Bangladesh Geography and Nature

Delta Geomorphology, Haor Basins and River Networks

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  1. Near which location in Bangladesh does the Jamuna River join the Padma River?
  2. Which major transboundary river enters Bangladesh from Assam at Kurigram, known internationally as the Brahmaputra?
  3. According to Banglapedia, between which years did an earthquake and catastrophic flood divert the main Brahmaputra flow into the Jamuna channel?
  4. Which famous Ramsar wetland site in Sunamganj district is celebrated as a Mother Fishery and premier haor ecosystem?
  5. Which is the largest inland marsh wetland (beel) in northwestern Bangladesh, extending across Natore, Pabna, and Sirajganj?
  6. Into which two principal distributary rivers does the transboundary Barak River divide upon entering northeastern Bangladesh at Amalshid?
  7. Which river is formed in Kishoreganj district, above the town of Bhairab Bazar, by the confluence of the Surma and Kushiyara rivers?
  8. About how many international rivers flow through Bangladesh?
  9. What is the Bangladeshi term for a tract of land surrounded by water that forms as an accretion in a river course or estuary?
  10. What is an oxbow lake formed by the abandoned loop of a meandering river called in southwestern Bangladesh?
  11. On which river does the river port and jute-industry city of Narayanganj stand?
  12. Which wildlife sanctuary in Bangladesh was declared a game reserve in 1983?
  13. Which major right-bank distributary of the Padma River branches off near Kushtia and flows southward through Kushtia, Magura, and Faridpur before becoming the Madhumati?
  14. Which distributary of the Ganges has its source near Barakhada in Kushtia and is called the Madhumati downstream?
  15. Which haor, with a surface area of about 181 square kilometres, spreads across upazilas of Moulvibazar and Sylhet districts?
  16. Which east-west reverse fault runs along the southern edge of the Shillong Plateau, north of the plains of the Bengal Basin?
  17. The Jamuna River flows south and joins which river near Goalundo Ghat?
  18. Which river originates in the lowlands of Thakurgaon District in northwestern Bangladesh, flows past Dinajpur town and continues into West Bengal?
  19. Where does the historic Padma Bridge, opened in June 2022, span across the Padma River?
  20. What is the total length of the Padma Bridge?
  21. Which river in the Chattogram region is described as the only pure Indian carp breeding field of Bangladesh?
  22. Which river originates in the Lushai Hills of Mizoram and flows past Rangamati and Chattogram into the Bay of Bengal?
  23. What underwater canyon in the Bay of Bengal acts as a giant sediment conduit off the coast of the Sundarbans?
  24. Which river, branching off the Brahmaputra in Jamalpur and Mymensingh districts, historically formed the main stem of the Brahmaputra before its flow was redirected after the 1762 Arakan earthquake?
  25. About how long is the coastline of Bangladesh on the Bay of Bengal?

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