{"id":120462,"date":"2026-08-22T12:21:58","date_gmt":"2026-08-22T06:51:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=120462"},"modified":"2026-08-22T12:21:58","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T06:51:58","slug":"meghna-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/meghna-river\/","title":{"rendered":"Meghna River, Origin, Depth, Formation, Tributaries, River System"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>Meghna River<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a major river of Bangladesh and a key watercourse of the Ganges Delta. It belongs to the Surma-Meghna River System. It is formed when the Surma and Kushiyara rivers meet in Kishoreganj District, Bangladesh. The river later joins the Padma and Jamuna near Chandpur. It finally drains into the Bay of Bengal through four principal mouths. The Meghna supports fisheries, navigation, agriculture, wetlands and floodplain ecosystems.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Meghna River<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Meghna River links northeastern India with Bangladesh and forms an important part of the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna basin. Its major physical and ecological features are given below.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Origin: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The origin of Meghna River sources to the <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/barak-river\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Barak River<\/strong><\/a> that originates in the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/manipur-hills\/\" target=\"_blank\">Manipur Hills<\/a><\/strong> at 2,331 m and enters Assam before splitting into the Surma and Kushiyara rivers in Karimganj District in India.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Formation:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The Meghna River is formed by the confluence of the Surma and Kushiyara in Kishoreganj District, Bangladesh.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Meghna River in India: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The river does not flow as the Meghna in India. Its upstream source is the Barak River, which flows through Manipur, Mizoram and Assam.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Meghna River Name in India:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The upstream river is called Barak in India. Near Karimganj, the Barak divides into the Surma and Kushiyara before entering Bangladesh.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Upper and Lower Meghna: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Upper Meghna extends towards Chandpur. After the Padma joins it at Chandpur, the river is called the Lower Meghna.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>River System: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Meghna forms part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/ganga-river-system\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Ganga<\/strong><\/a>&#8211;<a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/brahmaputra-river-system\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Brahmaputra<\/strong><\/a>-Meghna basin and is a major watercourse of the Padma River delta in Bangladesh.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Tributaries: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Major tributaries include Dhaleshwari, Gumti, Feni, Kalni, Ghorautra, Old Brahmaputra and Titas. The Titas leaves and later rejoins the Meghna.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Meghna River Depth: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The river has an average depth of 1,012 feet. Its channels and sandbanks can shift, making navigation possible but potentially dangerous.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Length and Basin: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Upper Meghna has a length of 140 km. The broader Upper Meghna-Kalni-Kushiyara-Barak course extends to 1,040 km and drains 85,401.1 sq km.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Discharge Volume: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The average discharge was recorded as 5,603.2 m\u00b3\/s during 1971-2000.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Flora and Vegetation: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Charlands support grasses such as Kash. <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wetland-ecosystems\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Wetlands<\/strong><\/a> contain floating and submerged plants, while lower estuarine areas support salttolerant Sundri and Gewa vegetation.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Fauna: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The river supports over 100 fish species, including Hilsa shad, Pabdah, Silond and carps. It also provides habitat for river dolphins, otters, turtles and migratory birds.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Economic and Ecological Role:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The Meghna supports fisheries, navigation and local livelihoods. Its freshwater, floodplain, wetland, charland and estuarine habitats sustain significant biodiversity.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Also Read:- <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/bay-of-bengal\/\" target=\"_blank\">Bay of Bengal<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meghna River is a major Bangladesh river formed by the Surma and Kushiyara, supporting fisheries, navigation, agriculture and wetlands before draining into the Bay of Bengal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":120467,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[786],"tags":[9715,6032],"class_list":["post-120462","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-general-studies","tag-meghna-river","tag-river","no-featured-image-padding"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120462","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=120462"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120462\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":120468,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120462\/revisions\/120468"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/120467"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120462"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=120462"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=120462"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}