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	:: Munshigonj District \| Rivers ::
		In Bangladesh the Ganges is popularly known as the Padma from its point of entrance at Manakosa and Durlabhpur unions of shibganj upazila, nawabganj district.
		This name (Padma or Podda) is sometimes applied to the Ganges as far up as the point at which the Bhagirathi leaves its rightbank, and according to the Hindus, it takes the sanctity of the Ganges with it.
		The low-level discharge of the river during the dry season is of the order of 15,000 cumec, and naturally very little sediment is borne by the river during this period.
	www.munshigonj.com /RiversAroundVikrampur.htm (0 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Chandpur District
		It is bounded by Munshiganj District and Comilla District on the north, Noakhali District, Lakshmipur District and Barisal District on the south, Comilla District on the east, and Meghna River, Shariatpur District and Munshiganj District on the west.
		The Padma River is a distributary of the Ganges River in Bangladesh.
		Chandpur District (chittagong division) with an area of 1704.06 sq km, is bounded by munshiganj and comilla districts on the north, noakhali, lakshmipur and barisal districts on the south, Comilla district on the east, meghna river, shariatpur and Munshiganj districts on the west.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Chandpur-District (936 words)

	BANGLAPEDIA: Ganges-Padma River System
		Most of the rivers of the western part of the delta such as the ichamati and Kuttiganga, follow a rather south-easterly direction while some of the eastern rivers show a marked south-westerly tendency (viz, the arial khan, bishkhali, etc).
		The northern rivers of this part of the delta are generally fed with spillage from the main channel of the Ganges and runoff water of the monsoon rains.
		All rivers of the Sundarbans area (ie, the southwest coastal area of the delta) have a clayey bed and all are much influenced by tides.
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	Bangladesh - River Systems
		The larger rivers serve as the main source of water for cultivation and as the principal arteries of commercial transportation.
		The Padma-Ganges is the central part of a deltaic river system with hundreds of rivers and streams--some 2,100 kilometers in length--flowing generally east or west into the Padma.
		The Surma-Meghna, at 669 kilometers by itself the longest river in Bangladesh, is formed by the union of six lesser rivers.
	countrystudies.us /bangladesh/25.htm (731 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Padma
		Lakshmi (Padma or Sita) In Hindu mythology, the lotus goddess, wife of Vishnu, who existed at the beginning of creation, rising from the ocean borne by a lotus.
		Flowing south, it is joined southeast of Dhaka by the Padma River, which is formed from the waters of the Ganges and Brahmaputra rivers.
		PADMA'S THE JEWEL IN THE CROWN; Padma Lakshmi, successful model, UN ambassador, actress and wife of author Salman Rushdie, has landed her ideal role - filming in her native India with time to indulge her love of jewellery shopping.
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Padma (715 words)

	Boatman of the River Padma - A review by Subhajit Ghosh
		Padma Nadir Majhi (Boatman of the river Padma) is based on a classic novel by Manik Bandopadhyay.
		The work is based on the life of fishermen, who eke out a living from the catches they make from the unpredictable river Padma.
		The hopes and aspirations, despair and grief and longings for a better life of this downtrodden community has been well brought out by the Director.
	www.boloji.com /cinema/boatman.htm (678 words)

	Ganges - MSN Encarta
		At Allahābād, the Ganges is joined by the Yamuna River from the southwest, then flows east past the cities of Mirzāpur, Vārānasi, Patna, and Bhāgalpur near the Bangladesh border.
		The main course of the river continues south and is joined by the Brahmaputra and then by the Meghna River (the name by which it is known thereafter) before entering the Bay of Bengal.
		In Hindu ideology, bathing in the river is said to wash away one’s sins, and river water is used extensively in rituals.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761555855/Ganges.html (953 words)

	CMS: Platanista gangetica, Ganges river dolphin, susu
		River dolphins may be particularly vulnerable to industrial pollution because their habitat in counter-current pools downstream of confluences and sharp meanders often places them in close proximity to point sources in major urban areas (e.g.
		(1998) observed a land-locked susu population in the Kulsi river, a southern tributary of the Brahmaputra.
		- Mohan RSL, Dey SC, Bairagi SP (1998) On a resident population of the Ganges River dolphin Platanista gangetica in the Kulsi River (Assam) a tributary of Brahmaputra.
	www.cms.int /reports/small_cetaceans/data/P_gangetica/p_gangetica.htm (4330 words)

	Ganges River Summary
		The river itself is born in the Gangotri glacier in the high Himalayas, and it flows 2,510 kilometers to the Bay of Bengal.
		The Yamuna River — a major river in its own right, and nearly as endowed with the sanctity of myth and legend as the Ganga, is in fact a tributary of the Ganga; their confluence marks the site of the pilgrim town of Prayag, now known as Allahabad.
		In Hinduism, the river Ganga (feminine) is sacred.
	www.bookrags.com /Ganges_River (3566 words)

	BANGLAPEDIA: Padma River (Site not responding. Last check: )
		It is hydrographically more correct to use the name Ganges to refer to the river up to its confluence with the Jamuna (brahmaputra), and the downstream after the confluence as the Padma.
		The Padma is also sometimes wrongly referred to as the Ganges.
		The Padma is 120 kilometres long and from 4 to 8 km wide.
	www.banglapedia.org /HT/P_0008.HTM (473 words)

	Bangladesh :: Rivers and Lakes
		Rivers are the most important geographical features in Bangladesh, and it is the rivers that created the vast alluvial delta.
		The Padma, Jamuna and the lower Meghna are the widest rivers, with the latter expanding to around eight kilometers across in the wet season, and even more during the floods.
		The Ganges (Ganga), for example, is known as the Padma below the point where it is joined by the Jamuna River, the name given to the lowermost portion of the main channel of the Brahmaputra.
	www.discoverybangladesh.com /meetbangladesh/river_lakes.html (256 words)

	Kamat's Potpourri: The River Ganga (Ganges)
		The Ganga river, also known as the Ganges is a major river (length: about 1500 miles) of the Indian subcontinent, formed in the southern ranges of the Himalayas, in the state of Uttaranchal.
		Between the Meghna estuary and the west channel of the Hoogli river are the several mouths of the deltaic channels.
		Despite of the enormous pollution the river has absorbed in the last few decades, Ganga river continues to attract millions for the intense experience she provides -- be it a photographic opportunities or the opportunity to cleanse one's sins.
	www.kamat.com /indica/rivers/ganga.htm (722 words)

	Ganges River in India
		The river rises as the Bhagirathi from a mammoth glacier Gangotri, of nearly 200 sq km, in the lower reaches of the Himalayas.
		The mythical Ganges, once a celestial river, was prevailed upon by King Bhagiratha, after herculean efforts, to descend to earth to cleanse the sins of his ancestors.
		Scattering the ashes in the river after cremation or a dip in the river is believed to wash away one's sins.
	www.india9.com /i9show/Ganges-River-13530.htm (205 words)

	Integrating Environmental Considerations into the Economic Decision-Making Process
		It is criss-crossed by around 200 rivers most of which are either contributory or distributary to the three major rivers: the Ganges, the Brahmaputra and the Meghna.
		The rivers undergo changes in courses which have significant influences on the morphology of the alluvial floodplain.
		River bank erosion, which is associated with floods, is a common and severe hazard in the country.
	www.unescap.org /drpad/publication/integra/modalities/bangladesh/4bl01a.htm (608 words)

	The River Ganga (Ganges)
		Other important rivers that merge with the Ganga are the Son, which originates in the hills of Madhya Pradesh, the Gomti which flows past Lucknow, and the Chambal made notorious by the ravines in its valley which are noted for lawlessness and banditry, including the recent
		The delta of the Ganga, or rather, that of the Hooghly and the Padma, is a vast ragged swamp forest (42,000 sq km) called the Sunderbans, home of the Royal Bengal Tiger, who still kill about 30 villagers each year.
		The Ganga, especially, is the river of India, beloved of her people, round which are intertwined her memories, her hopes and fears, her songs of triumph, her victories and her defeats.
	www.cse.iitk.ac.in /~amit/other/ganges.html (2014 words)

	World Tour - Asia
		The Brahmaputra converges with the Ganges in central Bangladesh to from the mighty Padma river.
		The mean spring tidal range at the mouth of the river is 2.7m which rises rapidly to 4.9m upriver due to the funnel shape of the estuary.
		The Lupar Batang river is the largest of the four major rivers in the far south-west of Sarawak.
	members.tripod.com /~bore_encyclopedia/BasicAsia.html (1883 words)

	Ganges River,Ganga River,Ganges River India,River Ganga,Ganges River in India,Ganga River India
		The holiest of all the rivers, Ganga or the Ganges is a perennial river, which is held in high regard by the Hindus.
		Other important rivers that merge with the Ganga are the Son, which originates in the hills of Madhya Pradesh, the Gomti which flows past Lucknow, and the Chambal made notorious by the ravines in its valley.
		Even the leading rafting experts say that Indian rivers have the potential of having some of the most exciting stretches of white water rafting in the world and the most popular river rafting choices in India are the Ganga, the Bhagirathi, the Alaknanda.
	www.travel-himalayas.com /rivers-himalayas/ganga-ganges-river.html (870 words)

	BANGLAPEDIA: Bhairab River (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Bhairab River an important river in the moribund delta area.
		Its name means 'the terrible' and attests to the size it had reached when the main volume of the ganges was carried by it.
		Downstream from Kaikhali, the river is referred to as the Khulna-Ichamati while in the south it is the Raymangal-Hariabhanga.
	banglapedia.org /HT/B_0450.HTM (238 words)

	BANGLAPEDIA: Chitra River (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Chitra River originating from the lower part of Chuadanga and Darsana, it runs about 170 km southeast through Darsana, Kaliganj, Jessore, Salikha and Kalia upazilas and joins with the nabaganga in Gazirhat of Narail district.
		The river is heavily silted up and not navigable from its original point to Salikha.
		The river is navigable and a launch route from Khulna runs along its course.
	banglapedia.org /HT/C_0207.HTM (187 words)

	Bengali language - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It is modeled on the dialect spoken in the districts bordering the lower reaches of the Hooghly River particularly the Shantipur region in Nadia district, West Bengal.
		There are marked dialectal differences between the speech of Bengalis living on the Poshchim (western) side and Purbo (eastern) side of the Padma River.
		In the dialects prevalent in much of eastern Bangladesh (Barisal, Chittagong, Dhaka and Sylhet divisions), many of the stops and affricates heard in Kolkata Bengali are pronounced as fricatives.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bengali_language (5062 words)

	Ganges River - ArticleWorld (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The 2510 km long Ganges River or the River Ganga as it is called in India is formed near Deoprayag by the union of the two rivers Bhagirathi and Alaknanda.
		The Ganges river dolphin, the Irawady dolphin and the rare Glyphis gangeticus which is a shark of fresh water are a few species which live in Ganges river.
		So river Ganges is also called Bhagirathi.It is also called Jahnvi which means daughter of Jahnu.Jahnu was a saint whose penance was disturbed by Ganga when she started flowing with rough tides on her way to meet Bhagiratha.Jahnu got angry and drank all the water of Ganga.
	www.articleworld.org /index.php?title=Ganges_River&printable=yes (631 words)

	Padma Multipurpose Bridge Project (formerly Support for Public-Private Partnership in Padma Bridge) : Bangladesh ...
		It will build upon the feasibility study carried out by consultants to confirm the technical, economic, and financial viability of the project, as well as prepare all the required studies and documentation to ensure that ADB safeguard requirements with respect to environmental, social and resettlement issues are complied with.
		However, without a fixed crosssing over the Padma River, the effectiveness of this major route for regional cooperation will be greatly constrained.
		The construction of river training works will cause backwater effects during flood conditions, combined with increased scour and near the bridge crossing, and increased sedimentation further downstream.
	www.adb.org /Documents/PIDs/35049012.asp (547 words)

	Ganges Delta: World's Best Land for Cultivating Quality Jute & Allied Fibers
		As the silts are brought in by the rivers annually by normal (river water) flow and flood, the Ganges Delta is a growing Delta.
		The delta stretches from the Hooghly River in India (west of the Sundarbans) eastward to the Meghna River in Bangladesh.
		The dark, forested Khasi Hills are situated northeast of the convergence of the Ganges River and the Brahmaputra River.
	www.tradezone.com /tradesites/ganges_delta.html (2099 words)

	PB Network \| Issue 48 \| A Bridge to Prosperity: Hydraulic and Scour Analyses of the Padma (Ganges) River Crossing at ...
		Both the Padma and Jamuna are notorious for their shifting subchannels and for formation of large silt islands called chars.
		River crossings are often delayed because of flooding during the monsoon season or because of maintenance dredging needed to provide access to ferry landings (known as ghats) during the dry season.
		An advantage of the finite element method in analyzing river flows at bridge crossings is the use of an unstructured network or mesh to discretize the area being studied.
	www.pbworld.com /news_events/publications/network/Issue_48/48_38_FroehliD_BridgetoProsperity.asp (2890 words)

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		The river Padma meanwhile has devoured about 800 dwelling houses at Sureshwar, Chandipur, WAPDA areas under Naria and Bilaspur, Khejurtala, Noudoba and Palerchar areas under Jajira upazila during the last 20 days.
		The rapacious Padma is devouring arable land, dwelling houses, hundreds of trees, and the field of standing crops everyday.
		They opine that the erosion of the Padma occurs twice in a yearonce at the time of onrush of flood water and again at the time of receding water with increase of water flow in the river Padma.
	www.bangladesh-web.com /view.php?hidDate=2005-08-&hidType=NAT (1120 words)

	The River Ganga (Ganges)
		The Ganga is a major river of the Indian subcontinent, associated in myth and reality with the land and people of India as well as neighbouring countries like Bangladesh.
		The delta of the Ganga, or rather, that of the Hooghly and the Padma, is a vast ragged swamp forest (42,000 sq km) called the Sunderbans, home of the Royal Bengal Tiger, who still kill about 30 villagers each year.
		This caused severe deterioration to the wateflow in the Ganga, and is a major cause for the decay of Ganga as an inland waterway.
	www.cs.albany.edu /~amit/ganges.html (1949 words)

	Padma River
		Further downstream, in Goalando, 2200 km away from the source, the Padma is joined by the mighty Jamuna (Lower Brahmaputra) and the resulting combination flows with the name Padma further east, to Chandpur.
		Here, the widest river in Bangladesh, the Meghna, joins the Padma, continuing as the Meghna almost in a straight line to the south, ending in the Bay of Bengal.
		The Padma is numerously mentioned in Hindu Mythology including the Vedas, the Puranas, the Ramayana and the Mahabharata.
	www.dejavu.org /cgi-bin/get.cgi?ver=93&url=http%3A%2F%2Farticles.gourt.com%2F%3Farticle%3DPadma%26type%3Den (468 words)

	Padma Lakshmi — Coco de mer, Harpers & Queen
		For Padma Lakshmi the scents and flavours of Southern Indian cooking are a reminder of schooldays in Madras and visits to her grandmother's farm in Tanjore.
		Then, as he hacked holes in the tops of them with his sickle, we would sit down on the steps that led into the river and gorge on them, waist-deep in water, with little fish nibbling on our toes.
		We were forbidden to go further than the edge of the last step, for the strength of the current could sweep away small children.
	www.lakshmifilms.com /padma_lakshmi_press4.htm (828 words)

	Proceedings of the second international symposium on the management of large rivers for fisheries: Volume I
		In the Ganges (Padma) section of the delta in Bangladesh by far the most dominant species of the catch is hilsa (FAP17 1995), which can be 45-47 percent of the catch although this shows considerable annual variation (Table 3).
		The upland rivers certainly have a significance in the rural economies, which has been under-estimated, and it is, therefore, essential that proper evaluations be carried out on the advantages and disadvantages.
		Payne A.I. and Temple S.A. River and floodplain fisheries in the Ganges Basin.
	www.fao.org /docrep/007/ad525e/ad525e0g.htm (4393 words)

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