At the foot of the Himalayas in the Indian state of Uttaranchal, forests of regal, old oak form a natural watershed for two major rivers that feed the plain below.

在位于喜马拉雅山脚下的印度uttaranchal邦，壮观、古老的橡树林为流入低处平原的两条大河形成了一道自然的分水岭。

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When analyze the history of the Indian name of the state in American, It's not difficult to found out that the names supposed for the rivers was later used for the state.

分析一下美国的印第安语州名的始源，不难发现许多原本是印第安人给河流起的名字，后来又用作州名。

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Soil erosion is particularly bad in the Himalayan foothills where most north Indian rivers rise.

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At the same time, the rapid melting of Himalayan glaciers promises to deprive the great rivers of the Indian sub-continent, the Indus, Ganges and Brahmaputra, of their summertime source.

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Once the transit agreement is finalised, then it will be cheaper for Indian traders to send goods by ship along Bangladeshi rivers up to the border and then take them by road to the north-eastern states.

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