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1We present an extensive river sediment dataset covering the Ganga basin from the Himalayan 2 front downstream to the Ganga mainstream in Bangladesh. These sediments were mainly 3 collected over several monsoon seasons and include depth profiles of suspended particles in 4 the river water column. Mineral sorting is the first order control on the chemical composition 5 of river sediments. Taking into account this variability we show that sediments become 6 significantly depleted in mobile elements during their transit through the floodplain.

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