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Asmat Ali Khan Bridge : Madaripur: Crosses Arial Khan River Bangladesh-China Friendship Bridge or 1st Buriganga Bridge: Postogola, Dhaka: 1989: Crosses Buriganga River: Babu Bazar Buriganga Bridge: Babu Bazar, Dhaka: 2001: Crosses Buriganga River: Bangladesh-UK Friendship Bridge or Bhairab Bridge: Bhairab Upazila, Kishoreganj District: 2002 ...
The Buriganga (Bengali: বুড়িগঙ্গা, Buŗigônga, lit. ' Old Ganges ' ) is a river in Bangladesh which flows past the southwest outskirts of the capital city, Dhaka . It ranks among the most polluted rivers in the country.
A map showing the major rivers in Bangladesh. River Padma in Rainy Season River Meghna as viewed from a bridge Ganges and Brahmaputra. Bangladesh is a riverine country. According to Bangladesh Water development board (BWDB) [1] about 907 rivers currently flow in Bangladesh (during summer and winter), although the numbers stated in some sources are ambiguous.
Turag River (Bengali: তুরাগ নদ; [t̪uraɡ nɔd̪]) is the upper tributary of the Buriganga, a major river in Bangladesh. The Turag originates from the Bangshi River, the latter an important tributary of the Dhaleshwari River, flows through Gazipur and joins the Buriganga at Mirpur in Dhaka District. It is navigable by boat all ...
A lake flows through the heart of the project with a 16 km road surrounding it. During the dry season, the Hatirjheel Lake can hold approximately 3.06 billion litres of water, and during the rainy season about 4.81 billion litres of water, making it the largest body of water inside the capital of Bangladesh.
Padma River and boats (1860) Eighteenth-century geographer James Rennell referred to a former course of the Ganges north of its present channel, as follows: . Appearances favour very strongly the opinion, that the Ganges had its former bed in the tract now occupied by the lakes and morasses between Nattore and Jaffiergunge, striking out of the present course at Bauleah ... to a junction with ...
2nd Buriganga Bridge: Dhaka — Keraniganj: 1,016 3,333 Shah Amanat Bridge: Chittagong — Cox's Bazar: 950 3,120 Meghna Bridge: Dhaka — Chittagong: 930 3,050 Gabkhan Bridge: Barisal — Jhalokathi: 918 3,012 1st Bangladesh China Friendship (Postagola) Bridge: Dhaka — Mawa — Bhanga: 848 2,782 Dharala Bridge (Kurigram) Kurigram ...
The number of transboundary or joint rivers between India and Bangladesh is officially 54. [2] [3] [4] But a 2023 study by Riverine People, a voluntary organization on rivers, wetlands and water resources, found 69 more unrecognized joint or transboundary rivers. [5]