YAMUNA RIVER


Meaning of YAMUNA RIVER in English

River, north-central India.

Rising in the Himalayas , it flows south and southeast 855 mi (1,376 km) into the Ganges River at Allahabad ; their confluence is a sacred place to Hindus. The Yamuna's upper course forms a long section of the border between Uttar Pradesh and Haryana states.

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