Relating to or characteristic of the Ganges River or the region around it in India.
From Sanskrit 'Gangā,' the name of the sacred river in Hinduism, plus the English suffix '-ic' meaning 'relating to.' The term became common in English during colonial India to describe the geography and culture of the Ganges basin.
The Gangetic Plain supports over 400 million people today, making it one of Earth's most densely populated regions—and it all depends on a single river that Hindus consider divine, worshipping it as a goddess.
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