NationMaster - Encyclopedia: List of rivers in Bangladesh

Bangladesh is a riverine country. Most of the country's land is formed through silt brought by the many hundreds of rivers that flow through it. Following is a list of some of the major rivers of Bangladesh:

Categories: Rivers of Bangladesh Brahmaputra The Brahmaputra is one of the major rivers of Asia. ... The Buriganga River (old Ganges)is the main river flowing beside of Dhaka city, capital of Bangladesh. ... Dhakeshwari River, about 160 Km long, a distributary of the Jamuna River in central Bangladesh. ... The Gorai-Madhumati River is one of the longest rivers in Bangladesh and a tributary of the Ganges. ... Jamuna River is one of the three main rivers of Bangladesh. ... Karnaphuli (also spelt Karnafuli) is a river in the south-eastern part of Bangladesh. ... The Mahananda River is a river the originates in the district of Darjeeling in West Bengal in the Himalayas. ... Meghna river 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. ... The Padma River is a distributary of the Ganges River in Bangladesh. ...

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Jamuna River - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (135 words)
	The Jamuna River (Bangla: যমুনা Jomuna) is one of the three main rivers of Bangladesh.
	Merged with the Padma (Pôdda), it meets the Meghna River near Chandpur.
	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, the 11th longest bridge of the world.

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