Jaldhaka River

Coordinates: 27°01′47″N 88°52′29″E / 27.0297°N 88.8747°E / 27.0297; 88.8747
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Not to be confused with Jaldhaka.

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Jaldhaka River
Location
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Districts
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Physical characteristics
Source
Bitang Lake
 • locationKupup, Gangtok district, Sikkim, India
Brahmaputra
 • location
Lalmonirhat District, Bangladesh
debouches into the Brahmaputra River at Bagua Anantpur of Kurigram District. Due to the river's wandering over several international borders, only a small length of the river lies in Bangladesh and Bhutan and most of its path lies in India. In some places, this river is also known as Mansai river and Singhimari river.[2]

Geography

Jaldhak or Dichu originates from the Kupup Lake, a small glacial lake in Sikkim. It gains volume through the confluence of two other streams near

Bindu, viz., Bindu Khola and Dudh Pokhri. The combined stream meet at Bindu to increase the volume of Jaldhaka River, thus forming a riverine boundary with India and Bhutan in the left bank. The main tributaries that join the river on its right bank are the Murti, the Jholung khola, the Naksal Khola, the Sutunga
and the Jarda in the lower reach. The Diana, Rehti-Duduya and Mujnai are the main left bank tributaries.

Jaldhaka River at the Nakshal Picnic Ground, India - Bhutan Border

The river flows through the three North Bengal districts of Kalimpong, Jalpaiguri and Cooch Bihar. The entire watershed is the most fertile agricultural zone along with the Teesta Basin. The upper course is famous for crops like ginger, medicinal herbs and fruits like oranges and pomegranate. The middle course comprising Jalpaiguri district is entirely tea and corn dominated and the lower course is dominated by rice, jute and tobacco. The inter-river formed lands are cultivated with crops like bamboo and mat sticks. In the lower basin, the inter-river lands are cultivated with banana.

The river enters Bangladesh at Ghoksadanga district to meet the Brahmaputra or the Jamuna as it is known there.

Floods

River Jaldhaka, along with

River Teesta have caused major flooding multiple times in Bangladesh during monsoon season between June and September.[3]

See also

River Teesta

References

  1. ISBN 978-81-8324-037-6
  2. ^ Murshed, Md Mahbub (2012). "Jaldhaka River". In Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A. (eds.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
  3. ^ "Several thousand houses inundated in Kurigram". 28 August 2021.

External links

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