Alaknanda River

The Alaknanda is a Himalayan river in the state of and one of the two headstreams of the Ganges, the major river of Northern India and a river considered holy in Hinduism.
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is a town and a nagar palika, near in in the state of , , and is the final one of the Panch Prayag of Alaknanda River where Alaknanda meets the Bhagirathi river and both rivers thereafter flow on as the Ganges river or Ganga.

Alaknanda River

Latitude
30.14537° or 30° 8′ 43″ north
Longitude
78.59819° or 78° 35′ 54″ east
Elevation
470 metres (1,542 feet)
Open location code
8J2W4HWX+47
Geo­Names ID
1279080
Wiki­data ID
Q1419768
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Western Panjabi—“Alaknanda River” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: Ալակնանդա գետ
  • Asturian: Ríu Alaknanda
  • Bengali: অলকানন্দা নদী
  • Bhojpuri: अलकनंदा
  • Catalan: Alaknanda
  • Cebuano: Alaknanda River
  • Chinese: 阿勒格嫩达河
  • Chinese: 阿勒格嫩達河
  • Chuvash: Алакнанда
  • Czech: Alaknandá
  • Dutch: Alaknanda River
  • Egyptian Arabic: نهر الاكناندا
  • Finnish: Alaknanda
  • French: Alaknanda
  • German: Alaknanda
  • Gujarati: અલકનંદા નદી
  • Hebrew: נהר האלאקנאדה
  • Hindi: अलकनंदा नदी
  • Hindi: अलकनंदा
  • Hindi: अलकनन्दा नदी
  • Hindi: अलकनन्दा
  • Hindi: बागमती नदी
  • Indonesian: Sungai Alaknanda
  • Irish: Abhainn Alaknanda
  • Italian: Alaknanda
  • Japanese: アラクナンダー川
  • Kannada: ಅಲಕನ೦ದಾ
  • Kannada: ಅಲಕನಂದಾ
  • Magahi: अलकनन्दा नदी
  • Maithili: अलकनन्दा नदी
  • Malayalam: Alakananda
  • Malayalam: അലക്നന്ദ നദി
  • Malayalam: അളകനന്ദ
  • Marathi: अलकनंदा नदी
  • Nepali: अलकनन्दा नदी
  • Occitan (post 1500): Alaknanda
  • Oriya: ଅଳକନନ୍ଦା ନଦୀ
  • Panjabi: ਅਲਕਨੰਦਾ
  • Persian: رود الکنندا
  • Polish: Alaknanda
  • Russian: Алакананда
  • Russian: Алакнанда
  • Sanskrit: अलकनन्दानदी
  • Santali: ᱚᱞᱚᱠᱱᱚᱱᱫᱟ ᱜᱟᱰᱟ
  • Santali: ᱚᱞᱠᱟᱱᱚᱱᱫᱟ ᱜᱟᱰᱟ
  • South Azerbaijani: آلاکناندا چایی
  • Spanish: Alaknanda
  • Spanish: Rio Alaknanda
  • Spanish: Río Alaknanda
  • Tamil: அலக்நந்தா ஆறு
  • Telugu: అలకనంద
  • Ukrainian: Алакананда
  • Ukrainian: Алакнанда
  • Urdu: الیکنندہ ندی
  • Vietnamese: Sông Alaknanda
  • Welsh: Afon Alaknanda
  • Western Panjabi: الکنندا دریا
  • अलकनंदा

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