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[[Image:Bangladesh LOC 1996 map.jpg|right|thumb|A map showing the major rivers in Bangladesh.]]
[[Image:Padma river.jpg|right|thumb|River Padma in Rainy Season]]
[[Image:MeghnaRiver.jpg|right|thumb|River Meghna as viewed from a bridge]]
[[File:Bangladesh tmo 2011313.jpg|right|thumb|Ganges and Brahmaputra]]
'''[[Bangladesh]]''' is a [[riverine]] country. According to Bangladesh Water development board (BWDB)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bwdb.gov.bd/|script-title=bn:বাংলাদেশ পানি উন্নয়ন বোর্ড|website=www.bwdb.gov.bd|access-date=2019-04-13}}</ref> about 230907 rivers currently flow in Bangladesh (during summer and winter), although the numbernumbers stated are ambiguous in some sources are ambiguous.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.educarnival.com/%e0%a6%ac%e0%a6%be%e0%a6%82%e0%a6%b2%e0%a6%be%e0%a6%a6%e0%a7%87%e0%a6%b6%e0%a7%87%e0%a6%b0-%e0%a6%a8%e0%a6%a6-%e0%a6%a8%e0%a6%a6%e0%a7%80-%e0%a6%b8%e0%a6%ae%e0%a7%8d%e0%a6%aa%e0%a6%b0%e0%a7%8d/|script-title=bn:বাংলাদেশের নদ-নদী সম্পর্কিত সাধারণ জ্ঞান (সকল প্রশ্ন একসাথে)|website=Educarnival|language=bn|access-date=2019-04-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.beshto.com/questionid/6642|script-title=bn:বাংলাদেশের নদী কয়টি ?|website=বেশতো|access-date=2019-04-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.prothomalo.com/opinion/article/1583416/%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B6%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%82%E0%A6%96%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BE-%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BE-%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%87|script-title=bn:দেশে নদীর সংখ্যা আর কবে জানা যাবে|work=Prothom Alo|type=Opinion|language=bn|access-date=2019-04-13}}</ref> As stated by a publication called ''বাংলাদেশের নদ-নদী'' by BWDB( ([[Bangladesh Water Development Board|Bangladesh Water development board]]), 310 rivers flow in the summer although they republished another study in 6 volumes where stated 405 rivers.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Bangladesh Water Development Board {{!}} On Going Project|url=https://www.bwdb.gov.bd/rivers-information|access-date=2021-12-22|website=www.bwdb.gov.bd}}</ref> The number differs widely due to lack of research on the counts and the fact that these rivers changeschange flow in time and season.Old Historical sources and history statesstate about 700 to 800<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.somewhereinblog.net/blog/rajib128/29621274|script-title=bn:বাংলাদেশের নদ-নদী ( অবস্থা খুব খারাপ ) - রাজীব নুর এর বাংলা ব্লগ । bangla blog {{!}} সামহোয়্যার ইন ব্লগ - বাঁধ ভাঙ্গার আওয়াজ|website=somewhere in... blog|language=en|access-date=2019-04-13}}</ref> rivers but most of them have dried outup or are extinct due to pollution and lack of attention and pollution. The numbers differ also differ because the same riverrivers may changeschange namenames in different regions and inthrough history. About 17 rivers are on the verge of extinction. and

A thetotal 54of 57 international rivers flow directlythrough Bangladesh, [[List of Bangladesh-India transboundary rivers|54 from India]] and 3 from [[Myanmar]]. Total of 57 international rivers flow through Bangladesh. The international number of international rivers can be 58 as ''Brahmaputra'' is called "Nod" while the general term for river is "Nodi". The gender division of rivers is interesting from history and mainly depending on the source of the river but not the size or flow briskness. ''Sangu'' and ''Halda'' are the only two internal rivers originated and finished within Bangladesh. Of the three major rivers, the ''[[SurmaJamuna River (Bangladesh)|SurmaJamuna]]'' is- thepart longestof riverthe and ''[[KarnaphuliBrahmaputra River|KarnafuliBrahmaputra]]'' - is the longest, [[Padma River|''Padma'']] is the swiftest., and ''[[JamunaMeghna River (Bangladesh)|JamunaMeghna]]'' is the widest river. According to banglapedia, 700 rivers flow in Bangladesh,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=River_and_Drainage_System|title=River and Drainage System |website=Banglapedia|access-date=2019-04-13}}</ref> but the information is old and obsolete. There is an including tributaries flow through the country constituting a waterway of total length around {{convert|24140|km|mi}}.<ref>{{cite web|title=River and Drainage System|url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=River_and_Drainage_System|work=Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh|date=2012|accessdateaccess-date=12 October 2014}}</ref> But the number differs ambiguously due to the lack of updated information. Most of the country's land is formed through [[silt]] brought by the rivers. Bangladesh geography and culture is influenced by the riverine delta system. Bangladesh lies in the biggest river delta of the world - the [[Ganges Delta]] system.
 
==Major rivers==
{| class="wikitable"
! Name of River
! District Covered by a River in Miles
! District Covered by a River in Miles<ref>{{cite news |title=River of Bangladesh |url=http://bdnewsnet.com/wiki/river-of-bangladesh/ |accessdate=12 October 2018 |work=🔴 bdnewsnet.com |date=21 April 2018}}</ref>
! Total length in Miles
|-
| [[Surma River|Surma]]-[[Meghna]]
| Sylhet (180), Comilla (146), Barisal (90)
| {{convert|359221|mi|km}}
|-
| [[Karatoya River|Karatoya]]-[[Atrai River|Atrai]]-[[Gurgumari River|Gurgumari]]-[[Hursagar River|Hursagar]]
| Dinajpur (161), Rajshahi (160) & Pabna (50)
| {{convert|382326|mi|km}}
|-
| [[Donai River|Donai]]-[[Charalkata River|Charalkata]]-[[Jamuneswari River|Jamuneswari]]-[[Karatoya River|Karatoya]]
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| [[Padma River|Padma]] ([[Ganges]])
| Rajshahi (90) Pabna (60) Dhaka (60) & Faridpur (80)
| {{convert|222341|mi|km}}
|-
| [[Garai River|Garai]]-[[Madhumati River|Madhumati]]-[[Baleswar River|Baleswar]]
| Kushtia (36) Faridpur (70) Jessore (91) [[Narail]]Khulna (104) and Barisal (65)
| {{convert|233|mi|km}}
|-
| [[Old Brahmaputra River|Old Brahmaputra]]
| Jamalpur,Mymensingh (172)
| {{convert|150|mi|km}}
|-
| [[Brahmaputra River|Brahmaputra]]-[[JamuJamuna River|JamuJamuna]]
|Jamalpur, Bogra,Sirajganj,
| Rangpur (75) Pabna (75)
Tangail,Pabna (75)
| {{convert|94|mi|km}}
|-
| [[KobadakKapotaksha River|KobadakKapotaksha]]
| Jessore (49) Khulna (112)
| {{convert|113|mi|km}}
|-
| [[Banhshi River|Banshi]]
| MymensinghJamalpur (123) DhakaTangail (25) Gazipur
| {{convert|115|mi|km}}
|-
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==Bogra District==
 
There are quite a few rivers in the district of [[Bogura]]. Taking the [[Karatoya]] as the central dividing water-channel of the district, the other rivers may be classified into the eastern and the Western systems. The course of all the rivers is, with such allowances as must be made for beds and windings, nearly uniform north and south. The eastern rivers are Monas, Charkadaha and Khamati besides a few other smaller ones. Through the khiar tracts in the western parts of the district flow the Nagar, the Tulshiganga, Nagar and other minor streams. All the western rivers are the tributaries of the [[Atrai River|Atrai]] which itself flows into the Jamuna {{convert|12|mi|km|0|order=flip}} north of the confluence of that river with the [[Ganges]] ([[padma]]) at [[GoalandaGoalundo Ghat|Goalunda]].
 
Evidences show that the rivers [[Karatoya]] and [[Nagar River (Rajshahi)|Nagar]] have changed their courses in the past, while the [[Jamuna River (Bangladesh)|Jamuna]], lying on the eastern boundary of the district, is in fact a new channel of the [[Brahmaputra River|Brahmaputra]]. A very small river, Tarai used to occupy more or
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* [[Baleshwar River]]
* [[Bhairab River]]
* [[Kapotaksha River]]
* [[Kholpetua River]]
* [[Mayur River]]
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# [[Garai River]]
# [[Kaliganga River]]
# Isamoti river pabna
 
==Mymensingh District==
 
The [[Jamuna River (Bangladesh)|Jamuna]], nowhere less than 4 miles wide during rainsrain, is runningruns in the west and the equally important [[Meghna]] encloses the district on the east. They are connected by the old channel of the [[Brahmaputra]] running through the centre of the district in a south-easterly direction from above [[Bahadurabad]] up to [[Bhairab Bazar]].
 
===Rivers in Mymensingh District===
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==Noakhali District==
 
The district of Noakhali is not intersected by soas many rivers as the other deltaic districts of Bangladesh. On the westwestern and southsouthern parts of the district and between the islands flows the Meghna with all its bifurcations each of which is much biggerlarger than an ordinary river, and on the east the Feni subdivision is drained by the great and little Feni rivers. In the intervening country there are no rivers of any size and the drainage there depends on a few tidal channels or khals, of which the principal are the Noakhali khal, the Mahendra Khal and the Bhowaniganj Khal.
 
In sharp contrast with the mainland to its south, there is a network of khals in the islands. As one advances from the older formation of chars towards the newer ones, the number of khals gradually increases. The khals gradually silt up, but where diluvion goes on, new khals come into existence and the old ones become wider and wider.
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# [[Kazipur River]]
# [[Karatoya River]]
#[[Kageshwari Bridge]]
 
==Rajshahi District==
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{{Commons|Rivers of Bangladesh}}
 
== See also ==
 
* [[List of Bangladesh-India transboundary rivers]]
 
==References==
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==External links==
* {{Cite web |last=Hossain |first=Amirul |title=Annual Flood Report 2014 |url=https://www.deltares.nl/app/uploads/2015/11/Annual-Flood-Report-2014.pdf |date=2014 |publisher=Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre (FFWC), Bangladesh Water Development Board (BWDB) |language=en}}
* {{Cite web |last=Hossain |first=Saiful |title=Country Perspective: Bangladesh |url=http://www.wmo.int/pages/prog/hwrp/chy/hydrosos/documents/presentations/day1/Session2b-Saiful_Hossain-Bangladesh_Country_perspective.pdf |website=wmo.int |date=2017|language=en}}
* {{Cite web |title=Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna Basin |url=http://www.fao.org/nr/water/aquastat/basins/gbm/index.stm |work=Aquastat |date=2011 |publisher=[[FAO]] |language=en}}
 
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