List of rivers of Bangladesh: Difference between revisions

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'''[[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=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. Historical sources state 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 also differ because the same rivers may change names in different regions and through 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 ''[[Jamuna River (Bangladesh)|Jamuna]]'' - part of the ''[[Brahmaputra River|Brahmaputra]]'' - is the longest, river and[[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|access-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.

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| Jamalpur,Mymensingh (172)

| [[Brahmaputra River|Brahmaputra]]-[[JamuJamuna River|JamuJamuna]]

| [[KobadakKapotaksha River|KobadakKapotaksha]]

| MymensinghJamalpur (123) DhakaTangail (25) Gazipur

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]].