Question

After seeing seven of his sons killed by his wife at one of these locations, Shantanu intervenes (10[1])to save his eighth son, Bhishma. Yama’s twin sister is a goddess who personifies one of these locations, which is purified by Krishna after he kills the serpent Kaliya. (10[3])A goddess of one of these locations rides the makara. To unblock seven of these locations, (10[1])Indra destroys 99 forts of the serpent Vritra and kills him. Ash or semen left in one of these locations leads to the birth of Kartikeya. One of these locations is said to emerge from Shiva’s matted hair (10[1])and can be directly accessed (10[1])from 88 ghats in the city of Varanasi. For 10 points, name this type of location personified by Ganga. ■END■ (10[4]0[3])

ANSWER: rivers [accept Ganges river or Yamuna river or Kalindi river; accept streams or tributaries or waterways; accept Ganga before read; prompt on general descriptions of bodies of water]
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Bharath RamGeorgia Tech AAuburn A1610
Tarun KotiEmory ASouth Carolina B4510
Varun VenkatagiriGeorgia AGeorgia Tech C4510
Griffin ElderTennessee AGeorgia Tech E4510
Sean JacksonSouth Carolina AGeorgia Tech D6110
Monish JampalaGeorgia Tech BEmory Oxford9910
Hayes BrownFurmanAuburn B10410
Tommy NguyenBelmontClemson A12410
Asheton WilbanksClemson ABelmont1240
Britton WebsterAlabama AClemson B12410
Brandon HuntAuburn CSouthern1240
Knykolas RossSouthernAuburn C1240
Yuxuan LuVanderbilt AMississippi State A12410
Alina MooreTennessee BVanderbilt B12410