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  2. Ganges - Wikipedia

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    The River Ganges at Kolkata, with Howrah Bridge in the background Lower Ganges in Lakshmipur, Bangladesh The name Ganges is used for the river between the confluence of the Bhagirathi and Alaknanda rivers, in the Himalayas, and the first bifurcation of the river, near the Farakka Barrage and the India-Bangladesh Border.

  3. Ganges water dispute - Wikipedia

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    India uses it to control the flow of the Ganges River. The dam was built to divert Ganges River water into the Hooghly River during the dry season, from January to June, to flush out the accumulating silt which in the 1950s and 1960s was a problem at Kolkata Port on the Hooghly River. [4] Bangladesh claimed that its rivers were drying up ...

  4. List of rivers of Bangladesh - Wikipedia

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    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.

  5. River Ganges abruptly changed course after major earthquake ...

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    The Ganges forms the world’s second-largest river system after the Amazon in South America, flowing for over 2,500 km through northern India and Bangladesh before joining the Brahmaputra and ...

  6. Ganges Delta - Wikipedia

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    Ganges Delta, 2020 satellite photograph. The Ganges Delta (also known the Ganges-Brahmaputra Delta, the Sundarbans Delta or the Bengal Delta [1]) is a river delta predominantly covering the Bengal region of the Indian subcontinent, consisting of Bangladesh and the Indian state of West Bengal.

  7. List of Bangladesh-India transboundary rivers - Wikipedia

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    The Joint River Commission was a bilateral working group established by India and Bangladesh in the Indo-Bangla Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Peace that was signed on March 19, 1972, and came into being in November 1972. As per the treaty, the two nations established the commission to work for the common interests and sharing of water ...

  8. Meghna River - Wikipedia

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    The Meghna (Bengali: মেঘনা নদী, romanized: Mēghanā Nadī) is one of the major rivers in Bangladesh, [2] one of the three that form the Ganges Delta, the largest delta on earth, which fans out to the Bay of Bengal.

  9. Gorai-Madhumati River - Wikipedia

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    Map showing major rivers in Bangladesh including Gorai-Madhumati. The Gorai-Madhumati (Bengali: গড়াই-মধুমতি, romanized: gaṛāi-madhumati, Gôŗai-Modhumoti) is one of the longest rivers in Bangladesh and a distributary of the Ganges. [1]