The water quality of the River Ganga was monitored using certain physical, chemical, and biological characteristics. As compared with abiotic, the biological quality was found to vary considerably. The quanta and spectra of plankton and macrozoobenthos increased with the river`sdescent. The quanta - spectra relationship for the selected components (r=0,72,0,69)was found to be meaningful. The study indicates an oligotrophic state of the River Ganga