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href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damodar_%C3%A7ay%C4%B1" title="Damodar çayı – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Damodar çayı" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%88%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1" title="دامودار – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="دامودار" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%B0_%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%A6" title="দামোদর নদ – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="দামোদর নদ" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B0%D1%80" title="Дамодар – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Дамодар" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bh mw-list-item"><a href="https://bh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%B0_%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%80" title="दामोदर नदी – Bhojpuri" lang="bh" hreflang="bh" data-title="दामोदर नदी" data-language-autonym="भोजपुरी" data-language-local-name="Bhojpuri" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>भोजपुरी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B0%D1%80_(%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BA%D0%B0)" title="Дамодар (река) – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Дамодар (река)" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damodar" title="Damodar – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Damodar" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cv mw-list-item"><a href="https://cv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B0%D1%80_(%D1%8E%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%88%D1%8B%D0%B2)" title="Дамодар (юханшыв) – Chuvash" lang="cv" hreflang="cv" data-title="Дамодар (юханшыв)" data-language-autonym="Чӑвашла" data-language-local-name="Chuvash" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Чӑвашла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C4%81modar_River" title="Dāmodar River – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Dāmodar River" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%A1m%C3%B3dar" title="Dámódar – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Dámódar" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damodar" title="Damodar – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Damodar" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%ADo_Damodar" title="Río Damodar – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Río Damodar" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damodar_(rivero)" title="Damodar (rivero) – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Damodar (rivero)" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AF%D8%AE%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%87_%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%88%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1" title="رودخانه دامودار – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="رودخانه دامودار" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%A2modar" title="Dâmodar – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Dâmodar" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gu mw-list-item"><a href="https://gu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AA%A6%E0%AA%BE%E0%AA%AE%E0%AB%8B%E0%AA%A6%E0%AA%B0_%E0%AA%A8%E0%AA%A6%E0%AB%80" title="દામોદર નદી – Gujarati" lang="gu" hreflang="gu" data-title="દામોદર નદી" data-language-autonym="ગુજરાતી" data-language-local-name="Gujarati" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ગુજરાતી</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B4%D5%A1%D5%B4%D5%B8%D5%A4%D5%A1%D6%80" title="Դամոդար – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Դամոդար" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%B0_%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%80" title="दामोदर नदी – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="दामोदर नदी" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sungai_Damodar" title="Sungai Damodar – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Sungai Damodar" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%93%E1%83%90%E1%83%9B%E1%83%9D%E1%83%93%E1%83%90%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98" title="დამოდარი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="დამოდარი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B0%D1%80_(%D3%A9%D0%B7%D0%B5%D0%BD)" title="Дамодар (өзен) – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Дамодар (өзен)" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damodaras" title="Damodaras – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Damodaras" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%A6%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%AE%E0%B5%8B%E0%B4%A6%E0%B5%BC_%E0%B4%A8%E0%B4%A6%E0%B4%BF" title="ദാമോദർ നദി – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="ദാമോദർ നദി" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%B0_%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%80" title="दामोदर नदी – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="दामोदर नदी" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D9%87%D8%B1_%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%88%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1" title="نهر دامودار – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="نهر دامودار" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ne mw-list-item"><a href="https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%B0_%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%80" title="दामोदर नदी – Nepali" lang="ne" hreflang="ne" data-title="दामोदर नदी" data-language-autonym="नेपाली" data-language-local-name="Nepali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%80%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A2%E3%83%BC%E3%83%80%E3%83%AB%E5%B7%9D" title="ダーモーダル川 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ダーモーダル川" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-or mw-list-item"><a href="https://or.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AC%A6%E0%AC%BE%E0%AC%AE%E0%AD%8B%E0%AC%A6%E0%AC%B0_%E0%AC%A8%E0%AC%A6%E0%AD%80" title="ଦାମୋଦର ନଦୀ – Odia" lang="or" hreflang="or" data-title="ଦାମୋଦର ନଦୀ" data-language-autonym="ଓଡ଼ିଆ" data-language-local-name="Odia" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ଓଡ଼ିଆ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damodar" title="Damodar – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Damodar" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%A6%E0%A8%AE%E0%A9%8B%E0%A8%A6%E0%A8%B0_%E0%A8%A6%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%BF%E0%A8%86" title="ਦਮੋਦਰ ਦਰਿਆ – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="ਦਮੋਦਰ ਦਰਿਆ" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D8%AF%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%A7" title="دمورد دریا – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="دمورد دریا" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damodar_(rzeka)" title="Damodar (rzeka) – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Damodar (rzeka)" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_Damodar" title="Rio Damodar – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Rio Damodar" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B0%D1%80_(%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BA%D0%B0)" title="Дамодар (река) – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Дамодар (река)" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sat mw-list-item"><a href="https://sat.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%B1%AB%E1%B1%9F%E1%B1%A2%E1%B1%9A%E1%B1%AB%E1%B1%9A%E1%B1%A8_%E1%B1%9C%E1%B1%9F%E1%B1%B0%E1%B1%9F" title="ᱫᱟᱢᱚᱫᱚᱨ ᱜᱟᱰᱟ – Santali" lang="sat" hreflang="sat" data-title="ᱫᱟᱢᱚᱫᱚᱨ ᱜᱟᱰᱟ" data-language-autonym="ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ" data-language-local-name="Santali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damodar_River" title="Damodar River – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Damodar River" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damodar" title="Damodar – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Damodar" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8B%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%A8%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%BF" title="தாமோதர் நதி – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="தாமோதர் நதி" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" 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href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Source</th><td class="infobox-data"> </td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span style="font-weight:normal"> • location</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/w/index.php?title=ChulhaPani&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ChulhaPani (page does not exist)">ChulhaPani</a>, <a href="/wiki/Latehar_district" title="Latehar district">Latehar district</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chota_Nagpur_Plateau" title="Chota Nagpur Plateau">Chota Nagpur Plateau</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jharkhand" title="Jharkhand">Jharkhand</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/River_mouth" title="River mouth">Mouth</a></th><td class="infobox-data"> </td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display:inline;font-weight:normal"> • location</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Hooghly_River" title="Hooghly River">Hooghly River</a>, <a href="/wiki/Howrah_district" title="Howrah district">Howrah district</a>, <a href="/wiki/West_Bengal" title="West Bengal">West Bengal</a></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Length</th><td class="infobox-data">592 km (368 mi)</td></tr><tr style="display:none;"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Discharge</th><td class="infobox-data"> </td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span style="font-weight:normal"> • average</span></th><td class="infobox-data">296 m<sup>3</sup>/s (10,500 cu ft/s)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #CEDEFF;color: #202122;">Basin features</th></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Tributaries</th><td class="infobox-data"> </td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span style="font-weight:normal"> • left</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Barakar_River" title="Barakar River">Barakar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Konar_River" title="Konar River">Konar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jamunia_River" title="Jamunia River">Jamunia</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Nunia_River&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Nunia River (page does not exist)">Nunia</a></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span style="font-weight:normal"> • right</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Sali_River_(West_Bengal)" title="Sali River (West Bengal)">Sali River (West Bengal)</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Damodar River</b> (Pron: /ˈdʌmoˌdaː/) is a river flowing across the <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">Indian</a> <a href="/wiki/States_and_territories_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="States and territories of India">states</a> of <a href="/wiki/Jharkhand" title="Jharkhand">Jharkhand</a> and <a href="/wiki/West_Bengal" title="West Bengal">West Bengal</a>. The valley is rich in <a href="/wiki/Natural_resources_of_India" title="Natural resources of India">mineral resources</a> and is known for large-scale <a href="/wiki/Mining_in_India" title="Mining in India">mining</a> and <a href="/wiki/Economy_of_India" title="Economy of India">industrial</a> activity. It was also known as the <b>Sorrow of Bengal</b><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> because of the <a href="/wiki/Floods_in_India" title="Floods in India">ravaging floods</a> it caused in the plains of West Bengal. The construction of several <a href="/wiki/List_of_dams_and_reservoirs_in_India" title="List of dams and reservoirs in India">dams</a> on the Damodar and its <a href="/wiki/Tributary" title="Tributary">tributaries</a> has helped control some of the flooding. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Etymology">Etymology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Damodar_River&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Damodar means "rope around the belly", derived from <a href="/wiki/Sanskrit" title="Sanskrit">Sanskrit</a> दाम (dama) "rope" and उदर (udara) "belly". Damodar is also another name given to the <a href="/wiki/Hindu_deities" title="Hindu deities">Hindu god</a> <a href="/wiki/Krishna" title="Krishna">Krishna</a> because his foster-mother, <a href="/wiki/Yashoda" title="Yashoda">Yashoda</a>, had tied him to a large urn.<sup id="cite_ref-chattopadhyay_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-chattopadhyay-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Course">Course</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Damodar_River&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Course"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Damodar is a rain-fed river. It originates in Khamarpat Hill on Chotanagpur Plateau in Jharkhand.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It travels 368 miles (592 km) before joining the <a href="/wiki/Hooghly_River" title="Hooghly River">Hooghly River</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Tributaries">Tributaries</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Damodar_River&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Tributaries"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Damodar River has a number of tributaries and subtributaries, such as <a href="/wiki/Barakar_River" title="Barakar River">Barakar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Konar_River" title="Konar River">Konar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bokaro_River" title="Bokaro River">Bokaro</a>, Haharo, <a href="/wiki/Jamunia_River" title="Jamunia River">Jamunia</a>, Ghari, Guaia, Khadia and Bhera.<sup id="cite_ref-chattopadhyay_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-chattopadhyay-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-sabharwal_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sabharwal-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Damodar and the Barakar trifurcate the Chota Nagpur plateau. The rivers pass through hilly areas with great force, sweeping away whatever lies in their path. Two bridges on the <a href="/wiki/Grand_Trunk_Road" title="Grand Trunk Road">Grand Trunk Road</a> near Barhi in Hazaribagh district were torn down by the Barakar: the great stone bridge in 1913 and the subsequent iron bridge in 1946.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="River_of_Sorrows">River of Sorrows</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Damodar_River&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: River of Sorrows"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Chota Nagpur Plateau receives an average annual rainfall of around 1,400 mm (55 in), almost all of it in the monsoon months between June and August.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The huge volume of water that flows down the Damodar and its tributaries during the monsoons used to be a fury in the upper reaches of the valley. In the lower valley it used to overflow its banks and flood large areas. </p><p>Damodar River was earlier known as the "River of Sorrows"<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as it used to flood many areas of <a href="/wiki/Bardhaman" title="Bardhaman">Bardhaman</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hooghly_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Hooghly District">Hooghly</a>, <a href="/wiki/Howrah" title="Howrah">Howrah</a> and <a href="/wiki/Medinipur_district" class="mw-redirect" title="Medinipur district">Medinipur</a> districts. </p><p>The floods were virtually an annual ritual. In some years the damage was probably more. Many of the great floods of the Damodar are recorded in history — 1770, 1855, 1866, 1873–74, 1875–76, 1884–85, 1891–92, 1897, 1900, 1907, 1913, 1927, 1930, 1935 and 1943. In four of these floods (1770, 1855, 1913 and 1943) most of Bardhaman town was flooded. </p><p>In 1789 an agreement was signed between <a href="/wiki/Bardhaman_Raj#Kirtichand_Rai" title="Bardhaman Raj">Maharaja Kirti Chand</a> of <a href="/wiki/Bardhaman_Raj" title="Bardhaman Raj">Burdwan</a> and the <a href="/wiki/East_India_Company" title="East India Company">East India Company</a> wherein the Maharaja was asked to pay an additional amount of <span class="nowrap"><span style="white-space: nowrap">₹</span>193,721</span> (equivalent to <span style="white-space: nowrap">₹</span>110 million, US$1.4 million or £1.2 million in 2023) for the construction and maintenance of embankment to prevent floods. However, these ran into dispute and in 1866 and 1873, <i>The Bengal Embankment Act</i> was passed, transferring the powers to build and maintain embankment to the government. </p> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Damodar_River.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Damodar_River.jpg/260px-Damodar_River.jpg" decoding="async" width="260" height="195" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Damodar_River.jpg/390px-Damodar_River.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5d/Damodar_River.jpg 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="375" /></a><figcaption>Krishak Setu over the Damodar River, near Bardhaman</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Damodar_dhanbad-bokaro.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Damodar_dhanbad-bokaro.jpg/260px-Damodar_dhanbad-bokaro.jpg" decoding="async" width="260" height="137" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Damodar_dhanbad-bokaro.jpg/390px-Damodar_dhanbad-bokaro.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Damodar_dhanbad-bokaro.jpg/520px-Damodar_dhanbad-bokaro.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1309" data-file-height="691" /></a><figcaption>Damodar River between Dhanbad and Bokaro</figcaption></figure> <p>So great was the devastation every year that the floods passed into folklore, as the following <a href="/wiki/Bhadu_(festival)" title="Bhadu (festival)">Bhadu</a> song testifies: </p> <dl><dd><dl><dd><i>We have sown the crops in Asar</i></dd> <dd><i>We will bring Bhadu in Bhadra.</i></dd> <dd><i>Floods have swollen the Damodar</i></dd> <dd><i>The sailing boats cannot sail.</i></dd> <dd><i>O Damodar! We fall at your feet</i></dd> <dd><i>Reduce the floods a little.</i></dd> <dd><i>Bhadu will come a year later</i></dd> <dd><i>Let the boats sail on your surface.</i></dd></dl></dd></dl> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Damodar_River_in_its_upper_reaches.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Damodar_River_in_its_upper_reaches.jpg/250px-Damodar_River_in_its_upper_reaches.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="188" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Damodar_River_in_its_upper_reaches.jpg/375px-Damodar_River_in_its_upper_reaches.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Damodar_River_in_its_upper_reaches.jpg/500px-Damodar_River_in_its_upper_reaches.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="768" /></a><figcaption>The Damodar in its upper reaches</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Damodar_Valley">Damodar Valley</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Damodar_River&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Damodar Valley"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Damodar Valley is spread across <a href="/wiki/Hazaribagh_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Hazaribagh District">Hazaribagh</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ramgarh_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Ramgarh District">Ramgarh</a>, <a href="/wiki/Koderma_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Koderma District">Koderma</a>, <a href="/wiki/Giridih_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Giridih District">Giridih</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dhanbad_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Dhanbad District">Dhanbad</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bokaro_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Bokaro District">Bokaro</a> and <a href="/wiki/Chatra_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Chatra District">Chatra</a> districts in <a href="/wiki/Jharkhand" title="Jharkhand">Jharkhand</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bardhaman_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Bardhaman District">Bardhaman</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hooghly_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Hooghly District">Hooghly</a> districts in <a href="/wiki/West_Bengal" title="West Bengal">West Bengal</a> and partially covers <a href="/wiki/Palamu_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Palamu District">Palamu</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ranchi_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Ranchi District">Ranchi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lohardaga_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Lohardaga District">Lohardaga</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dumka_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Dumka District">Dumka</a> districts in Jharkhand and <a href="/wiki/Howrah_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Howrah District">Howrah</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bankura_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Bankura District">Bankura</a> and <a href="/wiki/Purulia_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Purulia District">Purulia</a> districts in West Bengal with a command area of 24,235 square kilometres (9,357 sq mi). </p><p>The Damodar valley is rich in coal. It is considered as the prime centre of coking coal in the country. Massive deposits are found in the central basin spreading over 2,883 square kilometres (1,113 sq mi). The important coalfields in the basin are <a href="/wiki/Jharia" title="Jharia">Jharia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Raniganj_Coalfield" title="Raniganj Coalfield">Raniganj</a>, <a href="/wiki/West_Bokaro_Coalfield" title="West Bokaro Coalfield">West Bokaro</a>, <a href="/wiki/East_Bokaro_Coalfield" title="East Bokaro Coalfield">East Bokaro</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ramgarh_Coalfield" title="Ramgarh Coalfield">Ramgarh</a>, <a href="/wiki/South_Karanpura_Coalfield" title="South Karanpura Coalfield">South Karanpura</a> and <a href="/wiki/North_Karanpura_Coalfield" title="North Karanpura Coalfield">North Karanpura</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Damodar Valley is one of the most industrialised parts of India. Three integrated steel plants (<a href="/wiki/Bokaro_Steel_Plant" title="Bokaro Steel Plant">Bokaro</a>, <a href="/wiki/IISCO_Steel_Plant" title="IISCO Steel Plant">Burnpur</a> and <a href="/wiki/Durgapur_Steel_Plant" title="Durgapur Steel Plant">Durgapur</a>) of <a href="/wiki/Steel_Authority_of_India_Limited" title="Steel Authority of India Limited">Steel Authority of India Limited</a> (SAIL) and other factories are in the valley. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Damodar_Valley_Corporation_(D.V.C.)"><span id="Damodar_Valley_Corporation_.28D.V.C..29"></span>Damodar Valley Corporation (D.V.C.)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Damodar_River&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Damodar Valley Corporation (D.V.C.)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Damodar_Valley_Corporation" title="Damodar Valley Corporation">Damodar Valley Corporation</a></div> <p>Several <a href="/wiki/Dam" title="Dam">dams</a> have been constructed in the valley, for the generation of <a href="/wiki/Hydroelectric" class="mw-redirect" title="Hydroelectric">hydroelectric</a> power. The valley is called “the <a href="/wiki/Ruhr" title="Ruhr">Ruhr</a> of India”. <a href="/wiki/Damodar_Valley_Corporation" title="Damodar Valley Corporation">Damodar Valley Corporation</a>, popularly known as DVC, came into being on July 7, 1948, by an Act of the <a href="/wiki/Constituent_Assembly_of_India" title="Constituent Assembly of India">Constituent Assembly of India</a> (Act No. XIV of 1948) as the first multipurpose river valley project of independent India.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is modeled on the <a href="/wiki/Tennessee_Valley_Authority" title="Tennessee Valley Authority">Tennessee Valley Authority</a> of the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Rundiha_weir.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Rundiha_weir.jpg/220px-Rundiha_weir.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Rundiha_weir.jpg/330px-Rundiha_weir.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Rundiha_weir.jpg/440px-Rundiha_weir.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3648" data-file-height="2736" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Randiha" title="Randiha">Randiha</a><a href="/wiki/Weir" title="Weir">weir</a> on lower Damodar</figcaption></figure> <p>The initial focus of the DVC were flood control, irrigation, generation, transmission and distribution of electricity, eco-conservation and afforestation, as well as job creation for the socio-economic well-being of the people residing in and around areas affected by DVC projects. However, over the past few decades, power generation has gained priority. Other objectives of the DVC remain part of its primary responsibility. The dams in the valley have a capacity to moderate peak floods of 7,100 to 18,400 cubic metres per second (250,000 to 650,000 cu ft/s). DVC has created irrigation potential of 3,640 square kilometres (1,410 sq mi). </p> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Damodar_River_Beach_Burdwan.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Damodar River Beach At Sadarghat Burdwan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Damodar_River_Beach_Burdwan.jpg/300px-Damodar_River_Beach_Burdwan.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="225" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Damodar_River_Beach_Burdwan.jpg/450px-Damodar_River_Beach_Burdwan.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Damodar_River_Beach_Burdwan.jpg/600px-Damodar_River_Beach_Burdwan.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4160" data-file-height="3120" /></a><figcaption>Damodar River Beach Burdwan</figcaption></figure> <p>The first dam was built across the <a href="/wiki/Barakar_River" title="Barakar River">Barakar River</a>, a tributary of the Damodar river at <a href="/wiki/Tilaiya" title="Tilaiya">Tilaiya</a> in 1953. The second one was built across the <a href="/wiki/Konar_River" title="Konar River">Konar River</a>, another tributary of the Damodar river at <a href="/wiki/Konar_Dam" title="Konar Dam">Konar</a> in 1955. Two dams across the rivers Barakar and Damodar were built at <a href="/wiki/Maithon" title="Maithon">Maithon</a> in 1957 and <a href="/wiki/Panchet" title="Panchet">Panchet</a> in 1958. Both the dams are some 8 kilometres (5 mi) upstream of the confluence point of the rivers. These four major dams are controlled by DVC. <a href="/wiki/Durgapur_Barrage" title="Durgapur Barrage">Durgapur Barrage</a> was constructed downstream of the four dams in 1955, across the Damodar river at Durgapur, with head regulators for canals on either side for feeding an extensive system of canals and distributaries.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1978, the government of Bihar (that was before the formation of the state of Jharkhand) constructed the <a href="/wiki/Tenughat_Dam" title="Tenughat Dam">Tenughat Dam</a> across the Damodar river outside the control of DVC.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It proposes constructing a dam across the Barakar river at Belpahari in Jharkhand state.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Damodar_River&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output 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0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ajay_River" title="Ajay River">Ajay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bakreshwar_River" title="Bakreshwar River">Bakreshwar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bansloi_River" title="Bansloi River">Bansloi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brahmani_River_(Birbhum)" title="Brahmani River (Birbhum)">Brahmani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dwarka_River" title="Dwarka River">Dwarka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hinglo_River" title="Hinglo River">Hinglo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kangsabati_River" title="Kangsabati River">Kangsabati</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mayurakshi_River" title="Mayurakshi River">Mayurakshi</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Others: south-east flowing</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/River_Baitarani" class="mw-redirect" title="River Baitarani">Baitarani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Telen_River" title="Telen River">Telen</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Waterfalls</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dassam_Falls" title="Dassam Falls">Dassam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hirni_Falls" title="Hirni Falls">Hirni</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hundru_Falls" title="Hundru Falls">Hundru</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jonha_Falls" title="Jonha Falls">Jonha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lodh_Falls" title="Lodh Falls">Lodh or Burhaghaugh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lower_Ghaghri_Falls" title="Lower Ghaghri Falls">Lower Ghaghri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panchghagh_Falls" title="Panchghagh Falls">Panchghagh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perwaghagh_Falls" title="Perwaghagh Falls">Perwaghagh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rajrappa" title="Rajrappa">Rajrappa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sadni_Falls" title="Sadni Falls">Sadni</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Usri_Falls" title="Usri Falls">Usri</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Dams</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chandil_Dam" title="Chandil Dam">Chandil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Getalsud_Dam" title="Getalsud Dam">Getalsud</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Konar_Dam" title="Konar Dam">Konar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maithon_Dam" title="Maithon Dam">Maithon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Massanjore_Dam" title="Massanjore Dam">Massanjore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panchet_Dam" title="Panchet Dam">Panchet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tenughat_Dam" title="Tenughat Dam">Tenughat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tilaiya_Dam" title="Tilaiya Dam">Tilaiya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Damodar_Valley_Corporation" title="Damodar Valley Corporation">Damodar Valley Corporation</a></li></ul> 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navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dakatia_River" title="Dakatia River">Dakatia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Halda_River" title="Halda River">Halda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karnaphuli_River" class="mw-redirect" title="Karnaphuli River">Karnaphuli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naf_River" title="Naf River">Naf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sangu_River" title="Sangu River">Sangu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thega_River" title="Thega River">Thega</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Feni_River" title="Feni River">Feni</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Assam" title="Assam">Assam</a> / <a href="/wiki/Meghalaya" title="Meghalaya">Meghalaya</a> / <a href="/wiki/Tripura" title="Tripura">Tripura</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Barak_River" title="Barak River">Barak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brahmaputra_River" title="Brahmaputra River">Brahmaputra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dhalai_River" title="Dhalai River">Dhalai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Feni_River" title="Feni River">Feni</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Juri_River" title="Juri River">Juri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kangsha_River" title="Kangsha River">Kangsha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khawthlangtuipui_River" class="mw-redirect" title="Khawthlangtuipui River">Khawthlangtuipui</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kushiyara_River" title="Kushiyara River">Kushiyara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Longai_River" title="Longai River">Longai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manu_River,_Tripura" class="mw-redirect" title="Manu River, Tripura">Manu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meghna_River" title="Meghna River">Meghna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muhuri_River" title="Muhuri River">Muhuri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Myntdu_River" title="Myntdu River">Myntdu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Someshwari_River" title="Someshwari River">Someshwari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Surma_River" title="Surma River">Surma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Surma-Meghna_River_System" title="Surma-Meghna River System">Surma-Meghna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Titas_River" title="Titas River">Titas</a> / <a href="/wiki/Haora_River" title="Haora River">Haora</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gumti_River,_Tripura" class="mw-redirect" title="Gumti River, Tripura">Gumti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khowai_River" title="Khowai River">Khowai</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Northern Bangladesh<br /><a href="/wiki/North_Bengal" title="North Bengal">North Bengal</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Atrai_River" title="Atrai River">Atrai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Balason_River" title="Balason River">Balason</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bangali_River" title="Bangali River">Bangali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baral_river" class="mw-redirect" title="Baral river">Baral</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chiri_River" title="Chiri River">Chiri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dharla_River" title="Dharla River">Dharla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dhepa_River" title="Dhepa River">Dhepa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jaldhaka_River" title="Jaldhaka River">Jaldhaka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karatoya_River" title="Karatoya River">Karatoya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karotoa_River" class="mw-redirect" title="Karotoa River">Karotoa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kazipur_River" title="Kazipur River">Kazipur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khong_Khola" class="mw-redirect" title="Khong Khola">Khong Khola</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahananda_River" title="Mahananda River">Mahananda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mechi_River" title="Mechi River">Mechi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nagar_River_(Rajshahi)" title="Nagar River (Rajshahi)">Nagar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Punarbhaba_River" title="Punarbhaba River">Punarbhaba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raid%C4%81k_River" title="Raidāk River">Raidak or Wong Chhu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rangeet_River" title="Rangeet River">Rangeet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Small_Jamuna_River" title="Small Jamuna River">Small Jamuna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shiba-Baranai-Gurnai_River" title="Shiba-Baranai-Gurnai River">Shiba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sree_River" title="Sree River">Sree</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tangon_River" title="Tangon River">Tangon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Teesta_River" title="Teesta River">Teesta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Torsa_River" title="Torsa River">Torsa/Machu/Amo Chhu</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Central Bangladesh</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Balu_River" title="Balu River">Balu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bangshi_River" title="Bangshi River">Bangshi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buriganga_River" title="Buriganga River">Buriganga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chiknai_River" title="Chiknai River">Chiknai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dhaleshwari_River" title="Dhaleshwari River">Dhaleshwari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dhanu_River" title="Dhanu River">Dhanu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gorai-Madhumati_River" title="Gorai-Madhumati River">Gorai-Madhumati</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jamuna_River_(Bangladesh)" title="Jamuna River (Bangladesh)">Jamuna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jinai_River" class="mw-redirect" title="Jinai River">Jinai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louhajang_River" title="Louhajang River">Louhajang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Padma_River" title="Padma River">Padma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shitalakshya_River" title="Shitalakshya River">Shitalakhya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turag_River" title="Turag River">Turag</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Rarh_region" title="Rarh region">Rarh region</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ajay_River" title="Ajay River">Ajay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bakreshwar_River" title="Bakreshwar River">Bakreshwar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bansloi_River" title="Bansloi River">Bansloi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barakar_River" title="Barakar River">Barakar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brahmani_River_(Birbhum)" title="Brahmani River (Birbhum)">Brahmani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dakatia_River" title="Dakatia River">Dakatia</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Damodar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dwarka_River" title="Dwarka River">Dwarka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dwarakeswar_River" title="Dwarakeswar River">Dwarakeswar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gandheswari_River" title="Gandheswari River">Gandheswari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haldi_River" title="Haldi River">Haldi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hinglo_River" title="Hinglo River">Hinglo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kangsabati_River" title="Kangsabati River">Kangsabati</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keleghai_River" title="Keleghai River">Keleghai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kopai_River" title="Kopai River">Kopai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kosai_River" title="Kosai River">Kosai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kumar_River" title="Kumar River">Kumar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kunur_River" title="Kunur River">Kunur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mayurakshi_River" title="Mayurakshi River">Mayurakshi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mundeswari_River" title="Mundeswari River">Mundeswari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rasulpur_River" title="Rasulpur River">Rasulpur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rupnarayan_River" title="Rupnarayan River">Rupnarayan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sali_River_(West_Bengal)" title="Sali River (West 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River">Bishkhali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bura_Gauranga_River" title="Bura Gauranga River">Bura Gauranga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/River_Churni" class="mw-redirect" title="River Churni">Churni</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Choita_river" title="Choita river">Choita</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dhanshiri" class="mw-redirect" title="Dhanshiri">Dhanshiri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garai_River" class="mw-redirect" title="Garai River">Garai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gosaba_River" title="Gosaba River">Gosaba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hariabhanga_River" title="Hariabhanga River">Hariabhanga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hooghly_River" title="Hooghly River"> Hooghly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ichamati_River" title="Ichamati River">Ichamati</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jalangi_River" title="Jalangi River">Jalangi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jamuna_River_(West_Bengal)" title="Jamuna River (West Bengal)">Jamuna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kaliganga_River" title="Kaliganga 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