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GOGRA, or GHAGRA

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Originally appearing in Volume V12, Page 191 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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GOGRA, or GHAGRA , a See also:river of See also:northern See also:India. It is an important tributary of the See also:Ganges, bringing down to the plains more See also:water than the Ganges itself. It rises in See also:Tibet near See also:Lake Manasarowar, not far from the See also:sources of the See also:Brahmaputra and the See also:Sutlej, passes through See also:Nepal where it is known as the Kauriala, and after entering See also:British territory becomes the most important waterway in the See also:United Provinces. It joins the Ganges at See also:Chapra after a course of boo m. Its tributary, the Rapti, also has considerable commercial importance. The Gogra has the alternative name of Sarju, and in its See also:lower course is also known as the Deoha.

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