| BRAHMAPUTRA | River flowing from southern Tibet through northeast India and joining the Ganges in Bangladesh |
| INDUS | River flowing from Tibet through the heart of Pakistan to the Arabian Sea (5) |
| ABOR | Dialect of northeast India and Burma |
| WYE | River rising near Buxton, flowing past Bakewell and joining the Derwent (3) |
| PROTESTING | In favour of setting off and joining the demonstration (10) |
| SURGE | Bound to jump the source of the Ganges in flood (5) |
| GHAT | Steps by the Ganges, in India |
| FALLINGINTOLINE | Finally following instructions and joining the queue |
| NEISSE | River flowing from the Jizera Mountains through the Czech Republic, Poland and Germany to the Oder ( |
| SCHELDT | River flowing from the French village of Gouy through the port of Antwerp to the North Sea (7) |
| IRTYSH | River flowing from the Altai Mountains, through Kazakhstan to the Ob in Russia (6) |
| NAGA | A member of a people of NE India and W Myanmar that formerly indulged in headhunting (4) |
| RHINE | River flowing from the Swiss Alps through six countries including Austria, Germany and France before emptying into the North Sea (5) |
| RHEIN | German name for a river flowing from the Swiss Alps to Rotterdam, considered the busiest waterway in |
| ODER | River flowing from the Czech Republic through Poland and Germany (4) |
| TIGRIS | River flowing from the Garden of Eden, in the Bible |
| DALES | Yorkshire _, the valleys of the rivers flowing from the Pennines in West Yorkshire (5) |
| BHAGALPUR | City in Bihar, northeast India, associated with the silk industry |
| ASSAM | State in northeast India noted for its tea and silk (5) |
| YSER | River flowing from France through Belgium, along which a battle forming part of the Race to the Sea was fought (4) |
