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Pabna District (Bengali: পাবনা জেলা) is a district in central Bangladesh. [4] It is an economically important district. Its administrative capital is the eponymous Pabna town. The main five rivers of this district are: Padma, Jamuna, Baral, Atrai and Chiknai.
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 Jamuna forms the eastern boundary of the district for a length of 130 kilometres (80 mi), separating Pabna from the districts of Mymensingh, Tangail and Dhaka. The present channel of the Jamuna is of comparatively recent origin and is due to the diversion of the Brahmaputra through the Jenai which was a small river, more or less, at the ...
Pabna (Bengali: পাবনা) is a city of Pabna District, Bangladesh and the administrative capital of the eponymous Pabna District. [1] It is on the north bank of the Padma River and has a population of about 300,109.
Aminpur Thana, Pabna. The name Aminpur Thana refers to the village of Aminpur, in the Jatsakhni Union of Bera Upazila in the Pabna District of Bangladesh. It is located beside the Attrai River on national highway NH5 between Kazirhat Launch Terminal and Kashinathpur. Aminpur Thana is near Manikgonj and Rajbari.
The district has several beels, the largest of which is Chalan Beel on the border with Pabna district. Sirajganj district is in the Jamuna river basin. The Jamuna forms the eastern border of the district. It contains numerous small chars. The Karatoya river flows into Tarash upazila from Bogura district and flows southeast.
An estimate taken in 1945 found about 47 rivers and other waterways flowed into the Chalan Beel, a watershed of about 1,547 square miles (4,010 km 2).In addition to being a crossroads for the many waterways it also served as the origin for the many rivers flowing south or east that eventually meet with the Padma or Jamuna.
Baral (Borhal Bengali: বড়াল) river, one of the offshoots of the Ganges, starts its journey at Charghat Upazila of Rajshahi District of Bangladesh.Flowing through Natore and Pabna, the Baral meets with the Gumani River at the east of Bhangura and finally meets with the Hurasagar River after joining with the Karatoya south of Shahjadpur Upazila.