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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- Type: Stream
- Description: river in West Bengal, India
- Also known as: “Abhainn an Hooghly”, “Bhagirathi-Hooghly”, “Bhagirathi-Hoogli”, “Bhagirathi-Hoogly”, “Bhagirathi-Hugli”, “Elva Hooghly”, “Elva Hoogly”, “Elva Hugli”, “Hooghly-elva”, “Hooghly-floden”, “Hooghlyfloden”, “Hoogli”, “Hoogly”, “Hoogly River”, “Hoogly-elva”, “Hûghlî”, “Hûgli”, “Hugli River”, “Hugli-elva”, “Ougly”, “Río Hooghly”, “Rio Hugli”, “River Hooghly”, “the Hooghly River”, “Канал Хуглі”, “Хуґхлі”, “बागमती नदी”, “भागीरथी”, “हुगली”, “हुगली गंगा”, “ஹூக்லி ஆறு”, “ഹൂഗ്ലി”, “ഹൂഗ്ലി നദി”, “フーグリ川”, and “フグリー川”
Hooghly River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: West Bengal, Eastern India, India, South Asia, Asia
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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.
- Arabic: “نهر هوغلي”
- Asturian: “Ríu Hooghly”
- Bengali: “হুগলি নদী”
- Bengali: “হুগলী নদী”
- Bhojpuri: “हुगली नदी”
- Bulgarian: “Хугли (река)”
- Bulgarian: “Хугли”
- Catalan: “riu Hugli”
- Catalan: “Riu Hugli”
- Cebuano: “Hugli River”
- Chinese: “胡格利河”
- Czech: “Huglí”
- Danish: “Hooghly”
- Dutch: “Hooghly”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر هوجلى”
- Esperanto: “Huglo”
- Estonian: “Hugli”
- French: “Hooghly”
- Georgian: “ჰუგლი”
- German: “Hugli”
- Gujarati: “હુગલી નદી”
- Hebrew: “הוגלי”
- Hindi: “हुगली नदी”
- Hungarian: “Húgli”
- Indonesian: “Sungai Hugli”
- Irish: “An Hooghly”
- Italian: “Hughli”
- Japanese: “フーグリー川”
- Korean: “후글리강”
- Latvian: “Hugli”
- Lithuanian: “Hugli”
- Macedonian: “Хугли”
- Malayalam: “ഹൂഗ്ലീ നദി”
- Marathi: “हुगळी नदी”
- Marathi: “हूगळी नदी”
- Nepali: “हुगली नदी”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Hugli”
- Panjabi: “ਹੁਗਲੀ ਨਦੀ”
- Persian: “رودخانه هوگلی”
- Polish: “Hugli”
- Portuguese: “Rio Golim”
- Portuguese: “Rio Hooghly”
- Romanian: “Râul Hooghly”
- Russian: “Хугли”
- Santali: “ᱦᱩᱜᱽᱞᱤ ᱜᱟᱰᱟ”
- South Azerbaijani: “هوغلی چایی”
- Spanish: “Río Hugli”
- Swedish: “Huglifloden”
- Tamil: “ஊக்லி ஆறு”
- Telugu: “హుగ్లీ నది”
- Ukrainian: “Хуглі”
- Urdu: “دریائے ہگلی”
- Urdu: “دریائے ہوگلی”
- Venetian: “Fiume Hugli”
- Vietnamese: “Sông Hooghly”
- Welsh: “Afon Hooghly”
- Western Panjabi: “دریاۓ ہگلی”
- “हुगली नदी”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Khejuri and Khājuri.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Bedford Channel and Bedford Island.
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