Editing Ganges river dolphin (section)

== Distribution ==
It lives along the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna and Karnaphuli-Sangu river systems of Bangladesh and India, and the Sapta Koshi and Karnali Rivers in Nepal.<ref name="EDGE">{{Cite web |title=South Asian river dolphin (''Platanista gangetica'') |url=http://www.edgeofexistence.org/mammals/species_info.php?id=65 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111013075943/http://edgeofexistence.org/mammals/species_info.php?id=65 |archive-date=13 October 2011 |access-date=26 July 2011 |publisher=EDGE}}</ref><ref name="Paudel 59–68">{{Cite journal |last1=Paudel |first1=S. |last2=Pal |first2=P. |last3=Cove |first3=M.V. |last4=Jnawali |first4=S.R. |last5=Abel |first5=G. |last6=Koprowski |first6=J.L. |last7=Ranabhat |first7=R. |year=2015 |title=The Endangered Ganges River dolphin ''Platanista gangetica gangetica'' in Nepal: abundance, habitat and conservation threats |journal=Endangered Species Research |volume=29 |issue=1 |pages=59–68 |doi=10.3354/esr00702 |doi-access=free}}</ref> The Ganges river dolphin favours deep pools, eddy countercurrents located downstream of the convergence of rivers and of sharp meanders, and upstream and downstream of midchannel islands.<ref name="Paudel 59–68" /><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Ganges River dolphin |url=http://wwf.panda.org/knowledge_hub/endangered_species/cetaceans/about/river_dolphins/ganges_river_dolphin/ |access-date=25 August 2019 |publisher=WWF}}</ref>