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down the Assam valley, through Lower Bengal, and joins the 

 Ganges shortly before reaching the Bay of Bengal. 



The southern face of the Himalayas is drained, in its western 



Fig. 3. 



I. Himalayas. 



II. Indus Plain. 



III. Ganges Plain. 



IV. Peninsula. 

 V. Burma. 

 VI. The Sea. 



VII. Thibetan Plateau. 

 8, 9, 21. Mean Annual Rai 

 fall, in inches. 



part, by the Punjab rivers which join the Indus. East of 

 Simla the Jumna and Ganges emerge from the hills, and join at 

 AUahabad. The Ganges takes in a series of streams which drain 

 the southern slopes of the range from the United Provinces to 



