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Other major tributaries of the Meghna include the Dhaleshwari, the Gumti, and the Feni. The Meghna empties into the Bay of Bengal in Bhola District via four principal mouths, named Tetulia (Ilsha), Shahbazpur, Hatia, and Bamni. Boat in Meghna River. The Meghna is the widest river that flows completely inside the boundaries of Bangladesh. At a ...
The Surma-Meghna River System is a river complex in the Indian Subcontinent, one of the three that form the Ganges Delta, the largest on earth. [ citation needed ] It rises in the Manipur Hills of northeast India as the Barak River and flows west becoming the Surma River and then flows south as the Meghna River , a total of 946 kilometres (588 ...
The Surma (Bengali: সুরমা নদী, romanized: Śurmā nôdī, Sylheti: ꠍꠥꠞꠝꠣ ꠉꠣꠋ, romanized: Surma gaṅ) is a major river in Bangladesh, part of the Surma-Meghna River System. It starts when the Barak River from northeast India divides at the Bangladesh border into the Surma and the Kushiyara rivers.
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.
The Titas (Bengali: তিতাস Titāsa; also Romanized Titash) is a river in Bangladesh which merges into the Meghna river and forms part of the Surma-Meghna River System. Titas starts its journey from Sarail Upazila, Brahmanbaria. The river is 98 kilometres (61 mi) long and again meets the Meghna river near Nabinagar Upazila, Brahmanbaria ...
On 15 May 2014, the double-decker ferry MV Miraj-4 capsized in the Meghna River, 50 kilometres (31 mi) southeast of Dhaka, Bangladesh. Between 150 and 200 people were on board at the time, of whom about 75 survived. As of 17 May, the official death toll stood at 54 with an unknown number of people missing.
The Barak River is a trans-boundary river between India and Bangladesh. Soon after entering Bangladesh, it splits into Surma River and Kushiyara River, which merge again into the Meghna River before joining the Ganges Delta. The entire river system is often referred to as the "Barak-Meghna River System". [11]
Gazaria Upazila is located at , covering a total area of 130.92It is the Meghna River delta, which separates it from the district headquarters of Munshiganj. Two bridges connect it with the mainland: the Meghna Bridge in the west, and the Meghna-Gomotee Bridge in the east.