Rivers of Bangladesh

Rivers of Bangladesh

Bangladesh has got about 700 rivers. Due to the presence of a large number of river, Bangladesh is called a riverine country. The rivers influence the life style of the people of Bangladesh. The padma, The Jmuna, The Meghna and the Karnaphuli are the major rivers of Bangladesh. These rivers have also got their tributaries and dis tributaries. The total length of all the rivers including tributaries and dis tributaries. The total length of all the rivers including tributaries and dis tributaries is about 22,155 kilometers. The description of the rivers of Bangladesh is given below.

The padma: 

                  The padma is one of the largest river of Bangladesh. This has originated from the Gangatri, glacier. Then it flows to the south-west and then to the south-east taking the name of the Gangaes at Haridwar and enters into the plain lands. From this point the Gangas flow through uttar Pradesh and Bihar State leaving dis tributary named Bhagirathi(Hooghly) river at Dhulian of Smurshidabad district in West Bengal. The Bhagirathi falls into the Bay of Bengal.

The main flow of the Ganges takes the name of padma at the south-western point at Rajshahi district and flowing for about 145 kilometers through West Bengal and along the border of Bangladesh enters into Bangladesh through the north-western point of Kustia district. Then it meets the jamuna riper at Daulatdia ghat. This combined stream flows towards the south-east as the padma and meets the meghna. At chandpur. Afterwards, the combined flow of these three rivers fall into the Bay of Bengal as the Meghna. The padma drains an area of 34,188 square kilometers. The Kumar, Mathabhanga, Bhairab, Mahananda is the main tributary. Punarbhava, Pagla, Kulik and Tangan are the tributaries of Mahananda.

The Brahmaputra river: 

                       The Brahmaputra river originates from a glacial part of Kailash Peak of the Himalayas, then flows to the east over Tibet and finally passes through Assam to the west Thereafter, The Brahmaputra rivers enters into Bangladesh near Kurigram. Thereafter, This river takes a turn towards south-east near Dewanganj and then flowing through the district of Mymensingh falls at Meghna to the south of Bhairab Bazar. Dharla and Tista are the main tributaries and Bangshi and Sitalakhya are the major distributaries of the Brahmaputra river.

The Jamuna river: 

                       The main branch of the Brahmaputra near Dewanganj of Mymensingh district flows towards south as jamuna to meet the Padma river near Daulardia. Karotoa and Atrai are the major tributaries of the Jamuna and Dhaleshwari is its distributary. Whereas Buriganga is the distributary of Dhaleshwari.

The Meghna: 

                    The Barak river of Assam originates from Naga-Manipur region and being divided into two branches as Surma and Kushiyara. Enter into Sylhet district of Bangladesh. Surma the northern branch, flows towards west by the side of Sylhet Chhatak amd Sunamganj. The Surma of north sylhet, the Kushiyara of South Sylhet, the Kalni of Habigangj meet together near Ajmiriganj. Then the combined stream of Kalani. The Surma and the kushiyara after flowing some distance to the south of Bhairab Bazar and flowing to the southwest it meets the padma near Chandpur and ultimately falls into the Bay of Bengal as Meghna drains an area of about 29.875 square kilometers. Monu, baulai, Titas, gumti, are the tributaries of Meghna.

The Karnaphuli: 

                    Tow hundred and seventy four kilometers long Karanaphuli river having originated from the Lusai Hills in Assam and flowing through Rangamati and Chittagong falls into the Bay of Bengal. This is the main river of Chittagong and Rangamati. The major tributaries of Karnaphuli river are Kassalong, Halda, and boalkhali. A  Hydro-electric project has been constructed at Kaptai on Karnaphuli river. The main sea port of Bangladesh is situated at the south of the Karnaphuli river. S

The sangu:  

                The origin of the Sangu river is in the Arakan Mountain. Originating from the boundary of Myanmar and Bangladesh and flowing through Bangladesh and Chittagong. The river falls at the south of the mouth of Karnaphuli into the Bay of Bengal.

The Feni: 

               The Feni river is situated in the district of Feni. The origin of this river is in Tippera Hills. Flowing through the eastern side of Feni, this river falls into the Bay of Bengal at the north of Sandwip. 

 Rivers of Bangladesh and Main rivers of Bangladesh is important wealth for this country.