Barak River

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Communities along the Barak River say their nets have been empty following the June floods in a region once teeming with Hilsa, Rohu, and Catla.

About Barak River

• It is the second largest river in Northeast India after the Brahmaputra. 
• It runs through Manipur, Nagaland, Mizoram, and Assam in India, and Bangladesh.
• Course:
  • Origin: It rises from the Manipur hills, south of Mao in the Senapati district of Manipur, at an elevation of 2,331 m.
  • It flows then along the Nagaland-Manipur border through hilly terrains and enters Assam.
  • Just before flowing into the neighboring country of Bangladesh, the Barak splits into the Surma River and the Kusiyara River. 
  • These two rivers meet to form the Meghna River, which flows southward, joins the Padma River, and finally drains into the Bay of Bengal. 
• Length: Barak has a length of about 900 km. It spans 524 km in India, with a significant part along the Indo-Bangladesh border. 
• The Barak River basin, formed by the Barak and its tributaries, drains India, Bangladesh, and Myanmar.
• The major part of the basin is covered with forest, accounting for 72.58% of the total area, and only 1.92% of the basin is covered by water bodies.
• The basin is bounded by the Barail Range in the north, the Naga and Lushai Hills in the east, and Bangladesh in the south and west.
• Tributaries: The key tributaries of the Barak River are Jiri, Chiri, Modhura, Jatinga, Harang, Kalain, Gumra, Dhaleswari, Singla, Longai, Sonai, and Katakhal.
• The composite Ganga–Brahmaputra–Meghna basin covers nearly one-third of the land area of India.

Source: DTE

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