River and its tributary

# The Padma is one of the biggest rivers in Bangladesh. When the Ganges enters Bangladesh at Rajshahi, it takes the new name of the Padma.


The tributaries of Padma River are:


1) Mohananda River

The Mohananda is a trans boundary river that flows through the Indian states of Bihar and West Bengal before crossing into Bangladesh.

Punarbhaba River:

The Punarbhaba  is a river of Bangladesh and West Bengal with a total length of 160 kilometres a width of 3 to 8 kilometres.




# The Jamuna, the lower part of the Brahmaputra River of India, enters into Bangladesh at Nageshwari upazila of Kurigram district and meets the Ganges at Aricha, is the most dynamic among the rivers of Bangladesh




The tributaries of Jamuna River are:


1)Tista River:

Tista River, a tributary of the Jamuna River(Brammaputra River), flowing through India and Bangladesh. It rises in the Himalayas near Chunthang in Sikkim (India), flows to the south, cutting a deep gorge through the Siwalik Hills east of Darjiling (in West Bengal, India), and turns southeast to run through the Sivok Khola pass onto the plains of West Bengal. 

2)Karatoya River:

The Karatoya, known as Phuljhur, rises in the Baikunthapur jungles in the extreme north-west of Jalpaiguri district (West Bengal, India) and forms for some distance the boundary between Dinajpur and Rangpur districts. 


3) Atrai River:

The Atrai river is the westernmost tributary of the Brahmaputra. One of the sacred rivers described in the Mahabharata. Its ancient name is Atrei. The source of the river is 10 km northeast of the town of Siliguri in West Bengal, from where it flows west of the river Jamuna. Karatoya river is named after Atrai from Khansama upazila of Dinajpur district.



#The Meghna River is one of the major rivers in Bangladesh, one of the three that forms the Ganges Delta, the largest delta on earth, which fans out to the Bay of Bengal. A part of the Surma-Meghna River System, Meghna is formed inside Bangladesh in Kishoreganj District above the town of Bhairab Bazar by the joining of the Surma and the Kushiyara, both of which originate in the hilly regions of eastern India as the Barak River. The Meghna meets its major tributary, the Padma, in Chandpur District. 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.


The tributaries of Meghna River are:


1) Manu River:
The Manu river, which flows through the Moulvibazar district, used to be a blessing.

2)Baulai River:

It is a river near the Tanguar Haor and located
 in Sylhet Division, Bangladesh, South Asia.

3) Titas River:

It flows eastward towards the north and west of Chandora village and flows east to south-south direction of Brahmanbaria town and goes to the southwest of Akhaura railway junction and falls in the Meghna river near Lalpur on the west side of Nabinagar. The river flows into English alphabet M. 

4) Gomoti River:


Gomati River, tributary of the Meghna River, central Uttar Pradesh state, northern India. It rises in northern Uttar Pradesh about 32 miles (51 km) east of Pilibhit and is intermittent for the first 35 miles (56 km) of its course, becoming perennial after its junction with the Joknai.


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