Meghna river or Meghna Upper River is a river in Kishoreganj, Narsingdi, Brahmanbaria, Narayanganj, Comilla, Munshiganj and Chandpur districts of southeast of Bangladesh. The length of the river is 156 kilometers, the average width is 3400 meters and the nature of the river is spiral. Bangladesh Water Development Board or “Paubo” by the river Meghna Upper River provided by the river Meghna Upazila. 17. River Ganges River is the deepest and wide river and one of the largest and main rivers.
Born from the mountainous region of Assam, the ‘Barak’ river is divided into two branches named Surma and Kushiaara near Sherpur in Assam. Then flowed over Sylhet district. In the Marakuli on the border of Sunamganj and Habiganj districts, these two rivers, together with the name of Kalni, progressed a little further and joined the old Brahmaputra near Bhairab Bazar and named Meghna. Then, moving further southward, they joined the Chandra river near the Padma. The meghna river is situated in the Bay of Bengal under the name of Meghna Lower river through Noakhali, Laxmipur and Bhola Island on the south. The length of the river Meghna with Surma is about 650 miles. The combination of Padma-Meghna near Chandpur is known as Meghna. From here, about 90 miles south of Meghna on the four estuarine is found in the Bay of Bengal. Their local names are Tentulia, Shahbazpur, Sandwip and Hatiya.
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Ganges, Brahmaputra, along with the river basin (green part)
The Meghna carries a lot of rain water like the major rivers of the world. This river carries the rain water of Surma, Kushiara, Khasia-Jaintia Hills, Shillong valley and Cherrapunji. India’s highest rainfall in Cherrapunji is in Meghalaya state. Large bill or haor has been created in Sylhet for huge rainwater. And for this reason, the Meghna is very deep and inaccessible. Meghna is famous for diversion or flooding. When rainwater can not reach the estuary very quickly, it is flooded by its borders. A lot of hilsa is found in the meeting place of Padma-Meghna near Chandpur. This hilsa is very tasty. Therefore, the Hilsha of Chandpur is world-famous. The long Meghna-Gumti bridge on the Meghna river is located in Daudkandi, Comilla. Also an important bridge over the river Bhairab railway bridge.
Kaniighat, Golapganj, Sylhet, Chhatak, Sunamganj, Derai, Marakuli, famous city and commercial centers on the bank of Surma river. Zakiganj, Beanibazar, Fenchuganj, Balaganj, the famous city and the port on the banks of Kushiarara. Besides, the famous city and port on the banks of the Meghna of Azmirganj, Shalla, Bhairab Bazar and Meghna.
Meghna river in literature
The Meghna deeply influenced the people of her two hearts. Therefore, in the Bengali literature, the context of the Meghna inevitably came in the context of songs and poems. Poet Ahsan Habib is a famous poem. The boy of Meghna Par
I’m the son of Meghna Par
I took the river Meghna.
Meghna river wave chest
The pistol boats
I play the ball and smile.
I’m the son of Meghna Par
Meghna river, Meghna river home
If you want, you can cross it from above.
The palms of the rhythm went in two hands
I took the river Meghna.
