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Hooghly (River of Bengal proper)

or river of Bengal proper, and commer- HÚGLI (hög-lē'), a cially the most important. Taking its miles in the same direction to the Bay pur, it has a S. course of 64 miles to Calcutta, and a further course of 81 miles in the same direction to the Bay of Bengal. At its mouth the Hooghly has a width of 15 miles.