The Ganges is not a body of water.
 The Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna system is the second largest river on earth by discharge
The name Ganges is used for the river between the confluence of the Bhagirathi and Alaknanda rivers, in the Himalayas, and the first bifurcation of the river, near the Farakka Barrage and the India-Bangladesh Border

