|States||Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana| |- left||Tons,
Hindon, Sharda, Kunta, Gir, Rishiganga, Hanuman Ganga| |-
right||Chambal, Betwa, Ken, Sindh| |Cities||Yamuna Nagar, Delhi,
Mathura, Agra, Etawah, Kalpi| |- location||Banderpooch peaks,
Uttarkashi district, Uttarakhand, India| |- elevation||3,293 m
(10,804 ft)| |- location||Allahabad, India| |- elevation||74 m
(243 ft)| |Length||1,376 km (855 mi)| |Basin||366,223 km2
(141,399 sq mi)| The Yamuna (Pron:ˈjʌmʊnə) (Sanskrit: यमुना),
sometimes called Jamuna (Hindi: जमुना) or Jumna, is the largest
tributary river of the Ganges (Ganga) in northern India.
Originating from the Yamunotri Glacier at a height of 6,387
metres on the south western slopes of Banderpooch peaks in the
Lower Himalayas in Uttarakhand, it travels a total length of
1,376 kilometers (855 mi) and has a drainage system of 366,223
square kilometres (141,399 sq mi), 40.2% of the entire Ganges
Basin, before merging with the Ganges at Triveni Sangam,
Allahabad, the site for the Kumbha Mela every