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2. Moshraf Hossain Khondakar
161001014
Dept. of EEE

3. SupervisedBy
Md. Muniruzzaman
Lecturer
Dept. of Sociology & Anthropology

4.  Introduction
 Kind and sources of rivers
 The important rivers
 Importance of rivers in our National economy

5.  Bangladesh is a land of rivers. About 700
rivers including tributaries flow through the
country constituting a waterway of total
length around 24, 140 km.
 All the rivers keep our existence on their
breast. The lives of our people are shaped
by these rivers.
 These rivers add the beauties of our country.

6. › Bangladesh is criss-crossed with numerous
rivers. There are different kinds of rivers the
main rivers, the benches and the tributaries.
Most of rivers have their origin in the
Himalaya and fall in the bay of Bengal.

7. › There are hundreds of big and small rivers in our
country. All these rivers surround our country in a
zigzag manner.
› During the rainy season, all the rivers are fall to the
brim. At the time some of them look like big arms of the
sea.
› In the dry season, some small rivers dry up and they
look like skeletons of rivers.
› The principal rivers in our country are The Padma, The
Meghna, The Jamuna, The Karnafuli, The
Dhaleswari, The Teesta, The Mohananda, The
Madhumati, The Surma, The Barhmaputra and etc.

8.  The Padma is the main river in our country. It enters
into Bangladesh through the south-west corner of
Rajshahi district. It mixes with the Jamuna at
Goalandh, it tributaries are the Mathabangha, the
Bhairab etc.
 The Meghna enters in Bangladesh through the
district of Sylhet. It mixes with the Padma at
Chandpur and then fall into the Bay of Bengal. It’s
the widest river among those that flow completely
inside the boundaries of Bangladesh. The Titas and
the Dakatia are its two branches.

9.  The Jamuna enters in to Bangladesh through the Aasam of
India. Its one tributary is the Teesta and a Branch in
Dhaleswari.
 The Karnafuli flowing Through the Chittagong district. The river
fall into the Bay of Bengal. Its main tributaries are the
Kasalong, The Halda, the Boalkhali etc.
 The Brahmaputra is trans- boundary river and one of the major
river in Asia. It flows south-west through the Assam Valley as
Brahmaputra and south through Bangladesh as Jamuna. At the
point where the Brahmaputra meets Teesta river in
Bangladesh, it becomes known as the Jamuna.

10.  The rivers play a vital role for the people of Bangladesh.
Their roles can not be describe easily. Their roles can be
summarizes as follows.
• in agriculture
• Supply of fish
• Trade and commerce
• Source of economy
• Source of power
• Influence of life

11. Thanks To All
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