Ganges river flood forecast
GloFAS reads the Ganges at 2 places, from near Buxar, where it drains 503,046 km², down to near Farakka, where it drains 926,744 km². It is read in India. For each point, the Global Flood Awareness System gives the chance that the river will exceed the flow it normally reaches only once every 2, 5 or 20 years.
GloFAS rates the Ganges Inactive.
GloFAS forecasts are computer model output, published for information only. They are not a flood warning: only national and regional authorities issue flood warnings for their own area. A reporting point is a place on the model's river network, which may sit a few kilometres from the town it is named after.
Every point GloFAS reads on the Ganges
near Farakka, India · drains 926,744 km²
No chance of exceeding even its 2-year flood flow in this forecast.
GloFAS alert level: Inactive · Peak expected: as currently ongoing · Falling
1 of the 2 points on this river is not in the last reading and is not shown rather than shown from memory.
Nothing has been reported within 100 km of this river in the last 30 days by the agencies this site follows.
What a 2-, 5- or 20-year flood flow is
It is the river flow that, at that point, is reached or exceeded on average once every 2, 5 or 20 years. A 2-year flow typically fills the channel to its banks; a 5-year or 20-year flow goes further. It measures how unusual the flow is, not what it will damage — the same flow can flood a town that has no defences and pass one that does. And "once in 20 years" is an average: two can come in a row.
Contains modified Copernicus Emergency Management Service information 2026 — the Global Flood Awareness System (GloFAS). GloFAS.