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==References == | <p> , the most important and most westerly of the several branches into which the [[Ganges]] divides on approaching the sea, breaks away from the main channel near Santipur, and flowing in a southerly direction past Calcutta, reaches the Bay of [[Bengal]] after a course of 145 m.; navigation is rendered hazardous by the accumulating and shifting silt; the "bore" rushes up with great rapidity, and attains a height of 7 ft. 2, A city on the western bank of the river, 25 m. N. of Calcutta; is capital of a district, and has a college for English and Asiatic literature. </p> | ||
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<ref name="term_74786"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/hooghly Hooghly from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | <ref name="term_74786"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/hooghly Hooghly from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 18:31, 15 October 2021
Hooghly [1]
, the most important and most westerly of the several branches into which the Ganges divides on approaching the sea, breaks away from the main channel near Santipur, and flowing in a southerly direction past Calcutta, reaches the Bay of Bengal after a course of 145 m.; navigation is rendered hazardous by the accumulating and shifting silt; the "bore" rushes up with great rapidity, and attains a height of 7 ft. 2, A city on the western bank of the river, 25 m. N. of Calcutta; is capital of a district, and has a college for English and Asiatic literature.
