The Jamuna River (Bangla: যমুনা Jomuna) is one of the three main rivers of Bangladesh.and it is also one og the biggest river in the world. It serves as the main branch of Brahmaputra River, which flows through Tibet (China) and India. It flows into the Padma River (Pôdda) near Goalondo. Merged with the Padma (Pôdda), it meets the Meghna River near Chandpur. It then flows into the Bay of Bengal as the Meghna River[1]. The Jamuna was a barrier in establishing a direct road link between capital Dhaka and northern part of Bangladesh better known as Rajshahi Division until 1996, with the completion Jamuna Multi-Purpose Bridge.[2] ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (1596x2000, 1531 KB) Bangladesh pshysical map Map of Bangladesh. ... ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (1596x2000, 1531 KB) Bangladesh pshysical map Map of Bangladesh. ... Not to be confused with the nearby Jamuna River a tributary of the Meghna River, which is sometimes confused both in older historical literature, and by translations of the local dialects. ... Bangla redirects here. ... Map of the Brahmaputra Yarlung Tsangpo River in Tibet. ... This article is about historical/cultural Tibet. ... The Padma River is a distributary of the Ganges River in Bangladesh. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Look up Bay of Bengal in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ... Jamuna Bridge, more correctly called the Jamuna Multi-purpose Bridge, opened in June 1998, is the longest bridge in Bangladesh as well as in South Asia, and the 11th longest bridge in the world. ...
The great multipurpose bridge
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^ Traditionally, in British publications the result of the three rivers coming together was called the Ganges. See, e.g. "Surma River" Encyclopedia Britannica
^ Akhter, Farida (2005) "Japan ODA: Cause of river erosion, displacement and environmental destruction in Bangladesh?" The Reality of Aid: Asia-Pacific pp. 63-75
Jamuna Bridge, more correctly called the Jamuna Multi-purpose Bridge, opened in June 1998, is the longest bridge in Bangladesh as well as in South Asia, and the 11th longest bridge in the world. ... Bangladesh is a riverine country. ...
One of them is the Hoogli River near Kolkata, another major distributary being the PadmaRiver that enters Bangladesh and merges with JamunaRiver, a branch of the Brahmaputra River.
The Yamuna River — a major river in its own right, and nearly as sacred — is a tributary of the Ganga, and their confluence is near what is the site of the traditional holy Hindu city of Prayag, now known as Allahabad.
It is believed that taking a dip in the river will wash away one's sins, and that having one's ashes disposed of in the Ganga after death may improve one's next life or even allow Moksha to be attained sooner.
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