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GOGGRAH

Volume 10 · 159 words · 1860 Edition

a large river of Hindustan, the remotest feeder of which is the Eastern Kalee, having its source on the south-western declivity of the Himalayan range forming the northern boundary of the British district of Kunayon. The elevation above the sea of the source is between 17,000 and 18,000 feet. The Kalee takes a southerly direction, receiving in its course the Dholni, the Gori or Gorigunga, the Chumulae, and the western Surjoo. The last-named stream is the most important of its feeders, and below the confluence the united stream is no longer called the Kalee, but variously the Sarda, the Sarjoo, and the Goggrah. By subsequent accessions it becomes a considerable river; and at Birimdeo, distant 148 miles from its source, it leaves the mountains and enters the plains of Bengal. From this point the Goggrah takes a south-easterly direction, and after a total course of about 600 miles falls into the Ganges in Lat. 25° 46', Long. 84° 40'.