Flooded streets of Baridhara, Dhaka, during the 2004 flood Bangladesh is built over the flood plains of three major rivers, the Brahmaputra, Meghna, and Ganges Rivers. The three rivers converge in Bangladesh and empty into the Bay of Bengal through the largest river delta in the world. The flat land within each flood plain is fertile, and the country is densely populated. As a result, floods on any of the three rivers can affect a vast number of people. When all of the rivers run high with monsoon rains and melting snow from the Himalaya Mountains (the source of the rivers), much of Bangladesh can be under water[1]. Floods help make the cultivable land in Bangladesh fertile and thus help the agriculture sector of the country. But, excessive flood is considered a calamity. The floods have caused havoc in Bangladesh throughout history, especially during the recent years: 1987, 1988, and 1998. The most recent one occurred in 2007. According to government statistics 298 people died and a total of 1,02,11,780 people are badly affected by it. 58,866 houses are completely damaged for the flood up to 13 August 2007.[2] Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (480x640, 198 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Floods in Bangladesh ...
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Dhaka (previously Dacca; Bengali: ḌhÄkÄ; IPA: ) is the capital of Bangladesh and the principal city of Dhaka District. ...
Flooding in Amphoe Sena, Ayutthaya Province, Thailand. ...
The Brahmaputra is one of the major rivers of Asia. ...
Meghna is an important river in South Asia, one of the three rivers responsible for creating the largest delta on earth, most of which is Bangladesh. ...
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Perspective view of the Himalaya and Mount Everest as seen from space looking south-south-east from over the Tibetan Plateau. ...
 Dozens of villages were inundated when rain pushed the rivers of northwestern Bangladesh over their banks in early October 2005. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite captured the top image of the flooded Ghaghat and Atrai Rivers on October 12, 2005. The deep blue of the rivers is spread across the countryside in the flood image. Bangladesh is a very low lying country, (only 3-7 feet in most parts). The rise in sea water levels, the narrow north tip to the Bay of Bengal, tropical storms that whip up wind speeds of up 140 mph (225 km/h)send waves (up to 26 feet tall) crashing into the coast, the shallow sea bed and the fact that water coming down from the rivers Ganges and Brahmaputra can not escape when the water level rises all contribute to the severe flooding of the Bangladesh coastline. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 452 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (540 × 716 pixel, file size: 242 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Flooding in Bangladesh Source: http://earthobservatory. ...
Image File history File links Size of this preview: 452 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (540 × 716 pixel, file size: 242 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Flooding in Bangladesh Source: http://earthobservatory. ...
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Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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The Brahmaputra is one of the major rivers of Asia. ...
However this is not the only reason as due to the effects of deforestation in Nepal, there have been an increase in the flood risk of the two major rivers running through Bangladesh. The river Ganges and the river Brahmaputra. Deforestation leads to more water in rivers which allows more sediment to build up which leads to a higher risk of flooding. This article is about the process of deforestation in the environment. ...
To further increase the risk of flooding, Bangladesh is a frequent receiver of cyclones. These fierce winds create chaos in the water, and often, destroy banks and dams. Since Bangladesh is adjacent to a warm ocean, cyclones are a common occurrence. This article is about the meteorological phenomenon. ...
The population density on the flood plains is so great due to the fertility of the soil that many people are forced to farm on the slopes. Deforestation and agricultural practices loosen the soil, causing it to flow into the rivers when it rains. As a result, the depth of the river bed decreases and flooding is more likely to occur.[1]
Effects
Over 70 percent of the land area was flooded. In Assam in the north-east more than 2 million people lost their homes as a result of the flooding In the Nalbari district, 241 villages were submerged. Over 1000 people were killed and millions were made homeless. There were severe shortages of drinking water. Diseases such as bronchitis and diarrhoea spread and killed many people.
See also Ganges River Delta, Bangladesh and India The Ganges Delta (or the Bengal Delta) is a river delta in the South Asia region of Bengal, consisting of Bangladesh and the state of West Bengal, India. ...
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The Padma River is a distributary of the Ganges River in Bangladesh. ...
A Map showing major rivers in Bangladesh including Jamuna. ...
Brahmaputra A dugout with pilot in Chitwan. ...
Notes Prothom Alo (Bangla: পà§à¦°à¦¥à¦® আলো) is a major daily newspaper in Bangladesh, published from Dhaka in the Bengali language. ...
Reference - "The Annual Flooding of Bangladesh By Derek Gould"
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