगाBhojpuri
हुगली नदीBhojpuri
ХуглиBulgarian
Хугли (река)Bulgarian
Bhagirathi-HooghlyCatalan
Bhagirathi-HoogliCatalan
Bhagirathi-HooglyCatalan
Bhagirathi-HugliCatalan
Riu HugliCatalan
Hugli RiverCebuano
胡格利河Chinese
HuglíCzech
HooghlyDanish
Hooghly-flodenDanish
HugliDanish
River HooghlyDanish
HooghlyDutch
HugliDutch
نهر هوجلىEgyptian Arabic
HugloEsperanto
HooghlyEstonian
HugliEstonian
ჰუგლიGeorgian
હુગલી નદીGujarati
הוגליHebrew
बागमती नदीHindi
हुगलीHindi
हुगली नदीHindi
HúgliHungarian
Sungai HooghlyIndonesian
Sungai HugliIndonesian
Abhainn an HooghlyIrish
An HooghlyIrish
HughliItalian
フーグリー川Japanese
フーグリ川Japanese
フグリー川Japanese
후글리강Korean
HugliLatvian
HugliLithuanian
ХуглиMacedonian
Hooghly RiverMalayalam
ഹൂഗ്ലിMalayalam
ഹൂഗ്ലി നദിMalayalam
हुगळी नदीMarathi
हुगली नदीNepali
Elva HooghlyNorwegian Nynorsk
Elva HooglyNorwegian Nynorsk
Elva HugliNorwegian Nynorsk
HooghlyNorwegian Nynorsk
Hooghly RiverNorwegian Nynorsk
Hooghly-elvaNorwegian Nynorsk
HooglyNorwegian Nynorsk
Hoogly RiverNorwegian Nynorsk
Hoogly-elvaNorwegian Nynorsk
HugliNorwegian Nynorsk
Hugli-elvaNorwegian Nynorsk
ਹੁਗਲੀ ਨਦੀPanjabi
رودخانه هوگلیPersian
HugliPolish
Râul HooghlyRomanian
ХуглиRussian
ᱦᱩᱜᱽᱞᱤ ᱜᱟᱰᱟSantali
هوغلی چاییSouth Azerbaijani
HooghlyflodenSwedish
HugliflodenSwedish
ஊக்லி ஆறுTamil
ஹூக்லி ஆறுTamil
హుగ్లీ నదిTelugu
Канал ХугліUkrainian
ХугліUkrainian
ХуґхліUkrainian
دریائے ہگلیUrdu
دریائے ہوگلیUrdu
Fiume HugliVenetian
Sông HooghlyVietnamese
Afon HooghlyWelsh
دریاۓ ہگلیWestern Panjabi
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